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In such cases, doctors will often recommend a transurethral resection, a procedure to remove extra prostate tissue.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
This is a temporary solution after a colon resection—it’s done so poop doesn’t pass through your colon, where there’s a fresh wound that could become infected that way.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 11 Mar. 2024
Those with celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, resections, hemorrhoids, or bariatric surgery are more at risk of iron loss, and may have trouble absorbing iron.
—Casey Seiden, Parents, 26 Feb. 2024
Part of a transurethral resection involves inserting a scope — a tube with a camera at the end — through the urethra.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
The treatment usually consists of maximal safe resection followed by total brain and spine radiation, often with proton therapy if available, with extra radiation to the tumor site.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 12 Jan. 2024
For decades, the diagnosis of DCIS has routinely led to surgery–a mastectomy or a lumpectomy (a partial breast resection) that’s often combined with radiation treatment and possibly, a five-year course of hormone medication.
—Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
According to a 2018 study in the Journal of Thoracic Disease, wedge resection surgery is associated with a five-year survival rate of 74% in people with stage 1 NSCLC.16
Is Stage 1 Lung Cancer Curable?
—Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2023
Wedge resection can be an option if the tumor is very small, and a lobectomy to remove a lung lobe offers a better chance of a cure.5 Oncologists may recommend adjuvant chemotherapy for stage 1b lung cancer or cases with aggressive features like those that may occur with large cell carcinoma.
—Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1646, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Resection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resection. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Medical Definition
resection
noun
re·sec·tion
ri-ˈsek-shən
: the surgical removal of part of an organ or structure
pancreatic resection
resection of the lower bowel
resection of a tumor
see abdominoperineal resection, mikulicz resection, segmental resection, wedge resection
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