| HCPCS | Health Care Financing Administration common procedural collecting system; Health Care Financing Admi... |
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| IDP | immunodiffusion procedure; inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy; initial dose period; inosine dipho... |
| LEEP | left end-expiratory pressure; loop electrosurgical excision procedure |
| LP | labile peptide; labile protein; laboratory procedure; lactic peroxidase; lamina propria; laryngophar... |
| MEAP | multiphasic environmental assessment procedure |
| Eloesser procedure | Transposition of a tonguelike pedicled skin flap from the chest wall into the depths of an incision that communicates with an empyema or peripheral lung abscess; used to prevent scar closure of the tract to insure long-term mandatory dependent drainage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| endorectal pull-through procedure | Removal of diseased rectal mucosa along with resection of the lower bowel, followed by anastomosis of the proximal stump to the anus, in order to spare rectal muscle function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jatene procedure | A method of repairing congenital tunnel-type subaortic stenosis and narrowing of the left ventricular-aortic junction by aortoventriculoplasty and prosthetic valve replacement. Synonym: Dor procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ewart's procedure | Elevation of the larynx between the thumb and forefinger to elicit tracheal tugging. (05 Mar 2000) |
| two-step procedure | <surgery> When surgical biopsy and breast surgery are performed in two separate surgeries. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Z procedure | Surgery to elongate a contracted scar or to rotate tension 90 |
| Konno procedure | A method of repairing congenital tunnel-type subaortic stenosis and narrowing of the left ventricular-aortic junction by aortoventriculoplasty and prosthetic valve replacement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Konno-Rastan procedure | An aortoventriculoplasty used to enlarge the aortic annular size, especially when subaortic fibromuscular stenosis is present. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fontan procedure | <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) |
| loop electrocautery excision procedure | Electrocautery excisional biopsy of abnormal cervical tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| academic medical centres | Medical complexes consisting of medical school, hospitals, clinics, libraries, administrative facilities, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| advance medical directives | Advance directives preserve the person's right to accept or reject a course of medical treatment even after that person becomes mentally or physically incapacitated to the point of being unable to communicate those wishes. There ared two basic types of advance directives: (1) a living will, in which the person outlines specific treatment guidelines that are to be followed by health care providers; (2) a health care proxy (also called a power of attorney for healthcare decision making) in which the person designates a trusted individual to make medical decisions in the event that he or she becomes too incapacitated to make such decisions. Advance directive requirements vary greatly from one jurisdiction to another and should therefore be drawn up in consultation with an attorney who is familiar with the laws of the particular jurisdiction. (This entry is based upon material from the National MS Society). (12 Mar 2000) |
| american medical association | Professional society representing the field of medicine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| genetics, medical | A field of human genetics which entails the reliable prediction of certain human disorders as a function of the lineage and/or genetic makeup of any two parents or potential parents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reference books, medical | Books in the field of medicine intended primarily for consultation. (12 Dec 1998) |