Gritti operation — see under amputation … Medical dictionary
Gritti amputation — knee disarticulation in which the patella is fused to the distal end of the femur. Called also Gritti operation … Medical dictionary
Operation — Although there are many meanings to the word operation , in medicine it refers to a surgical procedure. To put matters more formally, an operation is an act or series of acts performed upon the body with the hand alone or by means of an… … Medical dictionary
Gritti amputation (operation) — Grit·ti amputation (operation) (greґte) [Rocco Gritti, Italian surgeon, 1828–1920] see under amputation … Medical dictionary
Gritti-Stokes amputation — a modification of Gritti amputation using an oval anterior flap; called also Stokes a. or operation … Medical dictionary
Gritti — Rocco, Italian surgeon, 1828–1920. See G. operation, G. Stokes amputation … Medical dictionary
Stokes operation — Gritti Stokes amputation … Medical dictionary
Stokes amputation (operation) — (stōks) [Sir William Stokes, Irish surgeon, 1839–1900] Gritti Stokes amputation … Medical dictionary
Amputation — Removal of part or all of a body part enclosed by skin. For example, removal of part of a finger or an entire finger would be termed an amputation. Removal of an appendix, on the other hand, would not be termed amputation. A person who has… … Medical dictionary
Liste bedeutender Schiffsversenkungen — Dieser Artikel enthält eine chronologische Auflistung bedeutender Schiffsversenkungen in der Geschichte der Seefahrt. Schiffe, die aus anderen Gründen untergegangen sind, finden sich in den Chroniken bedeutender Seeunfälle, siehe dazu Liste von… … Deutsch Wikipedia