bichectomy
English
Etymology
Bichat's fat pad + -ectomy
Noun
bichectomy (uncountable)
- (surgery) Buccal fat extraction.
- 2016, F Jaeger, CHBC de Castro, et al., A novel preoperative ultrasonography protocol for prediction of bichectomy procedure, in Arquivo Brasileiro de Odontologia 2016, volume 12, number 2:
- Nowadays, bichectomy or facial lipectomy is a surgical procedure in great evidence worldwide […]
- 2018, Gustavo Steffen Alvarez, Evandro José Siqueira, Bichectomy: technical systematization applied in 27 consecutive cases, in Rev. Bras. Cir. Plást. 2018, volume 33, issue 1, pages 74-81
- 2018, Leandro Kluppel et al., Complications associated with the bichectomy surgery, in RGO Rev. Gaúch. Odontol. 2018, volume 66, number 3, pages 278-284
- 2016, F Jaeger, CHBC de Castro, et al., A novel preoperative ultrasonography protocol for prediction of bichectomy procedure, in Arquivo Brasileiro de Odontologia 2016, volume 12, number 2: