resectoscope

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resectoscope [ri′sek·tə‚skōp]

(medicine)

A tubelike instrument containing an optical device and a sliding knife; permits excision of tissue in body cavities without an opening other than that made by the instrument itself.

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No references found			Performed through the vagina and cervix, this procedure uses an instrument called a resectoscope, which allows surgeons to view the uterine fibroids through a small fiber optic device. Fibroids ? Symptoms, Causes and Treatment by peterhutch / Health, general community The HG Surgery System combines the company's proprietary high-frequency electrocautery knife UES-40S with a special resectoscope electrode to perform a transurethral resection in saline (TURis). Olympus Medical Systems to Launch New TUR System by JCNN News Summaries Research has shown it is a successful alternative not only to hysterectomy but also to transervical resection of the endo-metrium - TCRE - a highly skilled, hi-tech procedure which involves cutting away the womb lining with an instrument called a resectoscope. Family Health: Simple op that saved me trauma of losing my womb; HOPE ... by Palmer, Jill / The Mirror (London, England)			Resaw resbenzophenone rescap rescinnamine Rescript rescue rescue dump Rescue Equipment, Ships Rescue Ship resealing pressure resealing trap research research and development research method research octane number Research Reactor research rocket research ship Research Ships Research Systems, Inc. Research Triangle Park réseau Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne Réseaux IP Européens Resection resectoscope Reseda Resedaceae resedimentation ResEdit reseller reseller Web hosting Resemblance Resende, Garcia de resequent resequent fault-line scarp resequent stream Reserpine Reservage Réservage reservation Reservations Reserve reserve aircraft Reserve Bank of India Reserve Battery Reserve Battery, Fused-Electrolyte reserve buoyancy Reserve Capital reserve cell Reserve Currency			resectability resectable resectable Resectable cancer resected resected resecting resecting resection resection resection resection Resection and End-to-End Anastomosis Resection of Aneurysm of the Abdominal Aorta Resection of Local Relapsed Tumor Resection of Residual Retroperitoneal Tumor Mass Resection of Residual Retroperitoneal Tumour Mass Resection Plus Elective Supraomohyoid Neck Dissection resectional resectional resectionist resectionist resectionists resectionists resections resections resections Resectisol Resectisol Resectisol resectoscope resectoscopy resects resects ReSecurity First Legal Association reseda reseda Reseda luteola Reseda luteola Reseda odorata Reseda odorata Resedaceae Resedaceae resedas resedas resedimentation ResEdit reseed reseeded reseeding reseeds Reseek resegregation Reseize Reseizer Reseizure reselect reselected reselecting reselection reselections

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