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Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit.skin and φαγείαlit.eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit.biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers.
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion ( ACDF) is a surgical procedure to treat nerve root or spinal cord compression by decompressing the spinal cord and nerve roots of the cervical spine with a discectomy, followed by inter-vertebral fusion to stabilize the corresponding vertebrae. [1] This procedure is used when other non-surgical treatments have failed.
It emerges at the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle alongside the other three cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus, then promptly divides into several branches. [1] The nerves descend in the posterior triangle of the neck beneath the platysma muscle and the deep cervical fascia. [citation needed] Near the clavicle, the supraclavicular nerves perforate the fascia and the ...
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Excoriation disorder, more commonly known as dermatillomania, is a mental disorder on the obsessive–compulsive spectrum that is characterized by the repeated urge or impulse to pick at one's own skin, to the extent that either psychological or physical damage is caused.
This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine. First, prefixes and suffixes, most of which are derived from ancient Greek or classical Latin, have a droppable vowel, usually -o ...
The neck dissection is a surgical procedure for control of neck lymph node metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma ( SCC) of the head and neck. [1] The aim of the procedure is to remove lymph nodes from one side of the neck into which cancer cells may have migrated. Metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma into the lymph nodes of the neck reduce ...
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal that covers the field of otolaryngology, especially surgery of the head and neck. The journal's editor-in-chief is Cecelia Schmalbach ( Temple University ). It was established in 1995 and is published by SAGE Publishing on behalf of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery .