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Replacement, total hip
Replacement, total hip: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed and replaced with artificial materials. A metal ball with a stem (a prosthesis) is inserted into the femur (thigh bone) and an…
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Show more- Bones of the leg, ankle and foot Are 62 lower extremity bones. They consist of 10 hip and leg, 14 ankle and 38 foot bones. > >The 10 hip and…
- Syndrome, popliteal pterygium See Popliteal web syndrome
- Salvage radiotherapy Radiation treatment given after recurrence of a tumor. See: Salvage therapy
- Slipped spine See: Spondylolisthesis
- Chronic bronchitis Defined clinically as a daily cough with production of sputum for 3 months, two years in a row. In chronic…
- Stroke, heat Stroke, heat: Heat stroke can be LIFE-THREATENING! Victims of heat stroke almost always die, so immediate…
- ID See: Yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan.
- Nipple discharge See: Breast discharge
- Cardiovascular disease Disease affecting the heart or blood vessels. Cardiovascular diseases include arteriosclerosis, coronary…
- Autoradiography A technique using X- ray film to visualize molecules or fragments of molecules that have been radioactively…
- Total hysterectomy Hysterectomy: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a complete hysterectomy
- Resect To remove. Resect and excise are not synonymous. Excise implies total removal whereas resect need not. A…