| Hoffa's operation | In congenital dislocation of the hip, hollowing out the acetabulum and reduction of the head of the femur after severing the muscles inserted into the upper portion of the bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| second-look operation | Exploratory celiotomy within a year after apparently curative resection of intra-abdominal cancer, in patients with no sign or symptom of recurrence, to resect an occult tumour if present. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hofmeister's operation | Partial gastrectomy with closure of a portion of the lesser curvature and retrocolic anastomosis of the remainder to jejunum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubovaginal operation | Operative procedure for urinary incontinence. A strip of tissue, usually autologous rectus abdominis fascia, is used to suspend or elevate bladder neck and posterior urethra toward pubic symphysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Senning operation | An atrial switch operation for patients with transposition of the great arteries that employs a septal flap instead of excising the atrial septum as in the Mustard operation, thus minimizing foreign material and allowing for growth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Putti-Platt operation | A procedure for recurrent dislocation of shoulder joint. Synonym: Putti-Platt procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Huggins' operation | <procedure> Orchidectomy performed for palliation or cure of cancer of the prostate. Synonym: castration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hummelsheim's operation | Transplantation of a normal ocular rectus muscle, to substitute for a paralysed muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunter's operation | Ligation of the artery proximal and distal to an aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| seton operation | An operation for advanced glaucoma; passage of a tube or seton into the anterior chamber to act as a wick. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Shirodkar operation | A cerclage procedure done by purse-string suturing of an incompetent cervical os with a nonabsorbent suture material. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sistrunk operation | Excision of the thyroglossal cyst and duct including the midportion of the hyoid bone through, or near, which the duct traverses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith-Boyce operation | An incision into the posterolateral renal parenchyma, gaining access to the calyceal system through an avascular plane between anterior and posterior branches of the renal artery; used for removal of calyceal and branched renal calculi, with maximum exposure yet minimal bleeding or parenchymal damage. Synonym: Smith-Boyce operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith-Indian operation | A surgical technique for removal of cataract within the capsule. Synonym: Smith's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Smith-Robinson operation | Interbody spinal fusion through an anterior cervical approach. (05 Mar 2000) |