surgical incision

Related to surgical incision: surgical wound

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Noun

surgical incision - the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)

cutting, cut - the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"

surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"

gastromy - surgical incision into the stomach

perineotomy - surgical incision into the perineum

laparotomy - surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs

orchotomy - surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count)

sclerotomy - surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye

nephrotomy - incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone)

thoracotomy - surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity

valvotomy, valvulotomy - incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction

phlebotomy, venesection - surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis

vasosection, vasotomy - surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens

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References in periodicals archive ?

The state notice said that a respiratory therapist, on June 12, found six to 12 maggots near the surgical incision of the male patient.

Hacienda HealthCare: Arizona Facility's Licence To Be Revoked After Maggots Found On Patient

The final procedure involved closing the surgical incision.

Bunnies going off the boil; The Yorkshire Vet

In this procedure, the surgical incision is being reduced from 20cm to 7cm and the patient can start life activities after one month of this surgical intervention, whereas the recovery stage in the past took three months.

NATIONAL HEART CENTER PERFORMS NEW SURGICAL PROCEDURE

In this study TAP block proved a better quality of analgesia as compared to local anesthetic infiltration of surgical incision with less postoperative analgesic requirements and ultimately decreased incidence of complications.

COMPARISON OF ANALGESIC EFFICACY OF TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK WITH CONVENTIONAL LOCAL ANESTHETIC WOUND INFILTRATION

Topics addressed include "the mental load" (that women are expected to plan and keep track of all household tasks, in addition to doing the housekeeping); how doctors and hospitals all too frequently perform an unnecessary episiotomy (a surgical incision in the vaginal wall) to speed up childbirth and vacate hospital beds, despite the lasting harm that can result to women's bodies; how lack of parental leave for fathers results in an unfair burden on mothers and newborn children; how society consistently rewards men for aggression while stigmatizing women for any remotely aggressive act (including but not limiting to standing up for themselves when men make sexist or derogatory comments), and much more.

The Mental Load

For example, almost 40% (160) of the women didn't know, or misunderstood, the difference between an "episiotomy" (a surgical incision made during delivery) vs.

Instead of just giving information, health care providers must ensure patients actually understand it, as well, in order to make informed decisions

Signs you may have an infection include a fever, and new redness and pain in your surgical incision after it had appeared to be healing.

Plan Ahead for Your Recovery if You're Having Surgery

Many dogs were able to have the object(s) removed by endoscopy with no need for a surgical incision. Unfortunately, if the esophagus was torn or perforated, surgery was required to fix the damage.

Adult Dogs Most Prone to Esophageal Foreign Bodies: Trying to consume something they shouldn't isn't limited to puppies--the median age for this accident is 4 years old

Another non-pharmacologic pain management strategy commonly u sed across settings and populations is the use of a splinting device to support the surgical incision. Protecting the incision after abdominal surgery via splinting reduces incisional stress by equalizing the pressure across the incision and allows for increased comfort during position changes.

The Effect of a Therapeutic Pillow On Pain Following Nephrectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Thereafter, Mancilla underwent a "laparotomy" procedure, a surgical incision aimed to flush out the bleach from her stomach."

Saudi human rights body probes case of OFW made to drink bleach

"To our knowledge, this 'Goldilocks effect' of surgical incision length on pain outcomes has not been previously reported, and merits further investigation to unravel the effects of short-term tissue stretch and increased tissue trauma on acute and chronic post-cesarean pain," said lead researcher Ruth Landau, M.D., associate director of obstetric anesthesia and director of the Center for Precision Medicine in Anesthesiology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York.