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en bloc resection |
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en bloc resection see en bloc resection. en bloc resection Oncology The resection of a large bulky tumor virtually without dissection Surgery EBR is used in certain cancers to remove a primary lesion, the contiguous draining lymph nodes, and everything in between, as in a modified
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| En bloc resection of our patient's tumor would have required tracheal resection and esophagectomy, and it would have resulted in significant morbidity and poor quality of life. He underwent wide local excision with an en bloc resection of the parotid gland (figure 1, B), a bilobed cervicofacial rotation flap procedure (double transposition flap with a shared base), and a partial auriculectomy. The patient underwent an uneventful en bloc resection of the tumor. |
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