| plication | A folding or putting together in pleats; specifically, an operation for reducing the size of a hollow viscus by taking folds or tucks in its walls. Origin: L. Plico, pp. -atus, to fold (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Kelly's operation | Correction of retroversion of the uterus by plication of uterosacral ligaments, correction of urinary stress incontinence by vaginally placing sutures beneath the bladder neck. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Paterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome | <syndrome> Limited elevation of the eye in adduction, appearing clinically as a paresis of the inferior oblique muscle, due to fascia contracting the superior oblique muscle on the same side. Synonym: Brown's syndrome, Paterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Paterson-Kelly syndrome | <radiology> Iron-deficiency anaemia, oesophageal webs (symptomatic), glossitis, spoon nails, middle-aged females, increased incidence of oesophageal carcinoma, see also: oesophageal webs and rings aka: Patterson-Kelly syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |
| whip-tom-kelly | <zoology> A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida. Synonym: black-whiskered vireo. Origin: So called in imitation of its notes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Kelly, Adam | <person> British otolaryngologist, 1865-1941. See: Paterson-Kelly syndrome, Paterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kelly clamp | A curved haemostat without teeth, introduced for gynecological surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kelly, Howard | <person> U.S. Gynecologist, 1858-1943. See: Kelly clamp, Kelly's operation, Kelly's rectal speculum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kelly's rectal speculum | A tubular speculum with obturator for rectal examination. (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) |
| Ball's operation | Division of the sensory nerve trunks supplying the anus, for relief of pruritus ani. (05 Mar 2000) |