resection
Cutting tissue out
Resection is the surgical removal of part of an organ or structure.
Surgeons perform resections of tumors, damaged tissue, or diseased portions of organs: The surgeon recommended a bowel resection.
The term appears frequently in oncology, where tumor resection aims to remove cancerous growth while preserving healthy tissue.
Controlled cut into tissue
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- anastomosisJoining of tubular structures
- hemostasisProcess that stops bleeding
- marginsEdges of a page
laparoscopic · robotic · endoscopic · sutures · stapling · transection · mobilization · ligation
Abnormal tissue mass
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- organBody's working component
- marginEdge of a page
- lesionArea of pathological change
polyp · lobe · colon · rectum · liver · lung · stomach · intestine
Physician who operates
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- postoperativeAfter an operation
complication · bleeding · infection · healing · hospital · preoperative · consent · imaging
Abnormal tissue mass
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- malignancyCancerous, invasive growth
staging · curative · palliative · adjuvant · remission · prognosis · biopsy · pathology
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- anastomosisJoining of tubular structures
- hemostasisProcess that stops bleeding
margins · laparoscopic · robotic · endoscopic · sutures · stapling · transection · mobilization · ligation · cautery
tumor
Abnormal tissue mass
lesion · polyp · lobe · colon · rectum · liver · lung · stomach · intestine · prostate
surgeon
Physician who operates
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
postoperative · complication · bleeding · infection · healing · hospital · preoperative · consent · imaging · MRI
tumor
Abnormal tissue mass
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
malignancy · staging · curative · palliative · adjuvant · remission · prognosis · biopsy · pathology · histology
- medical caresurgery, examination, injection, prescription, medication
- medical proceduressurgery, transplant, bypass surgery, biopsy, heart surgery
- surgeriessurgery, appendectomy, hysterectomy, minor surgery, elective surgery
- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, metastasis, malignancy
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- surgical proceduresincise, excise, suture, clamp, drain
resectionimplantation
Embedding into tissue
insertion · transplantation · grafting · anastomosis · reconstruction
resectionpreservation
Maintaining something's condition
conservation · watchful waiting · sparing · observation · conservative treatment