| Schonbein's operation | The use of a flap of mucous membrane from the posterior wall of the pharynx to the soft palate closing off the flow of air from the nose to the mouth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Schroeder's operation | Excision of diseased endocervical mucosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schuchardt's operation | A paravaginal rectal displacement incision, a surgical technique of making the upper vagina accessible for fistula closure or radical surgery via the vagina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scleral buckling operation | An operation performed in retinal detachment to indent the sclerochoroidal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scott operation | A jejunoileal bypass for morbid obesity utilizing end-to-end anastomosis of the upper jejunum to the terminal ileum, with the bypassed intestine closed proximally and anastomosed distally to the colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hill operation | Repair of hiatus hernia; narrowing the oesophagogastric junction and attaching it to the right medial arcuate ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hoffa's operation | In congenital dislocation of the hip, hollowing out the acetabulum and reduction of the head of the femur after severing the muscles inserted into the upper portion of the bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| second-look operation | Exploratory celiotomy within a year after apparently curative resection of intra-abdominal cancer, in patients with no sign or symptom of recurrence, to resect an occult tumour if present. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hofmeister's operation | Partial gastrectomy with closure of a portion of the lesser curvature and retrocolic anastomosis of the remainder to jejunum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubovaginal operation | Operative procedure for urinary incontinence. A strip of tissue, usually autologous rectus abdominis fascia, is used to suspend or elevate bladder neck and posterior urethra toward pubic symphysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Senning operation | An atrial switch operation for patients with transposition of the great arteries that employs a septal flap instead of excising the atrial septum as in the Mustard operation, thus minimizing foreign material and allowing for growth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Putti-Platt operation | A procedure for recurrent dislocation of shoulder joint. Synonym: Putti-Platt procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Huggins' operation | <procedure> Orchidectomy performed for palliation or cure of cancer of the prostate. Synonym: castration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hummelsheim's operation | Transplantation of a normal ocular rectus muscle, to substitute for a paralysed muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunter's operation | Ligation of the artery proximal and distal to an aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |