| 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) |
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| 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) |