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Surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands
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adrenalectomy
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n. (context surgery English) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
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n. surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands [syn: suprarenalectomy ]
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Adrenalectomy is the surgical removal of one or both (bilateral adrenalectomy) adrenal glands . It is usually advised for patients with tumors of the adrenal glands. The procedure can be performed using an open incision ( laparotomy ) or laparoscopic technique. ...
Usage examples of adrenalectomy.
Over the years, her argument remains the same, that Anna should have had an adrenalectomy and her ovaries removed, as she had.
Perhaps an adrenalectomy at the beginning would have helped, says Anna, but it is too late now that cancer has spread.
Well, they pulled out every estrogen source in her body-- full mastectomy, the lymph nodes, ovaries --and she had an adrenalectomy!