resection

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Patients who undergo small bowel resection include premature infants with necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal disease that requires removal of damaged tissue.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

To say he had a bilateral resection means that the surgeons removed these structures on both hemispheres of the brain.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

At age 15, Murray was hospitalized for more than two months after his intestines twisted and he required an emergency resection that resulted in post-operative internal bleeding.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

Medical experts said that the most common treatment was a transurethral resection of the prostate, in which a surgeon scrapes out the inside of the prostate gland, giving the urethra more space.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2024

In old-standing cases, to obtain a useful joint, or to remove pressure from the branches of the radial nerve, resection of the head of the radius may be necessary.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander