| D010535 |
Laparoscopy |
A procedure in which a laparoscope (LAPAROSCOPES) is inserted through a small incision near the navel to examine the abdominal and pelvic organs in the PERITONEAL CAVITY. If appropriate, biopsy or surgery can be performed during laparoscopy. |
Celioscopy,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures,Peritoneoscopy,Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopic,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Laparoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Laparoscopic Surgical,Surgery, Laparoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Laparoscopic,Celioscopies,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgeries,Laparoscopic Surgeries,Laparoscopies,Peritoneoscopies,Surgeries, Laparoscopic,Surgeries, Laparoscopic Assisted,Surgery, Laparoscopic Assisted |
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| D003937 |
Diagnosis, Differential |
Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. |
Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D001062 |
Appendectomy |
Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix. (Dorland, 28th ed) |
Appendectomies |
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| D001064 |
Appendicitis |
Acute inflammation of the APPENDIX. Acute appendicitis is classified as simple, gangrenous, or perforated. |
Perforated Appendicitis,Ruptured Appendicitis,Appendicitis, Perforated,Appendicitis, Ruptured |
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| D001065 |
Appendix |
A worm-like blind tube extension from the CECUM. |
Vermiform Appendix,Appendix, Vermiform |
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| D013528 |
Surgical Staplers |
Fastening devices composed of steel-tantalum alloys used to close operative wounds, especially of the skin, which minimizes infection by not introducing a foreign body that would connect external and internal regions of the body. (From Segen, Current Med Talk, 1995) |
Stapler, Surgical,Staplers, Surgical,Surgical Stapler |
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| D019564 |
Unnecessary Procedures |
Diagnostic, therapeutic, and investigative procedures prescribed and performed by health professionals, the results of which do not justify the benefits or hazards and costs to the patient. |
Surgery, Unnecessary,Unnecessary Surgery,Procedure, Unnecessary,Procedures, Unnecessary,Unnecessary Procedure |
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