pancreatectomy
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In another are the pioneers of various procedures, handcrafted by surgeons and experimental physicians and often named for their inventors: the Halsted mastectomy, Mohs surgery, the Whipple pancreatectomy.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
On Nov. 18, 2013, I was hospitalized for five days for an open distal pancreatectomy.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2019
For example, pancreatectomies are so infrequent that a "high-volume" hospital may only do 25.
From US News ● May 18, 2015
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