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.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Alexander-Adams Operation." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747618/all/Alexander_Adams_operation.
Alexander-Adams operation. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747618/all/Alexander_Adams_operation. Accessed July 29, 2025.
Alexander-Adams operation. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747618/all/Alexander_Adams_operation
Alexander-Adams Operation [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 July 29]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747618/all/Alexander_Adams_operation.
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