| 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) |
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| 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) |
| Smith's operation | A surgical technique for removal of cataract within the capsule. Synonym: Smith's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Soave operation | Endorectal pull-through for treatment of congenital megacolon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Spinelli operation | An operation splitting the anterior wall of the prolapsed uterus and reversing the organ preliminary to reduction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Naffziger operation | Orbital decompression for severe malignant exophthalmos by removal of the lateral and superior orbital walls. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stapes mobilization operation | Now infrequently used operation involving fracture of tissue immobilizing the stapes to restore hearing; especially used in patients with otosclerosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stoffel's operation | Division of certain motor nerves for the relief of spastic paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stookey-Scarff operation | An operation to establish an opening from the third ventricle to the prechiasmal and interpeduncular cisterns (Stookey-Scarff operation) or from the third ventricle to the interpeduncular cistern (Dandy operation). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sturmdorf's operation | Conical removal of the endocervix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nissen's operation | Mobilization of the lower end of the oesophagus and plication of the fundus of the stomach around it (fundic wrapping) in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux that may be associated with various disorders, such as hiatal hernia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| subcutaneous operation | An operation, as for the division of a tendon, performed without incising the skin other than by a minute opening made by the entering knife. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Norton's operation | Extraperitoneal cesarean section by a paravesical approach. (05 Mar 2000) |