| BK amp | below-knee amputation |
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| LEA | lower extremity amputation |
| NAF | nafcillin; National Amputation Foundation; National Ataxia Foundation; net acid flux |
| TMA | tetramethylammonium; thrombotic microangiopathy; thyroid microsomal antibody; transcortical mixed ap... |
| circular amputation | Amputation performed by a circular incision through the skin, the muscles being similarly divided higher up, and the bone higher still. Synonym: guillotine amputation, linear amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Mikulicz-Vladimiroff amputation | An osteoplastic resection of the foot in which the talus and calcaneus are excised, the anterior row of tarsal bones being united to the lower end of the tibia, the articular surfaces of both being removed; the lower end of the stump is therefore the anterior portion of the foot, the patient walking thereafter on tiptoe. Synonym: Vladimiroff-Mikulicz amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minor amputation | Amputation of a hand or foot or any parts of either. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pirogoff's amputation | Amputation of the foot; the lower articular surfaces of the tibia and fibula are sawed through and the ends covered with a portion of the os calcis which has also been sawed through from above posteriorly downward and forward. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congenital amputation | Amputation produced in utero; attributed to the pressure of constricting bands (amniotic); autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: amniotic amputation, amputation, birth amputation, intrauterine amputation, spontaneous amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multiple amputation | Amputation of two or more limbs or parts of limbs performed at the same operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| consecutive amputation | A revision or secondary succeeding amputation of a limb. Amputation in continuity, amputation through a segment of a limb, not at a joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculocutaneous amputation | Amputation with a flap of muscle and skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hancock's amputation | Amputation of the foot through the astragalus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary amputation | An amputation formerly performed during the period between trauma or incipient gangrene and suppuration. Synonym: intrapyretic amputation, primary amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hey's amputation | Amputation of the foot in front of the tarsometatarsal joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hindquarter amputation | Amputation of a lower limb through the sacroiliac joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
| secondary amputation | Amputation performed some time after a previous amputation that has failed to heal satisfactorily. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulp amputation | Removal of a portion of the pulp structure of a tooth, usually the coronal portion. Synonym: pulp amputation. Origin: L. Pulpa, pulp, + G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| spontaneous amputation | Amputation as the result of a pathologic process rather than external trauma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amputation n. |
traumatic n.
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| amputation flap |
A flap of skin used to cover the end of a part left after an amputation.
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| amputation in contiguity |
Amputation at a joint.
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| amputation-stump bandage |
An elastic bandage applied to an amputation stump to control postoperative edema and to shape the stump. The elastic bandage is applied in a recurrent or figure-of-eight fashion with more pressure applied to the distal,
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| amputation |
Surgical removal of a limb or portion of a limb. Amputation may be done above the knee, below the knee, or part of the foot.
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