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Mastectomy — Intervention Mastectomy patient ICD 9 CM 85.4 … Wikipedia
Radical mastectomy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 85.45 MeSH … Wikipedia
Mastectomy — A general term for removal of the breast. usually to remove cancerous tissue. The operation can be done in a hospital or in an outpatient clinic, depending on how extensive it needs to be. It takes from two to three hours, with three to five… … Medical dictionary
radical mastectomy — noun removal of a breast and the underlying muscles (pectoralis major and pectoralis minor) and lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit • Hypernyms: ↑mastectomy * * * radical mastectomy The surgical removal of a breast together with some pectoral… … Useful english dictionary
radical mastectomy — n a mastectomy in which the breast tissue, associated skin, nipple, areola, axillary lymph nodes, and pectoral muscles are removed called also Halsted radical mastectomy compare MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY, SIMPLE MASTECTOMY * * * removal of the… … Medical dictionary
mastectomy — /ma stek teuh mee/, n., pl. mastectomies. Surg. the operation of removing all or part of the breast or mamma. Also called mammectomy. [1920 25; MAST + ECTOMY] * * * Surgical removal of a breast, usually because of breast cancer. If the cancer has … Universalium
mastectomy — n. surgical removal of a breast. Simple mastectomy, performed for extensive but not necessarily invasive tumours, involves simple removal of the breast; the skin and if possible the nipple may be retained and a prosthesis (see breast implant) may … The new mediacal dictionary
radical mastectomy — Surgery for breast cancer in which the breast, chest muscles, and all of the lymph nodes under the arm are removed. For many years, this was the breast cancer operation used most often, but it is used rarely now. Doctors consider radical… … English dictionary of cancer terms
radical — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin radicalis, from Latin radic , radix root more at root Date: 14th century 1. of, relating to, or proceeding from a root: as a. (1) of or growing from the root of a plant < radical tubers >… … New Collegiate Dictionary
extended radical mastectomy — radical mastectomy with removal of the ipsilateral half of the sternum and a portion of ribs two through five with the underlying pleura and the internal mammary lymph nodes … Medical dictionary
