esophagectomy
1Esophagectomy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 42.40 MeSH …
2esophagectomy — noun The surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the esophagus …
3Esophagectomy — An operation to remove a portion of the esophagus. * * * Excision of all or any part of the esophagus. [esophagus + G. ektome, excision] Ivor Lewis e. commonly used approach for e. via laparotomy and right thoracotomy, with intrathoracic …
4esophagectomy — /əsɒfəˈdʒɛktəmi/ (say uhsofuh jektuhmee) noun (plural esophagectomies) → oesophagectomy …
5esophagectomy — An operation to remove a portion of the esophagus …
6Ivor Lewis esophagectomy — Ivor Lew·is esophagectomy (iґvor looґis) [Ivor Lewis, Welsh surgeon, 1895–1982] transthoracic esophagectomy …
7Ivor Lewis esophagectomy — transthoracic e …
8transhiatal esophagectomy — removal of the thoracic part of the esophagus by blunt dissection superiorly through a cervical incision and inferiorly with a transhiatal approach through an abdominal incision …
9transthoracic esophagectomy — removal of part or all of the thoracic part of the esophagus through abdominal and right thoracotomy incisions; called also Ivor Lewis e …
10List of surgical procedures — Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, ectomy is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the… …