resection

Excision of a considerable portion of an organ.

Excision of a portion of an organ or other structure.

• en bloc r. — radical resection or amputation.
• gastric r. — partial gastrectomy.
• lateral ear r. — a surgical procedure, usually performed in dogs with otitis externa, in which the lateral cartilaginous plate of the vertical portion of the external ear canal is removed, thereby exposing the horizontal canal for drainage and easier application of topical medications. See also formston–mccunn method, lacroix operation, zepp operation.
• submucosal r. — a procedure in which the mucosa, e.g. of a prolapsed vagina, is stripped from a circumferential segment and the opposing edges sutured so as to take a tuck in the length of the wall of the viscus.
• vertical ear canal r. — total removal of the vertical portion of the external ear canal. Performed in dogs with chronic otitis externa with severe hyperplasia of the meatal epithelium without involvement of the horizontal canal.
• wedge r. — removal of a triangular mass of tissue.

Resection can mean:

• Segmental resection (or segmentectomy) the partial or complete removal of an organ or other bodily structure. A doctor may say that a cancer is resectable.
• Resection (orientation), a means of establishing a location

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