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VAGOTOMY [6 records]

Record 1 2004-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
CONT

Many of the state's first laparoscopic procedures were performed by surgeons at the Maryland Center for Advances in videoscopic surgery, including videoscopic cholecystectomy, pelvic lymph node dissection, vagotomy...

OBS

cholecystectomy: The surgical removal of the gallbladder.

OBS

videoscopic surgery: A newly developed approach to surgery which avoids conventional incisions; ... Now surgeons can see images from the laparoscope just as if they were viewing through a large incision; ... The new videoscopic approach, which adds to the laparoscope a video camera and light source, has revolutionized simple laparoscopic surgery.

Key term(s)
  • video-scopic cholecystectomy
  • videoscopic chole-cystectomy
  • video-scopic chole-cystectomy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Foie et voies biliaires
OBS

Terme proposé par analogie avec l'expression "cholécystectomie sous coelioscopie".

Key term(s)
  • cholé-cystectomie sous vidéoscopie

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

division of only those vagal fibers supplying the acid-secreting glands of the stomach, with preservation of those supplying the antrum as well as the hepatic and celiac branches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neurosurgery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Neurochirurgie

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neurosurgery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Neurochirurgie

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Genitals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organes génitaux

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

surgical division of the two main trunks of the abdominal vagus nerve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
CONT

Supprimant la sécrétion acide d'origine centrale, empruntant la voie des pneumogastriques, la vagotomie tronculaire n'est pas dénuée d'effets indésirables (...)

Spanish

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