| FSOP | free-standing surgical outpatient facility |
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| ICS | ileocecal sphincter; immotile cilia syndrome; impulse-conducting system; integrated case study; inte... |
| ISR | information storage and retrieval; Institute for Sex Research; Institute of Surgical Research; insul... |
| ISSI | interview schedule for social interaction; Israeli Study of Surgical Infections |
| ISWI | incisional surgical wound infection |
| surgical flaps | Tongues of tissue (skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle) cut away from the underlying parts but attached at one end. They retain their own blood supply during transfer to the new site. They are used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region. The concept includes pedicled flaps, rotation flaps, tube flaps, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| surgical instruments | Hand-held tools or implements used by health professionals for the performance of surgical tasks. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surgical ligation | In dentistry, the surgical exposure of an unerupted tooth so that a metal ligature can be placed around its cervix and fastened to an orthodontic appliance to facilitate eruption. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical maggot | A sterilised botfly maggot used in an obsolete therapy of wound debridement and removal of abscessed tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical mesh | Any woven or knit material of open texture used in surgery for the repair, reconstruction, or substitution of tissue. The mesh is usually a synthetic fabric made of various polymers. It is occasionally made of metal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surgical microscope | <instrument> A binocular microscope used to obtain good visualization of fine structures in the operating field; in the standing type of microscope, a motorised zoom lens system operated by hand or foot controls provides an adjustable working distance; in headborne models, interchangeable oculars provide the magnification needed. Synonym: operating microscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical neck of humerus | The narrow portion below the head and tuberosities. Synonym: collum chirurgicum humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical oncology | <study> The study of cancer using surgery, usually to remove cancerous tumours and tissue. (16 Dec 1997) |
| surgical pathology | A field in anatomical pathology concerned with examination of tissues removed from living patients for the purpose of diagnosis of disease and guidance in the care of patients. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |