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  2. Septoplasty - Wikipedia

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    Septoplasty (Latin: saeptum, "septum" + Ancient Greek: πλάσσειν, romanized: plassein, "to shape"), or alternatively submucous septal resection and septal reconstruction, [1] is a corrective surgical procedure done to straighten a deviated nasal septum – the nasal septum being the partition between the two nasal cavities. [2]

  3. Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty - Wikipedia

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    turbinoplasty, septoplasty, septorhinoplasty; Soft palate-level surgeries uvulectomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, tonsillectomy; Hypopharyngeal-level surgeries hyoid suspension; tongue suspension; tongue base reduction; genioglossus advancement; UPPP with tonsillectomy improves postoperative results of obstructive sleep apnea depending on tonsil ...

  4. Turbinectomy - Wikipedia

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    A turbinectomy or turbinoplasty (preserving the mucosal layer) is a surgical procedure, that removes tissue, and sometimes bone, of the turbinates in the nasal passage, particularly the inferior nasal concha.

  5. ICD-10 Procedure Coding System - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Nasal surgery - Wikipedia

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    Nasal surgery is a specialty including the removal of nasal obstruction that cannot be achieved by medication and nasal reconstruction. Currently, it comprises four approaches, namely rhinoplasty, septoplasty, sinus surgery, and turbinoplasty, targeted at different sections of the nasal cavity in the order of their external to internal positions.

  7. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery - Wikipedia

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    It can be caused by anatomical factors such as a deviated septum or nasal polyps (growths), as well as infection. Symptoms include difficulty breathing through the nose, swelling and pain around the nose and eyes, postnasal drainage down the throat, and difficulty sleeping. [10] CRS is a common condition in children and young adults. [11]

  8. Atrial septostomy - Wikipedia

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    Atrial septostomy is a surgical procedure in which a small hole is created between the upper two chambers of the heart, the atria.This procedure is primarily used to palliate dextro-Transposition of the great arteries or d-TGA (often imprecisely called transposition of the great arteries), a life-threatening cyanotic congenital heart defect seen in infants.

  9. List of medical abbreviations: S - Wikipedia

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    status post; condition after" SPE: streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin Spec: specimen SPECT: single-photon emission computed tomography: SPEP: serum protein electrophoresis: SPET: single-photon emission tomography: spp. species, as in bacterial species (e.g. Enterobacteriaceae spp.) Sp. fl. spinal fluid (see cerebrospinal fluid) Sp. gr. specific ...