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Bone – broken; Fracture; Stress fracture; Bone fracture If more pressure is put on a bone than it can stand, it will split or break. A...
Dislocated jaw; Fractured jaw; Broken jaw; TMJ dislocation A broken jaw is a break (fracture) in the jaw bone. A dislocated jaw means the lower part...
Teeth – broken; Tooth – knocked out The medical term for a knocked-out tooth is an “avulsed” tooth. Considerations A permanent (adult) tooth that is knocked...
A nose fracture is a break in the bone or cartilage over the bridge, or in the sidewall or septum (the structure that divides the nostrils)...
Brown recluse bite; Flea bite; Honey bee or hornet sting; Lice bites; Mite bite; Scorpion bite; Spider bite; Wasp sting; Yellow jacket sting Insect bites and...
Contusion; Hematoma A bruise is an area of skin discoloration. A bruise occurs when small blood vessels break and leak their contents into the soft tissue...
Bunionectomy; Hallux valgus correction; Bunion excision; Osteotomy – bunion; Exostomy – bunion; Arthrodesis – bunion Bunion removal is surgery to treat deformed bones of the big toe...
Bunionectomy; Hallux valgus correction; Bunion excision; Osteotomy – bunion; Exostomy – bunion; Arthrodesis – bunion Bunion removal is surgery to treat deformed bones of the big toe...
Bunionectomy; Hallux valgus correction; Bunion excision; Osteotomy – bunion; Exostomy – bunion; Arthrodesis – bunion Bunion removal is surgery to treat deformed bones of the big toe...
Catheter ablation; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Cryoablation – cardiac ablation; AV nodal reentrant tachycardia – cardiac ablation; AVNRT – cardiac ablation; Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome – cardiac ablation; Atrial...
Cardiac transplant; Transplant – heart; Transplantation – heart A heart transplant is a surgery to remove a damaged or diseased heart and replace it with a...
Cardiac valvular surgery; Mini-sternotomy; Robotically-assisted aortic valve replacement Blood flows out of your heart and into a large blood vessel called the aorta. The aortic valve...
