What is the goal of palliative surgery?
a. Remove and study tissue to make a diag-nosis.
b. Relieve symptoms or improve function without correcting the basic problem.
c. Remove diseased tissue or correct defects.
d. Correct serious defects that only affect appearance.
B
Palliative surgery is performed only to relieve symptoms or to improve function. It is not curative.
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