| amputation by transfixion | Amputation performed by transfixing the soft parts with a long knife and cutting the flap or flaps from within outward. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transfixion | A manoeuvre in amputation in which the knife is passed from side to side through the soft parts, close to the bone, and the muscles are then divided from within outward. Origin: L. Transfixio (see transfix) (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transfixion suture | A criss-cross stitch so placed as to control bleeding from a tissue surface or small vessel when tied; a suture used to fix the columella to the nasal septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| A-E amputation | Acronym for above-the-elbow amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| A-K amputation | Acronym for above-the-knee amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Alanson's amputation | A circular amputation, the stump shaped like a cone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amniotic amputation | Amputation produced in utero; attributed to the pressure of constricting bands (amniotic); autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: amniotic amputation, amputation, birth amputation, intrauterine amputation, spontaneous amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amputation | Removal of an appending part (appendage) (27 Sep 1997) |
| amputation knife | A broad-bladed knife used primarily for transecting large muscles during major amputations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amputation neuroma | traumatic neuroma |
| amputation stumps | The distal end of a limb left after amputation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| amputation, traumatic | Loss of a limb or other bodily appendage by accidental injury. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aperiosteal amputation | Amputation with removal of periosteum from bone at the site of amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| B-E amputation | Acronym for below-the-elbow amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bier's amputation | Osteoplastic amputation of tibia and fibula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| birth amputation | Amputation produced in utero; attributed to the pressure of constricting bands (amniotic); autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: amniotic amputation, amputation, birth amputation, intrauterine amputation, spontaneous amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |