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| SURGERY THAT IS PERFORMED TO IMPROVE APPEARANCE BUT NOT FUNCTION; ALSO CALLED COSMETIC SURGERY |
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| A TISSUE GRAFT IN WHICH THE DONOR AND RECIPIENT ARE OF THE SAME SPECIES |
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| THE SURGICAL TRANSPLANTATION OF TISSUE FROM ONE PART OF THE BODY TO ANOTHER IN THE SAME INDIVIDUAL. |
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| A GRAFT DERIVED FROM LIVE TISSUE, WHETHER HUMAN OR ANIMAL. |
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| A TYPE OF GRAFT OR IMPLANT MATERIAL MADE OF SYNTHETIC ABSORBABLE MATERIAL. |
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BURN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
(ICU) |
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| A CRITICAL CARE UNIT FOR SEVERELY BURNED PATIENTS. |
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| A BILOGICAL GRAFT COMPOSED OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TISSUES SUCH AS SKIN AND MUSCLE. |
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| THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF DEAD SKIN, DEBRIS, AND INFECTIOUS MATERIAL FROM A WOUND. |
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| A MEDICAL DEVICE USED FOR REMOVING SINGLE THICKNESS SKIN GRAFTS |
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| DRYING OR DEHYDRATION OF TISSUE. |
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| TISSUE THAT HAS BEEN BURNED (SECON-AND THIRD-DEGREE BURNS) BUT REMAINS ADHERENT TO THE WOUND. IS IS NONELASTIC AND MAY CONSTRICT UNDERLYING STRUCTURES, IMPAIRING VITAL FUNCTIONS. |
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| EXCISION OF ESCHAR TO RELEASE STRICTURE IN SURROUNDING TISSUES. |
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| MULTIPLE LONGITUDINAL INCISIONS MADE IN THE FASCIA TO RELEASE SEVERE SWELLING OR STRICTURE WHICH CAN RESULT IN NECROSIS. |
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FULL-THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT
(FTSG) |
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| A SKIN GRAFT COMPOSED OF THE EPIDERMIS AND DERMIS. |
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| A SYNTHETIC, NATURAL, OR BIOSYNTHETIC SUBSTANCE USED TO FILL IN OR REPLACE AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE. |
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| A HYPERTROPHIC SCAR OCCURING IN DARK-SKINNED INDIVIDUALS. THE SCAR MAY BECOME BULBOUS AND USUALLY DOES NOT REDUCE OVER TIME. |
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| DAMAGE TO THE SKIN CAUSED BY ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT |
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| PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY |
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| SURGERY PERFORMED TO RESTORE FORM AND FUNCTION THAT HAVE BEEN LOST BECAUSE OF TRAUMA, RADICAL SURGERY, OR CONGENITAL ANOMALY. |
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| DROOPING OR SAGGING OF ANY ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE. |
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SPLIT-THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT
(OR PARTIAL-THICKNESS)
(PTSG)
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| A SKIN GRAFT THAT CONSISTS OF THE EPIDERMIS AND A PORTION OF THE PAPILLARY DERMIS. |
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| A GRAFT DERIVED FROM MATERIAL COMPATIBLE WITH BODY TISSUE. THIS GRAFT MAY BE SOFT, SEMISOLID, OR LIQUID. |
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| A SURGICAL TECHNIQUE IN WHICH A PLANE OF TISSUE IS CREATED OR AN EXISTING TISSUE PLANE IS LIFTED, SUCH AS SKIN FROM THE FASCIA. |
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| A GRAFT MADE UP OF TISSUE TAKEN FROM ONE SPECIES AND GRAFTED TO ANOTHER SPECIES (E.G., PORCINE GRAFT IMPLANTED IN HUMAN TISSUE). |
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