Topectomy

**Topectomy** is a surgical procedure used to remove a body part or organ. In a medical context, the word "top" usually refers to the outermost part of the body from the center. Thus, "topogram" means a map that describes the relative location of organs and tissues in the body. In order to understand which tissues belong to topography, you need to imagine the body in the form of a topogram. For example, the heart is located closer to the center of the body and is indicated on the topogram as the “top” symbol.

One of the most common cases in which topography is performed on patients is for rectal removal, but in general topography is important when performing operations on other abdominal organs.

Introduction

The operation of topographic-anatomical excision, in which the altered organ is removed, is the fourth stage of the tumor process. It is used as an independent method of treatment after insufficiently radical removal of a malignant tumor. Toposurgical methods are usually used for tumors of the larynx in the primary localization, for neoplasms of the rectum localized in the upper mediastinum, liver tumors, and thyroid stump.