Wertheim's hysterectomy
Wertheim's hysterectomy (ver-tymz) n. a radical operation performed for cervical cancer, involving removal of the entire uterus, the connective tissue and lymph nodes close to it, Fallopian tubes, ovaries, and the upper part of the vagina. [ E. Wertheim (1864–1920), Austrian gynaecologist]
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