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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)
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.
Vaginectomy is the removal of all or part of the vagina. Vasectomy is the surgical occlusion of the vas deferens, tubes that connect to the male testes and transport sperm, a procedure for the purposes of sterilization in males. Vesiculectomy is the removal of all or part of the seminal vesicle.
general medicine, surgery: varicose veins: superficial vein is percussed proximally; if impulse is felt over vein distally, valvular incompetence is present Budin's sign: Pierre-Constant Budin: surgery, obstetrics: suppurative mastitis: if breast milk flown into a sterile pad is mixed with pus (brown, yellow or bloody traces), mastitis may be ...
SADI-S surgery; Scalp reconstruction; Scrotoplasty; Segmental resection; Selective percutaneous myofascial lengthening; Gender-affirming surgery; SILS gastric banding; Single-port laparoscopy; Spaulding classification; Suprapubic aspiration; Surgeon's knot; Surgery for the dysfunctional sacroiliac joint; Surgical anastomosis; Surgical ...
Silvano Raia (born 1930), Raia was the first surgeon to achieve a successful living donor liver transplantation in July 1989; B. K. Misra (born 1953), First neurosurgeon in the world to perform image-guided surgery for aneurysms, first in South Asia to perform stereotactic radiosurgery, first in India to perform awake craniotomy and laparoscopic spine surgery.
A. Acromioplasty; Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder; Akin osteotomy; Ankle fusion; Ankle replacement; Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
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