The following is a list of terms that descripe surgical procedures used in traeting cancer.
Cryosurgery
Maligant tissue is frozen and thus destroyed. This procedure is occasinonally used to treat bladder and prostatetumors.
Electrocauterization
Maligant tissue is destroyed by burning. Electrocauterization is often used in treating tumors of the rectum and colon, when surgical removal is not possible.
En bloc resection
Tumor is removed along with a large area of surrounding tissue containing lymph nodes. Modified radical mastectomy, colectomy, and gas-trectomy are examples.
Excisional biopsy
Removal of tumor and a margin of normal tissue. This procedure provides a specimen for diagnosis and may be curative for small tumors.
Exenteration
A wide resection involving removal of the tumor, its organ of origin, and all surrounding tissue in the body space. Pelvic exenteration may be performed to treat large primary tumors of the uterus.
Fulguration
Destruction of tissue by electric sparks generated by a high
Incisional biopsy
A piece of tumor is removed for examination to establish a diagnosis. A more extensive surgical procedure or other forms of treatment, such as chemotherapy or x – ray, may then be used to treat the bulk of the tumor.
Cryosurgery
Maligant tissue is frozen and thus destroyed. This procedure is occasinonally used to treat bladder and prostatetumors.
Electrocauterization
Maligant tissue is destroyed by burning. Electrocauterization is often used in treating tumors of the rectum and colon, when surgical removal is not possible.
En bloc resection
Tumor is removed along with a large area of surrounding tissue containing lymph nodes. Modified radical mastectomy, colectomy, and gas-trectomy are examples.
Excisional biopsy
Removal of tumor and a margin of normal tissue. This procedure provides a specimen for diagnosis and may be curative for small tumors.
Exenteration
A wide resection involving removal of the tumor, its organ of origin, and all surrounding tissue in the body space. Pelvic exenteration may be performed to treat large primary tumors of the uterus.
Fulguration
Destruction of tissue by electric sparks generated by a high
Incisional biopsy
A piece of tumor is removed for examination to establish a diagnosis. A more extensive surgical procedure or other forms of treatment, such as chemotherapy or x – ray, may then be used to treat the bulk of the tumor.
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