What is palliative surgery?
Palliative surgery is a surgery that attempts to improve the quality of the patient’s life (pain relief or improved function or esthetics) but not necessarily lengthen the patient’s life. Examples of palliative surgery would be removal of a mass that is bleeding or infected or amputation of a limb for pain relief after a pathologic bone fracture. What is de-bulking surgery? Debulking surgery, otherwise known as marginal resection, is incomplete removal of a tumor to enhance the efficacy of other treatment modalities such as cryotherapy, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy.
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