hysterocolposigmoidectomy
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[edit]Noun
[edit]hysterocolposigmoidectomy (plural hysterocolposigmoidectomies)
- (surgery) Removal of the uterus, vagina and sigmoid colon
- 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[1], volume 8:
- 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 ].