#surgical procedure
- Adenectomy — A surgical intervention consisting of the complete or partial extirpation or resection of a gland or a lymph node affected by a pathological process. This structural surgical procedure is frequently used to remove glandular tumors, relieve obstructive complications, or eliminate severe infectious foci from the lymphatic system.
- Adipectomy — A surgical intervention consisting of the extirpation or excision of a quantity of adipose (fat) tissue from the body, performed for reconstructive, therapeutic, or aesthetic purposes. This structural surgical procedure is utilized to remove voluminous lipomas, correct fat distribution anomalies, or restructure body contours following massive weight loss.
- To amputate — To cut off, remove, or surgically resect a limb, an extremity of the body, or a diseased or traumatized organ segment, aiming to save the patient's life or prevent the spread of gangrene; by literary or figurative extension, to drastically reduce, curtail, diminish, or suppress an important part of a text, budget, right, or conceptual structure.
- Ankylotomy — A historical surgical intervention or reconstructive technique consisting of the sectioning of fibrous bridges, retracted ligaments, calcified joint capsules, or rigid tendons, performed to release a pathologically locked joint and partially or fully restore its functional mobility.
- Anesthetization — The act of anesthetizing and its result; the clinical process through which pharmacological agents are administered to a patient to induce a state of total or partial insensitivity to pain. In a broad sense, the term denotes the entirety of perioperative medical maneuvers performed by the specialist team, while figuratively, it represents the action of neutralizing, numbing, or annihilating the critical spirit or responsiveness of a community.
- Anoplasty — A reconstructive or plastic surgical intervention performed on the anus, designed to correct congenital malformations (such as imperforate anus), postoperative cicatricial stenoses, chronic recalcitrant fissures, or severe incontinence. The procedure involves structural remodeling of local cutaneous-mucosal tissues and restoring the normal anatomical functionality of the anal sphincter.
- Arterioplasty — A surgical procedure for the reconstruction, repair, or plastic remodeling of the wall of an artery that is damaged, narrowed, or affected by an aneurysm or trauma. This vascular surgical intervention may involve using a synthetic patch (such as Dacron or PTFE) or an autologous patch (a vein segment harvested from the patient) to widen the vascular lumen, restore normal blood flow, and prevent downstream tissue ischemia.
- Astragalectomy — An invasive surgical intervention in orthopedics consisting of the total or partial excision of the astragalus (talus) bone. This extreme structural procedure is performed in severe cases of irreparable crushing trauma, severe avascular necrosis of the talus, chronic bone infections (osteomyelitis), or advanced congenital foot deformities (such as congenital clubfoot resistant to other therapies).
- Autotransplantation — A surgical or medical procedure consisting of transplanting a tissue, organ, or cellular assembly (such as bone marrow, stem cells, or skin and bone fragments) harvested from an individual and grafted into another anatomical area of the same organism. This structural phenomenon completely eliminates the risk of immunological rejection and the need for immunosuppressive drugs, ensuring optimal biological integration.