Extirpation-Root Operation C
Extirpation is defined as taking or cutting out solid matter or material from a body part. This root operation represents a range of procedures where the body part itself is not the focus of the procedure. Instead, the objective of an extirpation procedure is to remove solid material such as a foreign body, thrombus, or calculus from the body part with no appreciable amount of the actual body part being taken out.
The solid material may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body. Additionally, it may be either imbedded in the lumen of a tubular body part or within a body part.
Examples of extirpation include thrombectomy, removal of foreign body, choledocholithotomy, and removal of calculus.