- Syme amputation
- ankle disarticulation with removal of both malleoli; called also Syme operation.
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Syme amputation
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Syme amputation (operation) — (sīm) [James Syme, Scottish surgeon, 1799–1870] see under amputation … Medical dictionary
Syme's amputation — sīmz or Syme amputation sīm n amputation of the foot through the articulation of the ankle with removal of the malleoli of the tibia and fibula compare PIROGOFF S AMPUTATION Syme James (1799 1870) British surgeon. Syme was generally recognized as … Medical dictionary
Amputation — Classification and external resources J. McKnight, who lost his limbs in a railway accident in 1865, was the second recorded survivor of a simultaneous triple amputation. ICD 10 T14.7 … Wikipedia
Amputation — Removal of part or all of a body part enclosed by skin. For example, removal of part of a finger or an entire finger would be termed an amputation. Removal of an appendix, on the other hand, would not be termed amputation. A person who has… … Medical dictionary
Syme — James, Scottish surgeon, 1799–1870. See S. amputation, S. operation … Medical dictionary
Syme operation — see under amputation … Medical dictionary
James Syme — Sir James Syme (* 7. November 1799 in Edinburgh; † 26. Juni 1870 in Millbank bei Edinburgh) war ein schottischer Chirurg. James Syme um 1855 Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 … Deutsch Wikipedia
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James Syme — (7 November 1799 26 June 1870) was a pioneering Scottish surgeon.Early lifeHe was born in Edinburgh. His father was a writer to the signet and a landowner in Fife and Kinross, who lost most of his fortune in attempting to develop the mineral… … Wikipedia
Pirogoff-Amputation — Pirogoff Stumpf (1867) Die Pirogoff Amputation (Syn. Amputation nach Spitzy, Pirogoff Spitzy oder im Englischen nach Boyd) ist eine Operationsmethode zur Amputation des Fußes, die 1854 von Nikolai Iwanowitsch Pirogow erfunden wurde. Sie erhält… … Deutsch Wikipedia
