bilateral nephrectomy
Surgery to remove both kidneys.
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21 matchesbilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
Surgery to remove both ovaries and both fallopian tubes.
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Surgery to remove the entire uterus, including the cervix.
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Surgery to remove the bladder (the organ that holds urine) and urethra (the tube through which urine leaves the body).
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Gastrectomy removes all or part of the stomach, most often to treat stomach cancer or certain severe stomach conditions.
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Removing the uterus ends the possibility of pregnancy, but on its own it does not bring on menopause.
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A nephrectomy is surgery to remove all or part of a kidney, performed through several different approaches depending on how much tissue must be removed.
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Surgery to remove a kidney and its ureter.
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Oophorectomy is the surgical removal of one or both ovaries, performed for conditions such as ovarian masses, cancer risk, or disease.
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Surgery to remove the uterus, but not the cervix.
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Kidney tissue does not grow back, and keeping more of it lowers the chance of kidney trouble years after the cancer is gone.
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Surgery to remove part of one ovary or part of both ovaries.
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Stripping out a lining so the lung sticks to the chest wall, which is the aim: a space that can no longer refill.
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Surgery intended to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by removing the ovaries before disease develops.
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Surgery to remove the uterus, cervix, and part of the vagina.
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Taking the whole kidney out inside its fatty envelope, an operation now kept for tumors too large or awkward to cut around.
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Surgical removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries.
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Surgery to remove one kidney.
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The commonest misunderstanding in gynecology: total means the cervix as well, not the ovaries as well.
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A cutting out: the ending telling a reader that an operation removed something rather than merely opened or inspected it.
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