| Kraske's operation | Removal of the coccyx and excision of the left wing of the sacrum in order to afford approach for resection of the rectum for cancer or stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Kronlein operation | Orbital decompression through the anterior lateral wall of the orbit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Filatov's operation | An obsolete eponym for penetrating keratoplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filtering operation | A surgical procedure for creation of a fistula between the anterior chamber of the eye and the subconjunctival space in treatment of glaucoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Finney's operation | |
| flap operation | An amputation in which flaps of the muscular and cutaneous tissues are made to cover the end of the bone. Synonym: flap operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ladd's operation | Division of Ladd's band to relieve duodenal obstruction in malrotation of the intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lambrinudi operation | A form of triple arthrodesis done in such a manner as to prevent foot drop, usually as occurs in poliomyelitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Foley operation | A reconstructive procedure for correction of ureteropelvic obstruction, whereby a Y-shaped flap of renal pelvis is advanced downward into a vertical incision in the upper ureter, thereby widening the ureteropelvic junction. Synonym: Foley operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fontan operation | <procedure> A procedure in which total right atrial or total caval blood flow is channeled directly into the pulmonary artery or into a small right ventricle that serves only as a conduit. The principal congenital malformations for which this operation is useful are tricuspid atresia and single ventricle with pulmonary stenosis. (08 Mar 2000) |
| Laroyenne's operation | Puncture of Douglas pouch to evacuate the pus and to secure drainage in cases of pelvic suppuration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lash's operation | Removal of a wedge of the internal cervical os with suturing of the internal os into a tighter canal structure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fothergill's operation | A vaginal operation for prolapse of the uterus, consisting of cervical amputation and parametrial fixation (cardinal ligaments) anterior to the uterus. Synonym: Fothergill's operation. Origin: Manchester, England (05 Mar 2000) |
| Frazier-Spiller operation | Division or section of a sensory root of the fifth cranial nerve, accomplished through a subtemporal (Frazier-Spiller operation), suboccipital (Dandy operation), or transtentorial approach. Synonym: retrogasserian neurectomy, retrogasserian neurotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fredet-Ramstedt operation | Longitudinal incision through the anterior wall of the pyloric canal to the level of the submucosa, to treat hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Synonym: Fredet-Ramstedt operation, Ramstedt operation. Origin: pyloro-+ G. Mys, muscle, + tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |