Taber's Medical Dictionary
Alexander-Adams operation
(al″ek-san′dĕr-ad′ămz)
[William Alexander, Brit. surgeon, 1844-1919; James A. Adams, Scottish gynecologist, 1857-1930]
Surgery in which the round ligaments of the uterus are shortened and their ends sutured to the exterior abdominal ring. It is used in treating uterine displacement.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Alexander-Adams Operation." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747618/all/Alexander_Adams_operation.
Alexander-Adams operation. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747618/all/Alexander_Adams_operation. Accessed November 22, 2019.
Alexander-Adams operation. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747618/all/Alexander_Adams_operation
Alexander-Adams Operation [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 November 22]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747618/all/Alexander_Adams_operation.
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