peritonectomy

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peritonectomy (plural peritonectomies)

  1. (surgery) Removal of a cancerous part of the peritoneum.
    • 2015 June 26, Yeqian Huang et al., “Effects of sex hormones on survival of peritoneal mesothelioma”, in World Journal of Surgical Oncology[1], volume 13, →DOI:
      Given that suitability of patients for peritonectomy was discussed during weekly meetings and only selected patients were offered this combined therapy, there was selection bias in this study.