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Surgical construction of an opening or window in the pericardium. It is often called subxiphoid pericardial window technique.

Surgical excision (total or partial) of a portion of the pericardium. Pericardiotomy refers to incision of the pericardium.

The care of women and a fetus or newborn given before, during, and after delivery from the 28th week of gestation through the 7th day after delivery.

Interventions to provide care prior to, during, and immediately after surgery.

Nursing care of the surgical patient before, during, and after surgery.

The time periods immediately before, during and following a surgical operation.

Transplantation of PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELLS. It is a less invasive alternative to direct marrow harvesting of hematopoietic stem cells. Enrichment…

Dialysis fluid being introduced into and removed from the peritoneal cavity as either a continuous or an intermittent procedure.

Portable peritoneal dialysis using the continuous (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) presence of peritoneal dialysis solution in the peritoneal cavity e…

An operation for the continuous emptying of ascitic fluid into the venous system. Fluid removal is based on intraperitoneal and intrathoracic superio…

A procedure for removal of the crystalline lens in cataract surgery in which an anterior capsulectomy is performed by means of a needle inserted thro…

Therapeutic use of BACTERIOPHAGES to treat diseases.

Surgery to restore, reconstruct, or improve the shape or appearance of a damaged, misshapen, or missing PENIS due to injury, disease, or developmenta…

A carrier or inert medium used as a solvent (or diluent) in which the medicinally active agent is formulated and or administered. (Dictionary of Phar…

Surgical removal of a part of the pharynx. (Dorland, 28th ed)

External surgical fistulization of the pharynx for feeding.

Use of ultrasound to increase the percutaneous adsorption of drugs.

Therapy using oral or topical photosensitizing agents with subsequent exposure to light.

A process in which peripheral blood is exposed in an extracorporeal flow system to photoactivated 8-methoxypsoralen (METHOXSALEN) and ultraviolet lig…

A type of refractive surgery of the CORNEA to correct MYOPIA and ASTIGMATISM. An EXCIMER LASER is used directly on the surface of the EYE to remove s…

Treatment of disease by exposure to light, especially by variously concentrated light rays or specific wavelengths.

Application of LOCAL HYPERTHERMIA within a specific tissue using electromagnetic radiation to convert light/laser into heat often coupled with PHOTOS…

Therapeutic modalities frequently used in PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY by PHYSICAL THERAPISTS or physiotherapists to promote, maintain, or restore the …

Use of plants or herbs to treat diseases or to alleviate pain.

The use of HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES, in the frequency range of 20-30 kHz, to cut through mineralized tissue.

Surgical removal of the PINEAL GLAND including resection of pineal tumor (PINEALOMA) and CYSTS.

Radiation therapy used to treat the PITUITARY GLAND.

Any dummy medication or treatment. Although placebos originally were medicinal preparations having no specific pharmacological activity against a tar…

Removal of plasma and replacement with various fluids, e.g., fresh frozen plasma, plasma protein fractions (PPF), albumin preparations, dextran solut…

A cosmetic technique that uses PLASMA GASES in therapeutic treatment to help achieve skin REJUVENATION or REGENERATION and delay SKIN AGING.