Surgical extirpation at Weyland-Yutani Health System
By Dr. Victor Ahmed, DO · · General Surgery
Our General Surgery team put together this overview of surgical extirpation for patients and families.
About this topic
Topic: surgical extirpation. Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part. The solid matter contained in the definition may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body. It may be embedded in a body part, or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces.
This article is for general information and does not replace advice from your clinician.