mutilating surgery

A ‘heroic’ intervention entailing massive excision of tissue, often from a broadly invasive malignancy, to remove tumour and/or metastases, regardless of ‘cost’ vis-à-vis deterioration of quality of life, potential infection and other co-morbidity

mutilating surgery

Surgery A 'heroic' intervention entailing massive excision of tissue, often from a broadly invasive malignancy, to remove tumor and/or metastases, regardless of 'cost' vis-á-vis deterioration of quality of life, potential infection and other co-morbidity