resection

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The researchers evaluated whether WUSTL0717 could counteract the severe weight loss that often follows small bowel resection.

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

Bones divided in the course of an operation, for example in osteotomy for knock-knee, or wedge-shaped resection for bow-leg, are repaired by the same process as fractures.

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