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Definition of Cholecystectomy

1. Noun. Surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain).

Definition of Cholecystectomy

1. Noun. (context: surgery) The surgical procedure to remove the gall bladder. ¹

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Definition of Cholecystectomy

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Medical Definition of Cholecystectomy

1. A term that describes the surgical removal of the gallbladder. This type of surgery may be performed with the traditional open incision or may be removed via a flexible fibreoptic scope (laparoscopic cholecystectomy). (15 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cholecystectomy

Literary usage of Cholecystectomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"During a cholecystectomy performed by another surgeon 3 months before, a tear 1 centimeter long was found to have occurred in the common duct. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"While cholecystectomy may be proper when the gall-bladder alone is involved, ... This question of cholecystectomy, pro and con, appeals to me strongly. ..."

3. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Improvement usually follows cholecystectomy, but for obvious reasons instantaneous ... Colics Following cholecystectomy. — Among the most puzzling ailments ..."

4. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Robert E. Hermann, Avram M. Cooperman (1922)
"cholecystectomy. OPERATIVE INJURY TO THE MAIN BILE-DUCT. PRIMARY END- TO-END SUTURE. POSTOPERATIVE STRICTURE OF THE DUCT. ..."

5. Digestive Diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1995)
"Recent case-series from academic centers have suggested that case-fatality for elective cholecystectomy can approach 0 percent.132'133 The persons at ..."

6. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1916)
"INNUMERABLE controversies have been waged over the comparative merits of cholecystectomy and cholecystostomy in the treatment of gall-bladder disease. ..."

7. The Clinical Journal (1902)
"Certainly, the rapid and satisfactory recovery of the six patients on whom I performed complete cholecystectomy is a striking contrast to the troublesome ..."

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