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wedge resection

Known as: Wedge Excision, resection wedge 
Surgery to remove a triangle-shaped slice of tissue. It may be used to remove a tumor and a small amount of normal tissue around it.
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Small lung tumors with the size of 1cm or less in diameter: clinical, radiological, and histopathological characteristics.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Bronchioloalveolar lung cancer: occurrence, surgical treatment and survival.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Management of superior sulcus tumors: experience with 139 cases treated by surgical resection.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Subsequent pulmonary resection for bronchogenic carcinoma after pneumonectomy.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Laparoscopic wedge resection of gastric submucosal tumors.
Minimally invasive surgery has revolutionized the treatment of gastrointestinal tumors. Submucosal tumors (SMTs) of the stomach… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastases.
The lack of other effective treatment for colorectal liver metastases makes hepatic resection a primary treatment consideration… 
1995
1995
Local and/or distant recurrences in T1-2/N0-1 non-small cell lung cancer.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Laparoscopic wedge resection of a renal tumor: initial experience.
Advances in laparoscopic surgery have resulted in the development of reliable techniques for performing laparoscopic simple… 
1984
1984
In situ management of renal tumors: renal cell carcinoma and transitional cell carcinoma.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Active specific immunotherapy of minimal residual tumor: Excision plus neuraminidase‐treated tumor cells
Tumor growth can be severely inhibited and total regression occasionally induced when mice bearing firmly established… 
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