Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
second-look surgery
[ seh-kund ... ser-juh-ree ]
Subclass of:
Operative Surgical Procedures
Definitions related to second look surgery:
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(second-look surgery) A followup operation to examine the outcome of the previous surgery and other treatments, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(second-look surgery) Surgery performed after cancer treatment to assess the results of prior treatment and to plan possible future treatment.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(second-look surgery) Surgery performed after primary treatment to determine whether tumor cells remain.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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