Wedge resection
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| Wedge resection | |
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| Term | Wedge resection |
| Short definition | wedge resection - (pronounced) (wej ree-SEK-avoid) Surgery to remove a triangular slice of tissue. It can be used to remove a tumor and a small amount of normal tissue around it |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
wedge resection - (pronounced) (wej ree-SEK-avoid) Surgery to remove a triangular slice of tissue. It can be used to remove a tumor and a small amount of normal tissue around it
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- Medical encyclopedia article on Wedge resection
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