| 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) |
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| 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) |
| Freund's operation | Total abdominal hysterectomy for uterine cancer, chondrotomy to relieve Freund's anomaly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| LeCompte operation | <procedure, surgery> A repair of double outlet right ventricle with pulmonary stenosis and other abnormalities of ventricular arterial connection and ventricular septal defect. The left ventricle is connected to the aorta and the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery using a technique that does not require an extracardiac conduit. Synonym: LeCompte operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Leriche's operation | Sympathetic denervation by arterial decortication. Synonym: histonectomy, Leriche's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lisfranc's operation | Amputation of the foot at the tarsometatarsal joint, the sole being preserved to make the flap. Synonym: Lisfranc's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Longmire's operation | Intrahepatic cholangiojejunostomy with partial hepatectomy for biliary obstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Luc's operation | An intraoral procedure for opening into the maxillary antrum through the supradental (canine) fossa above the maxillary premolar teeth. Synonym: intraoral antrostomy, Luc's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acromioclavicular ligament | <anatomy> A fibrous band extending from the acromion of the scapula to the clavicle. Synonym: ligamentum acromioclaviculare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolodental ligament | <anatomy> Fibrous connective tissue surrounding the root of a tooth that separates it from and attaches it to the alveolar bone. (12 Dec 1998) |
| annular ligament | <anatomy> One of a number of ligament's encircling various parts; the principal annular ligament's are those of the stapes, radius, and trachea. See: annular ligament of the radius, annular ligament of the stapes, annular ligaments of the trachea. Synonym: ligamentum annulare, orbicular ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |