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para-aortic

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para-aortic /para-aor·tic/ (-a-or´tik) near or next to the aorta.
para-aortic
beside the aorta.

para-aortic bodies
see para-aortic body.


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This involves a total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy, omentectomy, para-aortic lympb node dissection/sampling, peritoneal washings, with a possible resection of bowel if the tumour is adhered to the bowel or encasing the bowel.
Cases of squamous inclusion cysts with this appearance in the lymph nodes have been reported in the axilla, peripancreatic region and para-aortic nodes.
According to conference materials, procedures scheduled to be performed on live pigs included: "ureteral dissection, pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy, repair of simulated bowel and bladder injury, bowel resection, ureteral re-anasomosis, and liver resection.
 
 
 
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