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Abbé flap

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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• Useful flap for reconstructing moderatesized defects (too big to close directly) of the lip. • Pedicled flap, usually taken from ... More
Abdominal wall

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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Abdominal wall muscles important for posture, standing, walking and bending. Anatomy: • External ... More
Abdominal wall reconstruction

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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• Trauma. • Tumour: Desmoid, Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. • ... More
Abdominoplasty

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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An aesthetic procedure which aims to provide a flatter, narrower abdomen by excising skin and fat excess and addressing rectus divarication, generally by using a lower transverse abdominal ... More
abducens nerve

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A Dictionary of Ophthalmology

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The sixth cranial nerve. It innervates the ipsilateral lateral rectus muscle, resulting in *abduction of the eye.

abduction

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A Dictionary of Ophthalmology

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Horizontal movement of the eye outwards (away from the nose).

Abductor pollicis brevis

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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Most superficial muscle of thenar eminence.

Transverse carpal ligament, palmaris longus and there may also be another slip from abductor pollicis longus....

Abductor pollicis longus

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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Dorsum of radius, ulnar and interosseous membrane. It runs obliquely around the radius coursing over the wrist extensors. It runs in the 1st extensor compartment with extensor pollicis ... More
abnormal retinal correspondence

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A Dictionary of Ophthalmology

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A cortical mechanism to remap anatomically non-corresponding points of each retina to stimulate functionally corresponding points in the *occipital

Absorbable polymers

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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• Used for sutures and investigated for other devices such as plates and screws (LactoSorb). • One class of polymers used is the ... More
Acanthosis

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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Hyperplasia of epithelium. See Skin.

accommodation

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A Dictionary of Ophthalmology

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The process by which the eye changes focus from distant to near objects through conformational changes in the ciliary muscle

accommodative convergence : accommodation (AC : A) ratio

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A Dictionary of Ophthalmology

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The measure of accommodative convergence per unit of accommodation. Convergence and accommodation are related neurologically, but the AC : A ratio varies

Accutane

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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Isotretinoin. The synthetic retinoid derivative 13-cis-retinoic acid (Accutane) used for severe Acne vulgaris. The dose is 1 mg/kg body weight for an initial 4–5-month course of therapy. ... More
achromatopsia

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A Dictionary of Ophthalmology

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An inherited disorder of *cone photoreceptor function in which all three subtypes are lacking or non-functional. Incomplete and complete

Acne vulgaris

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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• Acne vulgaris is a common skin disorder seen in adolescents and young adults. • Seborrhoea, small comedones, and inflammatory ... More
Acrochordon

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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• Common papillomatous lesion occurring in middle adult life. • Multiple, fleshy, skin-coloured tags. • ... More
Acrosyndactyly

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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• One of the Congenital hand anomalies. • Fusion of digits distally. • Mainly sporadic, non-hereditary ... More
Actinic keratosis

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A-Z of Plastic Surgery

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Also called senile keratosis and solar keratosis. • The most frequently occurring premalignant cutaneous condition. • Due to the cumulative ... More
acute angle closure glaucoma

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A Dictionary of Ophthalmology

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A condition in which there is *acute primary angle closure (APAC) leading to sufficiently sustained *intraocular pressure to

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