| osteotomy, le fort | Transverse sectioning and repositioning of the maxilla. There are three types: le fort I osteotomy for maxillary advancement or the treatment of maxillary fractures; le fort II osteotomy for the treatment of maxillary fractures; le fort III osteotomy for the treatment of maxillary fractures with fracture of one or more facial bones. Le fort III is often used also to correct craniofacial dysostosis and related facial abnormalities. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Fort Bragg fever | A mild disease first observed among military personnel at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, characterised by fever, moderate prostration, splenomegaly, and a rash on the anterior aspects of the legs; due to the autumnalis serovar of Leptospira interrogans. Synonym: Fort Bragg fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Le Fort | Leon C., French surgeon and gynecologist, 1829-1893. See: Le Fort I fracture, Le Fort II fracture, Le Fort III fracture, Le Fort sound, Le Fort's amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Le Fort I fracture | A fracture of the facial bones in which there is a horizontal fracture at the base of the maxillae above the apices of the teeth. Synonym: horizontal fracture, Le Fort I fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Le Fort II fracture | A fracture of the midfacial skeleton with the principal fracture lines meeting at an apex at or near the superior aspect of the nasal bones. Synonym: Le Fort II fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Le Fort III craniofacial dysjunction | A complex fracture in which the facial bones are separated from the cranial bones. Synonym: Le Fort III craniofacial dysjunction, Le Fort III fracture, transverse facial fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Le Fort III fracture | A complex fracture in which the facial bones are separated from the cranial bones. Synonym: Le Fort III craniofacial dysjunction, Le Fort III fracture, transverse facial fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Le Fort osteotomy | An osteotomy often done to correct a maxillary skeletal deformity. Classified as Le Fort osteotomy I, II, or III, depending upon the location. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Le Fort's amputation | A modification of Pirogoff's amputation; the calcaneus is sawed through horizontally instead of vertically so that the patient steps on the same part of the heel as before. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Le Fort sound | A curved sound threaded for a filiform bougie, used for dilation of urethral strictures in the male when small caliber or presence of false passages prevents safe passage of a standard sound or catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abbe operation | Use of an Abbe flap in plastic surgery of the lips. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Arie-Pitanguy operation | A procedure to reduce a large breast by a lozenge-shaped resection of tissue from its inferior pole. Synonym: Arie-Pitanguy mammaplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Arlt's operation | Transplantation of the eyelashes back from the edge of the lid in trichiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arterial switch operation | Operation for complete transposition of the great arteries; the most common way to repair this defect consists of switching the aorta and pulmonary arteries and implanting the coronary arteries into the neoaorta (the original pulmonary artery). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baldy's operation | An obsolete operation for retrodisplacement of the uterus, consisting of bringing the round ligaments through the perforated broad ligaments and attaching them to each other and to the back of the uterus. Synonym: Webster's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |