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bladder neck incision — an operation that involves an incision through the bladder neck and prostate to relieve lower urinary tract symptoms. This is usually performed under a general or spinal anaesthetic through a cystoscope and is smaller than a transurethral… … The new mediacal dictionary
transurethral incision of prostate — (TUIP) endoscopic bilateral incision from just distal to the ureteral orifice through the bladder neck up to the verumontanum, in order to relieve bladder outlet obstruction in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia … Medical dictionary
Mark Soloway — Mark Soloway, MD File:Mark soloway.jpg Born January 24, 1943 (1943 01 24) (age 68) Cleveland, Ohio Residence Miami, Florida Education M.D. (1970) … Wikipedia
Operation — Although there are many meanings to the word operation , in medicine it refers to a surgical procedure. To put matters more formally, an operation is an act or series of acts performed upon the body with the hand alone or by means of an… … Medical dictionary
therapeutics — /ther euh pyooh tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of medicine concerned with the remedial treatment of disease. [1665 75; see THERAPEUTIC, ICS] * * * Treatment and care to combat disease or alleviate pain or injury. Its tools include… … Universalium
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
reproductive system disease — Introduction any of the diseases and disorders that affect the human reproductive system (reproductive system, human). They include abnormal hormone production by the ovaries or the testes or by other endocrine glands, such as the pituitary … Universalium
colposuspension — Suture fixation of the lateral vaginal fornix to Cooper ligament on each side, as a modification and enhancement of the standard Marshall Marchetti Kranz urethrovesical … Medical dictionary
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 — is a system of procedural codes. It is a subset of ICD 9 CM (volumes 1 and 2 are used for diagnostic codes.) The United States National Center for Health Statistics drafted ICD 10 PCS in 2000 as a potential replacement for ICD 9 CM Volume 3, but… … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
