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  2. Open fracture - Wikipedia

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    Open fracture with extensive soft-tissue loss and periosteal stripping and bone damage. Usually associated with massive contamination. [14] [15] Will often need further soft-tissue coverage procedure (i.e. free or rotational flap) IIIC: Open fracture associated with an arterial injury requiring repair, irrespective of degree of soft-tissue injury.

  3. Free flap - Wikipedia

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    This may include areas on the leg where bone is exposed or any other area on the body that needs soft tissue coverage. Reconstruction of a defect following removal of a tumor in the mouth or elsewhere: Soft tissue resection requires soft tissue reconstruction. Composite (soft tissue and hard tissue) resection requires composite reconstruction.

  4. HCA Healthcare - Wikipedia

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    HCA Healthcare, Inc. is an American for-profit operator of health care facilities that was founded in 1968. It is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and, as of May 2020, owned and operated 186 hospitals and approximately 2,400 sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding emergency rooms, urgent care centers and physician clinics in 20 states and the United Kingdom. [6]

  5. Fontanelle - Wikipedia

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    At birth, the skull features a small posterior fontanelle with an open area covered by a tough membrane, where the two parietal bones adjoin the occipital bone (at the lambda). The posterior fontanelles ossify within 6–8 weeks after birth. This is called intramembranous ossification. The mesenchymal connective tissue turns into bone tissue.

  6. Laser surgery - Wikipedia

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    Laser surgery is a type of surgery that cuts tissue using a laser in contrast to using a scalpel. [ 1 ] Soft-tissue laser surgery is used in a variety of applications in humans ( general surgery , neurosurgery , ENT , dentistry , orthodontics , [ 2 ] and oral and maxillofacial surgery ) as well as veterinary [ 3 ] surgical fields.

  7. Flap (surgery) - Wikipedia

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    Flap surgery is a technique in plastic and reconstructive surgery where tissue with an intact blood supply is lifted from a donor site and moved to a recipient site. Flaps are distinct from grafts, which do not have an intact blood supply and relies on the growth of new blood vessels. Flaps are done to fill a defect such as a wound resulting ...

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  9. General surgery - Wikipedia

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    Most cardiothoracic surgeons in the U.S. (D.O. or M.D.) first complete a general surgery residency (typically 5–7 years), followed by a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship (typically 2–3 years). However, new programmes are currently offering cardiothoracic surgery as a residency (6–8 years).