Definition of neurectomy in English:
neurectomy
noun ˌnjʊəˈrɛktəmiˌn(y)o͝oˈrektəmē
mass nounMedicine Surgical removal of all or part of a nerve.
Example sentencesExamples
- Besides uncertainty over whether lesions should be excised or ablated by a variety of techniques, the contribution of adjunctive presacral neurectomy or uterosacral nerve ablation-transection is unclear.
- She had a laparotomy for resection of bilateral ovarian endometriomas, resection and fulguration of peritoneal implants, and presacral neurectomy.
- Laparoscopic uterine nerve ablation and presacral neurectomy also have been used in refractory cases.
- Peripheral neurectomy, peripheral and ganglionic alcohol blocks, and cryotherapy have not proven as efficacious as other procedures and, therefore, will not be discussed.
- Of 42 patients with Ménière's disease about to undergo neurectomy of the vestibular nerve, 14 had hyperprolactinaemia and all six who were investigated further turned out to have a prolactinoma.