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Maintenance of the hygienic state of the skin under optimal conditions of cleanliness and comfort. Effective in skin care are proper washing, bathing…

A water-soluble medicinal preparation applied to the skin.

The grafting of skin in humans or animals from one site to another to replace a lost portion of the body surface skin.

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Elimination of toxic or biologically active substances from body fluids by interaction with a sorbent medium. The types of media include absorbents, …

Treatment for individuals with speech defects and disorders that involves counseling and use of various exercises and aids to help the development of…

Methods of enabling a patient without a larynx or with a non-functional larynx to produce voice or speech. The methods may be pneumatic or electronic.

A method of speech used after laryngectomy, with sound produced by vibration of the column of air in the esophagus against the contracting cricophary…

The use of CAVES, mines, or other subterranean environments in treatment of diseases. Speleotherapy is used in some Central and Eastern European coun…

An assisted fertilization technique consisting of the microinjection of a single viable sperm into an extracted ovum. It is used principally to overc…

Procedures to obtain viable sperm from the male reproductive tract, including the TESTES, the EPIDIDYMIS, or the VAS DEFERENS.

Surgical incision of a sphincter.

Incision of SPHINCTER OF ODDI or VATER'S AMPULLA performed by inserting a sphincterotome through DUODENOSCOPE often following or performed during ERC…

Surgical incision of the SPHINCTER OF ODDI in the management of COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASES (e.g., CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; and SPHINCTER OF ODDI DYSFUNCTI…

Application of electric current to the spine for treatment of a variety of conditions involving innervation from the spinal cord.

Operative immobilization or ankylosis of two or more vertebrae by fusion of the vertebral bodies with a short bone graft or often with diskectomy or …

Mystical, religious, or spiritual practices performed for health benefit.

Surgical procedure involving either partial or entire removal of the spleen.

Anastomosis of splenic vein to renal vein to relieve portal hypertension.

Complete severing of the CORPUS CALLOSUM. In humans it is usually performed to treat medically intractable, multifocal EPILEPSY. EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL …

Method of drying liquids and liquid suspensions to prepare drugs in their final dehydrated powder form.

Medical procedures and prescriptions regarding treatment of a patient that can be exercised by other health care personnel when predetermined conditi…

An operation to remobilize the footplate of the stapes to relieve conductive hearing impairment caused by its immobilization through otosclerosis or …

Surgery performed in which part of the STAPES, a bone in the middle ear, is removed and a prosthesis is placed to help transmit sound between the mid…

Therapy of sitting in a hot steamy room followed by a cool bath or shower.

The transfer of STEM CELLS from one individual to another within the same species (TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS) or between species (XENOTRANSPLANTATI…

Techniques used mostly during brain surgery which use a system of three-dimensional coordinates to locate the site to be operated on.

Procedures to reverse the effect of REPRODUCTIVE STERILIZATION and to regain fertility. Reversal procedures include those used to restore the flow in…

Interference of a person's reproductive ability without the consent of the person or guardian.

Procedures to block or remove all or part of the genital tract for the purpose of rendering individuals sterile, incapable of reproduction. Surgical …