marsupializationmedical dictionary

Exteriorization of a cyst or other such enclosed cavity by resecting the anterior wall and suturing the cut edges of the remaining wall to adjacent edges of the skin, thereby creating a pouch.

Origin: L. Marsupium, pouch

(05 Mar 2000)

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