Research, controlled
A study that compared results from a treated group and a control group. The control group may receive no treatment, a placebo, or a different treatment. See also blinded study, control group, double-blinded study.
Read Also:
- Resect
To remove. Resect and excise are not synonymous. Excise implies total removal whereas resect need not. A surgeon may resect part or all of a tumor but if the surgeon excises the tumor, all of the tumor is removed. From the Latin resectus, from resecare, meaning to trim, prune, cut back.
- Resectable
Able to be removed (resected) by surgery.
- Resection
Surgical removal of part of an organ.
- Resection, video-assisted
Surgery that is aided by the use of a video camera that projects and enlarges the image on a television screen. Also called video-assisted surgery.
- Reservoir
Reservoir of infection. From the French reservoir, from reserver meaning to reserve.