Salvage procedure Health Dictionary

See TRANSFUSION.... cell salvage transfusion

A method of autologous blood TRANSFUSION – using a patient’s own blood, salvaged during a surgical operation – instead of conventional blood-bank transfusion.... perioperative cell salvage

a cardiac surgical procedure performed to prevent atrial *fibrillation. Multiple atrial incisions are made in a mazelike pattern. These incisions heal with scar tissue that does not conduct electricity, thus interrupting the abnormal electrical impulses that trigger atrial fibrillation. [J. Cox (21st century), US surgeon]... cox maze procedure

any of a group of surgical procedures for treating stress incontinence in women. See colposuspension; pubovaginal sling; tension-free vaginal tape.... sling procedure

an operation to correct a double uterus (see uterus didelphys). It has now largely been replaced by hysteroscopic techniques. [P. F. Strassman (1866–1938), German obstetrician and gynaecologist]... strassman procedure

an operation in which a *shunt is created between the lateral *ventricle of the brain and the *cisterna magna to bypass a block of the cerebral *aqueduct and thus relieve *hydrocephalus. Originally this was achieved by means of an external indwelling catheter, but later techniques use an internal catheter, which reduces the risk of septic complications. [A. Torkildsen (20th century), Norwegian neurosurgeon]... torkildsen procedure