A Patient Scheduled for an Aneurysmectomy Is Going to Undergo

question 231

Multiple Choice

A patient scheduled for an aneurysmectomy is going to undergo a ____________ an aneurysm.

• A) procedure to puncture
• B) process of measuring
• C) surgical excision of
• D) surgically created opening in

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