deserosalization

English

Etymology

de- +‎ serosal +‎ -ization

Noun

deserosalization (uncountable)

1. (surgery) The (normally accidental) removal of serosa from an internal cavity
   • 2015, Evangelos P. Misiakos et al., “Current Trends in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair”, in JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons‎^[1], volume 19, →DOI:

     In cases in which a piece of mesh from a prior repair is densely adherent to the bowel, a small piece of mesh may be excised and left attached to the bowel to prevent deserosalization or an opening of the bowel wall.