| HA | H antigen; Hakim-Adams [syndrome]; halothane anesthesia; Hartley [guinea pig]; headache; health alli... |
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| LA | lactic acid; large amount; laser angioplasty; late abortion; late antigen; latex agglutination; left... |
| LTA | leukotriene A; lipoate transacetylase; lipotechoic acid; local tracheal anesthesia; long-term archiv... |
| MAC | MacConkey [broth]; major ambulatory category; malignancy-associated changes; maximum allowable conce... |
| MUA | manipulation under anesthesia; middle uterine artery; motor unit activity |
| SWI | Surgical Wound Infection |
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| SOI | Surgical orthotopic implantation |
| VATS | video assisted thoracic surgical |
open anesthesia
| surgical procedures, minimally invasive | Procedures that avoid use of open invasive surgery in favour of closed or local surgery. These generally involve use of laparoscopic devices and remote-control manipulation of instruments with indirect observation of the surgical field through an endoscope or similar device. With the reduced trauma associated with minimally invasive surgery, long hospital stays may be reduced with increased rates of short stay or day surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| surgical procedures, minor | Surgery restricted to the management of minor problems and injuries; surgical procedures of relatively slight extent and not in itself hazardous to life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surgical prosthesis | An appliance prepared as an aid or as a part of a surgical proceeding, such as a heart valve or cranial plate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical resection | <procedure, surgery> A term used to describe the surgical removal of tissue. (27 Sep 1997) |
| surgical silk | Thread prepared from the cocoon filaments of glutinous gum which are spun by the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori; used as suture material in 14 sizes from 0.025 mm to 1.016 mm in diameter and numbered accordingly from 7-0 to 7. Virgin silk, an extremely fine ophthalmic suture material consisting of two to seven natural silk filaments bonded together by sericin, a natural adhesive. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical splint | General term for a device used to maintain tissues in a new position following surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical sponges | Gauze material used to absorb body fluids during surgery. Referred to as gossypiboma if accidentally retained in the body following surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surgical staplers | Fastening devices composed of steel-tantalum alloys used to close operative wounds, especially of the skin, which minimises infection by not introducing a foreign body that would connect external and internal regions of the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surgical stapling | A technique of closing incisions and wounds, or of joining and connecting tissues, in which staples are used as sutures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surgical template | A thin, transparent, resin base shaped to duplicate the form of the impression surface of an immediate denture, used as a guide for surgically shaping the alveolar process to fit an immediate denture, a guide for various osteotomy procedures, a guide for duplicating size and shape for an autogenic (free) gingival graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical wound dehiscence | Separation of the layers of a surgical wound. It may be partial and superficial only, or complete, with disruption of all layers. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surgical wound infection | Infection occurring at the site of a surgical incision. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, surgical | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of disease or dysfunction by examination of the pathological site or operative field during surgical intervention. (12 Dec 1998) |
| digestive system surgical procedures | Surgery performed on the digestive system or its parts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| insurance, surgical | A specific type of health insurance which provides surgeons' fees for specified amounts according to the type of surgery listed in the policy. (12 Dec 1998) |