| Belsey, Ronald | <person> 20th century British surgeon. See: Belsey Mark IV operation, Belsey Mark IV procedure, Belsey Mark V procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Ross, Sir Ronald | <person> English physician and Nobel laureate, 1857-1932. See: Ross cycle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Fisher, Ronald | <person> British medical statistician and geneticist, 1890-1962; invented many statistical tests. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Belsey Mark IV operation | A transthoracic anti-reflux procedure; it restores a 3 to 4 cm length of intraabdominal oesophagus, maintains a narrow diameter of the distal oesophagus by a gastric fundoplication. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Belsey Mark IV procedure | A transthoracic hiatal hernia repair that restores the lower oesophageal sphincter zone to the high pressure region below the diaphragm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Belsey Mark V procedure | A modified Belsey Mark IV procedure often employing pledgetted sutures performed for patients with hiatal hernia plus disordered oesophageal motility in whom an oesophageal myotomy is also needed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Collis-Belsey procedure | A surgical method of treating oesophageal structure by creation of a neoesophagus and a fundoplication antireflux procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |