isthmectomy or isthmusectomy?
Posted By: D on 2007-05-13
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Subject: isthmectomy or isthmusectomy?
The doc dictates isthmusectomy but I can not find the word in Stedmans, however, I do find isthmectomy. Which would it be?
Thanks.
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isthmectomy sm
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isthmectomy (isth·mec·to·my) (is-mek´tə-me) [isthmus + -ectomy] excision of an isthmus, particularly the isthmus of the thyroid gland affected with goiter.
people, check your Stedman book, it is isthmectomy
Subject: people, check your Stedman book, it is isthmectomy
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probably is isthmusectomy. Those two procedures go hand in hand.
Subject: probably is isthmusectomy. Those two procedures go hand in hand.
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