North American operation

A term of historic interest coined at the pelvic surgery service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, New York City, for treating a frozen pelvis with en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder

North American operation

Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis. '. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations.