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hysterocolposigmoidectomy

hysterocolposigmoidectomy noun: a major surgical procedure in which the uterus, vagina, and sigmoid colon are removed together. It is usually performed to treat advanced or recurrent pelvic cancers that have spread across these organs, with the goal of removing all visible disease in one operation.

Noun

hysterocolposigmoidectomy (plural hysterocolposigmoidectomies)

  1. A major surgical procedure in which the uterus, vagina, and sigmoid colon are removed together. It is usually performed to treat advanced or recurrent pelvic cancers that have spread across these organs, with the goal of removing all visible disease in one operation.
    • Associated procedures employed to achieve complete cytoreduction included reverse hysterocolposigmoidectomy, modified posterior exenteration or total exenteration; however, they referred especially to colic resection during primary cytoreductive surgery [ 9 - 11 ].2015, N Bacalbașa, I Bălescu, “Total pelvic exenteration for pelvic recurrence after advanced epithelial ovarian cancer – A case report and literature review”, in Journal of Medicine and Life, volume...

Forms of hysterocolposigmoidectomy

pluralhysterocolposigmoidectomies

Questions about hysterocolposigmoidectomy

What does hysterocolposigmoidectomy mean?
Hysterocolposigmoidectomy means a major surgical procedure in which the uterus, vagina, and sigmoid colon are removed together. It is usually performed to treat advanced or recurrent pelvic cancers that have spread across these organs, with the goal of removing all visible disease in one operation.
What part of speech is hysterocolposigmoidectomy?
Hysterocolposigmoidectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of hysterocolposigmoidectomy?
The plural of hysterocolposigmoidectomy is hysterocolposigmoidectomies.

Words near hysterocolposigmoidectomy in the dictionary

  1. hysterocele
  2. hysteroceles
  3. hysterocervicography
  4. hysterocleisis
  5. hysterocolposigmoidectomies
  6. hysterocolposigmoidectomy
  7. hysterocystic
  8. hysterodynamic
  9. hysterodynia
  10. hysteroepilepsies
  11. hysteroepilepsy

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