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a continuous suture placed around a circular opening that is to be inverted; commonly used for the stump of the appendix or a hernia sac. See Plate 41.Medical dictionary. 2011.
purse-string suture — noun : a surgical suture passed as a running stitch in and out along the edge of a circular wound in such a way that when the ends of the suture are drawn tight the wound is closed like a purse * * * /perrs string /, Surg. a suture for a circular … Useful english dictionary
purse-string suture — /perrs string /, Surg. a suture for a circular opening, stitched around the edge, that closes it when pulled. [1900 05] * * * … Universalium
purse-string — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: purse string 1. : formed or drawn in the manner of a purse string a wind tight purse string closure about the neck see purse string suture 2. : involving control of financial matters : acting through financial… … Useful english dictionary
purse-string operation — noun a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman; is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies • Syn: ↑Shirodkar s operation • Hypernyms: ↑operation, ↑surgery, ↑surgical… … Useful english dictionary
Suture — The word suture has several uses in medicine, including: {{}}Cranial suture A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. A surgical suture Thread like material used to sew tissue… … Medical dictionary
instrument — A tool or implement. [L. instrumentum] diamond cutting instruments in dentistry, cylinders, disks, and other cutting instruments to which numerous small diamond pyramids have been attached by a plating of metal. hearing i. SYN: hearing aid.… … Medical dictionary
Radial keratotomy — (RK) is a refractive surgical procedure to correct myopia. Discovery The procedure was discovered by accident by Svyatoslav Fyodorov who removed glass from the eye of one of his patients who had been in an accident. A boy, who wore eyeglasses,… … Wikipedia
McDonald operation — an operation for incompetent cervix, in which the cervical os is closed with a purse string suture … Medical dictionary
Shirodkar operation — an operation for incompetent cervix in which the cervical os is closed with a surrounding purse string suture … Medical dictionary
Mastopexy — Intervention Breast lift: the pre operative aspects of mild breast ptosis (left), and the post operative aspects of the correction, the lifted bust (right) … Wikipedia
