| subcutaneous operation | An operation, as for the division of a tendon, performed without incising the skin other than by a minute opening made by the entering knife. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Norton's operation | Extraperitoneal cesarean section by a paravesical approach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Norwood's operation | In infants with subaortic stenosis and tricuspid atresia; the pulmonary artery is divided and both ends are attached to the aorta, the distal end via a prosthetic graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dana's operation | Section of posterior spinal root. Synonym: Dana's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dandy operation | More specifically see: third ventriculostomy, trigeminal rhizotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Daviel's operation | Extracapsular cataract extraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| debulking operation | Excision of a major part of a malignant tumour which cannot be completely removed, so as to enhance the effectiveness of subsequent radio-or chemotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Syme's operation | Amputation of the foot at the ankle joint, the malleoli being sawed off, and a flap being made with the soft parts of the heel. Synonym: Syme's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Doyle's operation | Paracervical uterine denervation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dupuy-Dutemps operation | A modified dacryocystorhinostomy for stenosis of the lacrimal duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Indian operation | Rhinoplasty utilizing a flap from the forehead. Synonym: Carpue's method, Indian method, Indian operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interval operation | An operation performed during a period of quiescence or of intermission in the condition necessitating surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Italian operation | Italian method rhinoplasty utilizing a flap from the arm. Synonym: Italian method, Italian operation, tagliacotian operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ogston-Luc operation | An operation for frontal sinus disease; a skin incision is made from the inner third of the edge of the orbit toward the root of the nose or outward; the periosteum is pushed upward and outward, and the sinus is opened on the outer side of the median line; then a wide opening is made by curetting the nasofrontal duct, interior of the sinus, and anterior ethmoid cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ogura operation | Orbital decompression by removal of the floor of the orbit through an opening made in the supradental (canine) fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |