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Abdominoplasty or "tummy tuck" is a cosmetic surgery procedure used to make the abdomen thinner and more firm. The surgery involves the removal of excess skin and fat from the middle and lower abdomen in order to tighten the muscle and fascia of the abdominal wall.
Skin grafting often takes place after serious injuries when some of the body's skin is damaged. Surgical removal (excision or debridement ) of the damaged skin is followed by skin grafting. The grafting serves two purposes: reducing the course of treatment needed (and time in the hospital), and improving the function and appearance of the area ...
Iapyx removing an arrowhead from the thigh of Aeneas using a forceps (Virgil Aeneid XII.383-440) Roman fresco from the Casa di Sirico in Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Many surgical procedure names can be broken into parts to indicate the meaning. For example, in gastrectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part ...
Excision is the resection of only part of an organ, tissue or other body part (e.g. skin) without discriminating specific vascular territories. Exenteration is the complete removal of all organs and soft tissue content (especially lymphoid tissues) within a body cavity. Extirpation is the complete excision or surgical destruction of a body part ...
The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.
Lipotuck also includes a repositioning of the patient's belly button, as the excess skin removed generally includes the original one. [ citation needed ] One plastic surgeon in Australia describes Lipotuck as a procedure that "tends to be safer" because it uses tumescent liposuction , a procedures that "numbs and softens the fat," which "avoid ...
Incision with removal of foreign body or device from skin and subcutaneous tissue ( 86.06 ) Insertion of totally implantable infusion pump ( 86.07 ) Insertion of totally implantable vascular access device (VAD)
Fat removal procedures are used mostly in cosmetic surgery with the intention of removing unwanted adipose tissue. The procedure may be invasive, as with liposuction , [ 1 ] or noninvasive using laser therapy , radiofrequency , ultrasound or cold ( cryoablation or cryolipolysis) to reduce fat, sometimes in combination with injections.