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Procedure whereby plasma is separated and extracted from anticoagulated whole blood and the red cells retransfused to the donor. Plasmapheresis is al…

Procedures used to reconstruct, restore, or improve defective, damaged, or missing structures.

Preservation technique in which epoxy polymers are used to preserve tissue or an organ resulting in anatomically authentic dry specimens often used i…

The transfer of blood platelets from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor.

The preparation of platelet concentrates with the return of red cells and platelet-poor plasma to the donor.

A treatment technique utilizing play as a medium for expression and communication between patient and therapist.

Therapeutic drainage of fluid or pus from the pleural space.

The production of adhesions between the parietal and visceral pleura. The procedure is used in the treatment of bronchopleural fistulas, malignant pl…

Exercises in which muscles are repeatedly and rapidly stretched, followed by shortening, concentric MUSCLE CONTRACTION (e.g. jumping and rebounding).…

The excision of lung tissue including partial or total lung lobectomy.

Division of the tissues attaching the lung to the wall of the chest cavity, to permit collapse of the lung. It was formerly used to treat tuberculosi…

Injection of air or a more slowly absorbed gas such as nitrogen, into the PLEURAL CAVITY to collapse the lung.

The use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient, most commonly seen in elderly patients. It includes also the administration of excessive …

Surgical portasystemic shunt between the portal vein and inferior vena cava.

Surgical venous shunt between the portal and systemic circulation to effect decompression of the portal circulation. It is performed primarily in the…

A type of surgical portasystemic shunt to reduce portal hypertension with associated complications of esophageal varices and ascites. It is performed…

Operation for BILIARY ATRESIA by anastomosis of the BILE DUCTS into the JEJUNUM or DUODENUM.

A method of mechanical ventilation in which pressure is maintained to increase the volume of gas remaining in the lungs at the end of expiration, thu…

Therapeutic modalities following a bout of exercise to reduce markers of muscle damage, soreness, fatigue, and inflammation.

Procedures performed to remove CAPSULE OPACIFICATION that develops on the POSTERIOR CAPSULE OF THE LENS following removal of a primary CATARACT.

Rebuilding of the POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT to restore functional stability of the knee.

Conception after the death of the male or female biological parent through techniques such as the use of gametes that have been stored during his or …

The care provided to women and their NEWBORNS for the first few months following CHILDBIRTH.

The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly af…

The period following a surgical operation.

Drugs administered before an anesthetic to decrease a patient's anxiety and control the effects of that anesthetic.

Clinical, therapeutic and diagnostic approaches to optimal disease management based on individual variations in a patient's genetic profile.

An organized and comprehensive program of health care that identifies and reduces a woman's reproductive risks before conception through risk assessm…

Selective abortion of one or more embryos or fetuses in a multiple gestation pregnancy. The usual goal is to improve the outcome for the remaining em…

Preliminary administration of a drug preceding a diagnostic, therapeutic, or surgical procedure. The commonest types of premedication are antibiotics…