Leadership teams from Southern California warfare centers and Navy labs met July 23 at Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) to discuss opportunities for collaboration and mutual support that result in advancing warfighter capabilities.
Etymology: L, radix, root; Gk, cheirourgia, surgery. surgery that is usually extensive and complex and intended to correct a severe health threat such as a rapidly growing cancer. See also radical dissection. Surgery consisting of major excision or restructuring of a body region; RS is most often used aggressive or advanced cancer Examples 'Heroic' operationsâeg, forequarter amputation, hindquarter amputation, hemipelvectomy, 'Commando' operationâradical neck. See Heroic surgery. Cf Palliative surgery.
LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY Urology Clinic GW Medical Faculty Associates The George Washington University 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 PURPOSE Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy is a minimally invasive technique to remove the entire kidney and surrounding fat that is usually used as a treatment for primary renal tumors. GENERAL INFORMATION Radical nephrectomy or removal of the entire kidney and surrounding fat was traditionally the treatment of choice for most solid renal tumors.