- Porro cesarean section
- Por·ro cesarean section (porґo) [Edoardo Porro, Italian obstetrician, 1842–1902] see cesarean section, under section.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Porro cesarean section
Look at other dictionaries:
Porro cesarean section — cesarean section with extirpation of the uterine corpus and ovaries; of historical interest … Medical dictionary
Caesarean section — Intervention A team of obstetricians performing a Caesarean section in a modern hospital. ICD 9 CM … Wikipedia
Eduardo Porro — (1842 1902) was an Italian obstetrician. He was born in Padua and took his M. D. in 1865 at the University of Pavia, where, after spending several years as assistant at the Ospedale Maggiore at Milan, he became professor of obstetrics (1875).… … Wikipedia
Hysterectomy — A surgical operation to remove the uterus and, sometimes, the cervix. Removal of the entire uterus and the cervix is referred to as a total hysterectomy. Removal of the body of the uterus without removing the cervix is referred to as a subtotal… … Medical dictionary
