bursectomy

Procedure: - surgical excision of a bursa

Specific

bunionectomy bursectomy/synovectomy/resection of tendon sheath, wrist/forearm excision of prepatellar bursa olecranon bursectomy resection of ischial bursa resection of trochanteric bursa

General

surgical resection (excision) orthopedic surgery

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999