Sentence examples for was excised to from inspiring English sources

The extensive lists of survivors is worthy, but serves the family of the reader rather than the deceased; I often ask myself when reading a NYT obit 'which anecdote or entertaining tale was excised to make space for a list of names of people of whom I have never heard?' They also often appear mid-piece, again an interruption to the flow.

Nonetheless, the tumor was excised to prolong survival.

After mobilization of the esophagus, the tumor was excised to include all esophageal layers (Fig. 2c).

The midline was expanded 12 18 mm and the underlying ligamentum flavum was excised to visualise the pulsating dura and confirm adequate decompression.

The collected blood cockles were brought back to a laboratory, and the interior of each organism was excised to produce tissue blocks of the various organs (gill, mantle, digestive gland, and gonads) after measurement of the shell length.

Additionally, other stained material in the field of view was excised to simplify images and replaced with background signal.

How much of Iraq's military, the police force, the judiciary, the government bureaucracy, the economy itself must be excised to create a democratic state?

Porcine thoracic aortas obtained from a slaughterhouse were excised to remove endothelial cells [15].

The collateral ligaments on both sides were excised to expose the periphery of both menisci.

However, a disadvantage of such pre-formed devices is that tissue needs to be excised to allow their insertion.

Kidneys, liver, spleen, and heart were excised to quantify the expression of angiogenic mediators and markers of progenitor cells.