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When the surgeon finished exploratory surgery, he told us, in words that I can still remember to this day, Resection would not be conducive to life.
Living the 7 Habits STEPHEN R. COVEY 2001
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Magenresektion (Resection of the stomach) he described a new procedure: pylorectomy with subsequent gastroduodenostomy.
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Location of points by Resection -- Location of Points by
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_Resection of a wedge from the tarsus_ (Davies Colley, 1876) is reserved for the most severe cases in which the shape and rigidity of the bones prevent correction of the deformity by any other means.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Resection of the knee joint may be resorted to in hospital (military) service, when the tone of the system has not been lowered by exposure, privation, or disease, and an abundance of pure air and nutritious food can be commanded, provided that permanency of location, constant and intelligent attention, and contentment of mind on the part of the patient, can be secured.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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Resection of the knee joint should not take the place of amputation of the thigh, in the lower third, in field surgery, because of the impossibility of maintaining those conditions which are absolutely necessary to its success.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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Resection of the Anterior End of the first Metatarsal bone.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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The advantages claimed for Resection may be thus summed up:
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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Excision and Resection of the Bones of the Tarsus.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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Resection of the radius is more likely to interfere with the mobility and symmetry
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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