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  • Thumbnail for External fixation
    External fixation is a surgical treatment wherein Kirschner pins and wires are inserted and affixed into bone and then exit the body to be attached to...
    8 KB (978 words) - 18:14, 19 November 2023
  • Vertebral fixation (also known as "spinal fixation") is an orthopedic surgical procedure in which two or more vertebrae are anchored to each other through...
    3 KB (350 words) - 15:53, 4 February 2022
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    Internal fixation is an operation in orthopedics that involves the surgical implementation of implants for the purpose of repairing a bone, a concept that...
    6 KB (586 words) - 05:49, 19 August 2023
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    Surgery (redirect from Surgical procedure)
    surgery. The adjective surgical means pertaining to surgery; e.g. surgical instruments, surgical facility or surgical nurse. Most surgical procedures are performed...
    100 KB (11,786 words) - 03:04, 13 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Halo-gravity traction device
    entitled "The Halo: A Spinal Skeletal Traction Fixation Device." The clinician Pierre Stagnara utilized the device to develop Halo-Gravity traction. Halo-gravity...
    48 KB (5,181 words) - 21:36, 19 March 2024
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    A surgical drain is a tube used to remove pus, blood or other fluids from a wound, body cavity, or organ. They are commonly placed by surgeons or interventional...
    6 KB (809 words) - 21:18, 22 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Histopathology
    a microscope using either chemical fixation or frozen section. If a large sample is provided e.g. from a surgical procedure then a pathologist looks at...
    15 KB (1,636 words) - 07:47, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tourniquet
    1718, French surgeon Jean Louis Petit developed a screw device for occluding blood flow in surgical sites. Before this invention, the tourniquet was a simple...
    45 KB (5,339 words) - 04:28, 11 May 2024
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    Penile implant (category Medical devices)
    one-touch release etc. Surgical techniques used for the implantation of penile prostheses have also improved along with evolution of the device. Inflatable penile...
    28 KB (2,981 words) - 17:42, 25 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Robot-assisted surgery
    Robotics Revolution, featured the device. Other related robotic devices developed at the same time included a surgical scrub nurse robot, which handed operative...
    71 KB (7,833 words) - 05:07, 13 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mandibular fracture
    few days. A number of surgical techniques may be used including maxillomandibular fixation and open reduction internal fixation (ORIF). People are often...
    46 KB (5,501 words) - 18:42, 23 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Implant (medicine)
    amount of control. Class I devices include simple devices such as arm slings and hand-held surgical instruments. Class II devices are considered to need more...
    32 KB (3,577 words) - 10:44, 14 June 2024
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    Dynamic compression plate (category Orthopedic surgical procedures)
    other injuries. This device consists of a lag screw and a side plate with a barrel. The sliding screw telescopes and provides fixation while allowing impaction...
    2 KB (297 words) - 13:47, 21 December 2022
  • Stryker Corporation (category Medical device manufacturers)
    problem-prone devices. The second, sent November 2007, cites issues at the firm's Mahwah, New Jersey, facility, including poor fixation of hip implant...
    34 KB (3,439 words) - 05:11, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 274th Forward Surgical Team (Airborne)
    definitive internal fixation (plate-and-screw, or intramedullary fixation). The goal of these surgical interventions is to resuscitate and stabilize, not repair...
    24 KB (2,772 words) - 21:50, 20 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Plastic surgery
    Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories:...
    55 KB (6,327 words) - 13:27, 13 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ilizarov apparatus
    In medicine, the Ilizarov apparatus is a type of external fixation apparatus used in orthopedic surgery to lengthen or to reshape the damaged bones of...
    15 KB (1,685 words) - 14:32, 2 May 2024
  • represents a surgical concept and set of methods, that use computer technology for surgical planning, and for guiding or performing surgical interventions...
    22 KB (2,938 words) - 07:58, 25 March 2024
  • Vaginoplasty (category Surgical oncology)
    Non-surgical vagina creation was used in the past to treat the congenital absence of a vagina. The procedure involved the wearing of a saddle-like device...
    29 KB (2,858 words) - 04:33, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Prosthesis
    Despite the absence of active grasping, passive devices are very useful in bimanual tasks that require fixation or support of an object, or for gesticulation...
    130 KB (15,398 words) - 18:31, 4 June 2024
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