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keloplasty

keloplasty noun: the surgical removal of a scar or keloid.

Noun

keloplasty (plural keloplasties)

  1. The surgical removal of a scar or keloid.
    • Often in keloplasty, prosthetic restorations are used to complement the surgical treatment.1960 November-December, Edmund Pinto da Fonseca, “Stretching prosthesis for cicatricial deformities of the lips”, in The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, volume 10, number 6
    • A comparison was also made with an already published study of 399 keloplasties with reinforcement of the peritoneal sac using the technique proposed by R. Stoppa.1989, P Cubertafond, A Gainant, “[Treatment of inguinal hernia by Shouldice type herniorrhaphy. Analysis of a series of 403 cases surgically treated] (English abstract)”, in Chirurgie; memoires de...

Examples of keloplasty in a sentence

  • Keloplasty in the area of larynx and trachea is performed with the use of Ho-YAG laser, with shallow effect, regardless of the density of tissue, enabling coagulation of vascular vessels.2003, Wiesław Woliński, Zdzisław Jankiewicz, Ryszard S. Romaniuk, Laser technology VII.: 23-27 September, 2002:
  • The patient was a 7-year-old boy (120 cm, 21 kg) who was scheduled to undergo keloplasty for resection of a nevus sebaceous of the right ear.2010 August, B Kim, K Iwata, K Sugimoto, S Suzuki, Y Ema, H Tsunobuchi, K Nishiwaki, “Significance of prevention and early treatment of a...

Forms of keloplasty

pluralkeloplasties

Questions about keloplasty

What does keloplasty mean?
Keloplasty means the surgical removal of a scar or keloid.
How do you use keloplasty in a sentence?
Keloplasty in the area of larynx and trachea is performed with the use of Ho-YAG laser, with shallow effect, regardless of the density of tissue, enabling coagulation of vascular vessels.
What part of speech is keloplasty?
Keloplasty is a noun.
What is the plural of keloplasty?
The plural of keloplasty is keloplasties.

Words near keloplasty in the dictionary

  1. keloidosis
  2. keloids
  3. kelong
  4. kelongs
  5. keloplasties
  6. keloplasty
  7. kelosomia
  8. kelotomies
  9. kelotomy
  10. Kelowna
  11. kelp

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