ganglionectomy Surg.
(ˌgæŋglɪəˈnɛktəmɪ)
[f. ganglion + -ectomy.]
Excision of a ganglion.
| 1925 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 20 June 1908/2 (title) Treatment of Raynaud's disease by lumbar ramisection and ganglionectomy. 1937 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. XXXIV. 788 Sympathetic ganglionectomy is the usual surgical treatment of Raynaud's syndrome and other vasospastic states of the extremities. 1970 Gurdjian & Thomas Operative Neurosurg. (ed. 3) 463 Leriche used cervical and stellate ganglionectomy with some favorable results. |