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-ectomy : surgical removal (see List of -ectomies). The term 'resection' is also used, especially when referring to a tumor.-opsy : looking at-oscopy : viewing of, normally with a scope-ostomy or -stomy : surgically creating a hole (a new "mouth" or "stoma", from the Greek στόμα (stóma), meaning "body", see List of -ostomies)
Neuroplastic surgery has adapted reconstructive principles from the fields of craniofacial surgery, and plastic and reconstructive surgery and refined them in order to prevent and/or address challenging deformities which result from Neurosurgical Procedures. The evolution of this new specialty and first center for Neuroplastic and ...
Single-port laparoscopy (SPL) is a recently developed technique in laparoscopic surgery. It is a minimally invasive surgical procedure in which the surgeon operates almost exclusively through a single entry point, typically the patient's navel. Unlike a traditional multi-port laparoscopic approach, SPL leaves only a single small scar.
A face transplant is a medical procedure to replace all or part of a person's face using tissue from a donor. Part of a field called "Vascularized Composite Tissue Allotransplantation" (VCA) it involves the transplantation of facial skin, the nasal structure, the nose, the lips, the muscles of facial movement used for expression, the nerves that provide sensation, and, potentially, the bones ...
Patients' Hospital in Redding quietly reopened in August, after 15 months. Why did it close? What changes have the owners made?
Eponymous surgical procedures are generally named after the surgeon or surgeons who performed or reported them first. In some instances they are named after the surgeon who popularised them or refined existing procedures, and occasionally are named after the patient who first underwent the procedure.
A new outpatient centre which has opened at a hospital in Leicester will deliver about 100,000 appointments a year, NHS bosses have said. The £40m East Midlands Planned Care Centre (EMPCC) at ...
Palliative surgery; Patient blood management; Patient registration; Perioperative; Perioperative medicine; Perioperative mortality; Perioperative nursing; Portable Surgical Hospital; Surgical positions; Post herniorraphy pain syndrome; Postoperative fever; Preanesthetic assessment; Predictive methods for surgery duration; Prehabilitation ...