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n. - Surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis).

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  • There is self-exenteration enough and to spare in my story, without dilating on them.
  • P.N. Dogra, head of the department of urology, performed the robot-assisted "anterior pelvic exenteration" on a woman suffering from cancer of urethra and urinary bladder.
  • Along with a five-member team, he performed a 'robotic anterior exenteration', in simple words, the removal of organs towards the front of the pelvic cavity, on a...
  • The robotic anterior exenteration was a challenging surgery, with the risk of intraoperative injury to major blood vessels, massive bleeding and also injury to the bowel...
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