| Sayre's jacket | A plaster of Paris jacket applied while the patient is suspended by the head and axillae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Sayre's suspension apparatus | Archaic term for Sayre's suspension traction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sayre's suspension traction | Spinal traction obtained by vertical suspension of the patient by means of a head halter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sayre, George | <person> U.S. Ophthalmologist, *1911. See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sayre, Lewis | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1820-1900. See: Sayre's suspension traction, Sayre's suspension apparatus, Sayre's jacket. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kearns-Sayre syndrome | <syndrome> A form of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia with associated cardiac conduction defects, short stature, and hearing loss; a sporadically ocurring mitochondrial myopathy presenting in childhood. (05 Mar 2000) |
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