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Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is a surgical procedure used to relieve arthritis in one of the knee compartments in which the damaged parts of the knee are replaced. UKA surgery may reduce post-operative pain and have a shorter recovery period than a total knee replacement procedure, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] particularly in people over 75 years of ...
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With 718,000 hospitalizations, knee arthroplasty accounted for 4.6% of all United States operating room procedures in 2011—making it one of the most common procedures performed during hospital stays. [82] [83] The number of knee arthroplasty procedures performed in U.S. hospitals increased 93% between 2001 and 2011. [84]
left inguinal hernia: LLD: leg length discrepancy: LLE: left lower extremity: LLETZ: large loop excision of the transformation zone: LLL: left lower lobe LLQ: left lower quadrant: LM: left main LMA: left mentoanterior (fetal position) laryngeal mask airway LMCA: left main coronary artery: LMD: local medical doctor: LMP: last menstrual period ...
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Abbreviation Meaning Δ: diagnosis; change: ΔΔ: differential diagnosis (the list of possible diagnoses, and the effort to narrow that list) +ve: positive (as in the result of a test) # fracture: #NOF: fracture to the neck of the femur ℞ (R with crossed tail) prescription: Ψ: psychiatry, psychosis: Σ: sigmoidoscopy: x/12: x number of ...
total knee arthoplasty: TKO: to keep (vein) open for IV therapy TKR: total knee replacement: TKVO: to keep vein open TLA: three letter acronym TLC: total lung capacity, or total lymphocyte count TLE: temporal lobe epilepsy: TLH: total laparoscopic hysterectomy TLR: tonic labyrinthine reflex: TLS: tumor lysis syndrome: TM: tympanic membrane: TMA ...