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Radical resection

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Radical resection
Surgical resection that takes the blood supply and lymph system supplying the organ along with the organ.
Mentioned in: Colon Cancer


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More radical resection procedures or extensive lymphadenectomy have not contributed to an improvement of outcome and are therefore not recommended.
3-6 Radical resection leaves large defects that may be complicated by bleeding and infection.
He subsequently developed a recurrence of the primary 3 months later and underwent further surgery, which involved a radical resection, a superficial parotidectomy, a modified radical neck dissection, and latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction.
 
 
 
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