In medicine, a prosthesis (pl.: prostheses; from Ancient Greek: πρόσθεσις, romanized: prósthesis, lit. 'addition, application, attachment'), or a prosthetic...
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An ocular prosthesis, artificial eye or glass eye is a type of craniofacial prosthesis that replaces an absent natural eye following an enucleation, evisceration...
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to be safe or efficacious." Phalloplasty requires an implanted penile prosthesis to achieve an erection. Penile prostheses are implanted devices intended...
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Hip replacement (redirect from Hip prosthesis)
which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant, that is, a hip prosthesis. Hip replacement surgery can be performed as a total replacement or a...
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but most commonly the ear, nose or eye/eyelids. An ocular prosthesis and hair prosthesis can also be classified as craniofacial prostheses. Prostheses...
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Look up prosthesis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Prosthesis is an artificial replacement of a missing part of the body. Prosthesis may also refer...
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Nipple/Areola prostheses (prostheses is the plural of prosthesis) are made of silicone by breast prosthesis manufacturers and anaplastologists for breast cancer...
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Penile implant (redirect from Penile prosthesis)
to describe the placement of synthetic penile implants using acrylic prosthesis in 1952. Silicone-based penile implants were developed by Harvey Lash...
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A dental prosthesis is an intraoral (inside the mouth) prosthesis used to restore (reconstruct) intraoral defects such as missing teeth, missing parts...
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A hair prosthesis (or cranial prosthesis) is a custom-made wig specifically designed for patients who have lost their hair as a result of medical conditions...
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Facial prosthetic (redirect from Maxillofacial prosthesis implantation)
A facial prosthetic or facial prosthesis is an artificial device used to change or adapt the outward appearance of a person's face or head. When used in...
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A voice prosthesis (plural prostheses) is an artificial device, usually made of silicone that is used in conjunction with voice therapy to help laryngectomized...
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A visual prosthesis, often referred to as a bionic eye, is an experimental visual device intended to restore functional vision in those with partial or...
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A nose prosthesis is a craniofacial prosthesis for someone who no longer has their original nose. Nose prostheses are designed by anaplastologists who...
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In medicine, an ossicular replacement prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted for the functional reconstruction of segments of the ossicles and...
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Breast prostheses (redirect from Breast prosthesis)
nipple may be replicated as part of the breast form or as separate nipple prosthesis. Both custom made and off-the shelf breast prostheses come in varieties...
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Shoulder replacement (redirect from Shoulder prosthesis)
arthropathy of 94.1%. Increasing surgeon experience with the reverse prosthesis has seen a decrease in complications and a change in the indications for...
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Prosthetic testicle (redirect from Testicular prosthesis)
The list shows testicular implants available in the market in 2020. Prosthesis Reconstructive surgery Bodiwala, D; Summerton, DJ; Terry, TR (May 2007)...
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A veterinary prosthesis is a medical device that takes the place of an absent body part for an animal. These devices are created with the intention of...
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Knee prosthesis may refer to: A prosthesis of the lower limb, starting at the knee Knee replacement without replacing the rest of the leg. This disambiguation...
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Argus retinal prosthesis, also known as a bionic eye, is an electronic retinal implant manufactured by the American company Second Sight Medical Products...
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Robotic prosthesis control is a method for controlling a prosthesis in such a way that the controlled robotic prosthesis restores a biologically accurate...
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Mitral valve replacement (redirect from Transapical transcatheter mitral valve implantation of the Tiara bio-prosthesis)
Mitral valve replacement is a procedure whereby the diseased mitral valve of a patient's heart is replaced by either a mechanical or tissue (bioprosthetic)...
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Cochlear implant (redirect from Cochlear prosthesis)
Stimulation Electrophonic hearing Neuroprosthetics Noise health effects Visual prosthesis Language deprivation § Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children "NCD - Cochlear...
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A hippocampus prosthesis is a type of cognitive prosthesis (a prosthesis implanted into the nervous system in order to improve or replace the function...
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After hip replacement, hip prosthesis zones are regions in the interface between prosthesis material and the surrounding bone. These are used as reference...
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Neuroprosthetics (redirect from Neural prosthesis)
implant was created in 1957. Other milestones include the first motor prosthesis for foot drop in hemiplegia in 1961, the first auditory brainstem implant...
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Scleral lens (redirect from Ocular surface prosthesis)
A scleral lens, also known as a scleral contact lens, is a large contact lens that rests on the sclera and creates a tear-filled vault over the cornea...
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prosthesis including crowns, bridges and implants; removable prosthesis, including dentures and removable partial dentures; maxillofacial prosthesis,...
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Artificial heart valve (redirect from Heart valve prosthesis)
JG (February 2009). "Prosthetic heart valves: selection of the optimal prosthesis and long-term management". Circulation. 119 (7): 1034–48. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA...
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