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Replantation or reattachment is defined as the surgical reattachment of a body part (such as a finger, hand, or toe) that has been completely cut from the body. [1] Examples include reattachment of a partially or fully amputated finger, or reattachment of a kidney that had had an avulsion-type injury.
The other two images are helpful. Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead) 00:12, 27 August 2006 (UTC) The images serve their purposes; squimishness is overcome esily by the mind - relax. We should also include images of suture removal, of wound appearence days/weeks/&months after surgery and of the sutures themselves along with the needles.
A surgical suture, also known as a stitch or stitches, is a medical device used to hold body tissues together and approximate wound edges after an injury or surgery. Application generally involves using a needle with an attached length of thread. There are numerous types of suture which differ by needle shape and size as well as thread material ...
The middle stitch is a vertical mattress the others simple interrupted stitches. The vertical mattress stitch, often called vertical Donati stitch (named after the Italian surgeon Mario Donati), [1] is a suture type used to close skin wounds. The advantages of the vertical mattress suture are that it provides closure for both deep and ...
This removes the legs, the genitalia (internal and external), urinary system, pelvic bones, anus, and rectum. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a major procedure recommended only as a last resort for people with severe and potentially fatal illnesses such as osteomyelitis , tumors , severe traumas and intractable decubiti in, or around, the pelvis . [ 3 ]
For example, in gastrectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Gastro-" means stomach. Thus, gastrectomy refers to the surgical removal of the stomach (or sections thereof). "Otomy" means cutting into a part of the body; a gastrotomy would be cutting into, but not necessarily removing, the stomach. In addition ...
Courtesy of Chrissy Teigen/Instagram Chrissy Teigen’s relationship with spicy food hasn’t been the same since she gave birth to 17-month-old daughter Esti. “At first I had the garlic cream ...
Acute rejection is a category of rejection that occurs on the timescale of weeks to months, with most episodes occurring within the first 3 months to 1 year after transplantation. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] Unlike hyperacute rejection, acute rejection is thought to arise from two distinct immunological mechanisms as lymphocytes , a subset of white blood cells ...