Tarsectomy


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Tar`sec´to`my


n.1.(Surg.) The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The super maximum levator resection combined with superior tarsectomy has been found to correct severely ptotic eyelids with Berke levator function ranging from 3 - 4.5mm28.
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