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  2. Help:A quick guide to templates - Wikipedia

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    The content from a template titled Template:foo can be added into a Wikipedia page by editing a page and typing {{foo}} into it. When then viewing the page, {{foo}} is automatically replaced by the content of the page "Template:foo". If the page "Template:foo" is later altered, all the pages with {{foo}} in them will change automatically.

  3. List of surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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    -otomy or -tomy : surgical incision (see List of -otomies)-pexy : to fix or secure-plasty : to modify or reshape (sometimes entails replacement with a prosthesis), from the Ancient Greek πλάστος, plástos, meaning "molded".-rrhaphy : to strengthen, usually with suture

  4. Incision and drainage - Wikipedia

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    It is performed by treating the area with an antiseptic, such as iodine-based solution, and then making a small incision to puncture the skin using a sterile instrument such as a sharp needle or a pointed scalpel. This allows the pus to escape by draining out through the incision.

  5. Laparoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Rather than a minimum 20 cm incision as in traditional (open) cholecystectomy, four incisions of 0.5–1.0 cm, or, beginning in the second decade of the 21st century, a single incision of 1.5–2.0 cm, [5] will be sufficient to perform a laparoscopic removal of a gallbladder. Since the gallbladder is similar to a small balloon that stores and ...

  6. Cricothyrotomy - Wikipedia

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    The procedure was first described in 1805 by Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, a French surgeon and anatomist. [3] A cricothyrotomy is generally performed by making a vertical incision on the skin of the throat just below the laryngeal prominence (Adam's apple), then making a horizontal incision in the cricothyroid membrane which lies deep to this point.

  7. List of -otomies - Wikipedia

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    Phlebotomy – An incision in a vein with a needle; Pulpotomy – Removal of a portion of the pulp, including the diseased aspect; Radial keratotomy – a refractive surgical procedure to correct myopia; Sphincterotomy – Treating mucosal fissures from the anal canal/sphincter; Thoracotomy – Incision into the pleural space of the chest

  8. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles

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    Even when hand-coding citations, there are still template tools to assist editors with making these links. If the abstract of a journal article is available on PubMed, use the {} template to add a link. If the article has a digital object identifier (DOI), use the {} template.

  9. Instruments used in general surgery - Wikipedia

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    There are many different surgical specialties, some of which require specific kinds of surgical instruments to perform.. General surgery is a specialty focused on the abdomen; the thyroid gland; diseases involving skin, breasts, and various soft tissues; trauma; peripheral vascular disease; hernias; and endoscopic procedures.