Adjacent Tissue Transfer or Rearrangement
...from a donor site and grafted onto the recipient site. – **Musculocutaneous flaps:** Muscle tissue with its overlying skin is transferred to cover a defect. – **Fasciocutaneous flaps:** A layer...
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What is Certified Medical Examination for Pilot: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...pilot’s field of vision must be normal. Double vision, eye muscle imbalances, or acute and chronic eye diseases are not allowed. Color vision – This is tested using the Ishihara...
What is Right Heart Catheterization: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...– A condition wherein the heart muscle becomes weak and cannot pump blood efficiently. This causes a clogging of blood in the blood vessels and lungs. Congenital heart disease –...
What is Liver Cirrhosis?
...of appetite, weight and muscle loss, yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice), small spider-shaped blood vessels on the skin, and swelling of the legs and abdomen. As the condition...
Adrenalectomy
...both are affected by the adrenalectomy, the patient must take steroids for the remainder of his life. Steroids help control inflammation, but they also have side effects like muscle weakness...
What is Measles?
...are concerned. Uncommon complications More uncommon complications from measles may include:[24][25][26] A squint, if the measles virus affects the nerves or muscles of the eye Fits caused by fever, such...
4 Month Well-Baby Checkup
...blood pressure, reflexes, muscle tone, and overall appearance. * **Screening tests:** The provider may perform screening tests such as a hearing test and developmental screening. * **Immunizations:** The baby may...
What is Cardiovascular Screening Visit: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...and tissues. The heart, just like other organs, is not immune to various medical conditions. The blood vessels and the valves can become narrow due to plaque buildup. The muscles...
What is Caesarean Surgery: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...abdominal muscles are then stretched to access the uterus, and incisions are made in the womb. Amniotic fluid is drained and the baby is pulled out, head first. Once the...
6 Month Well-Baby Checkup
...muscles are either softer or stiffer than those of other babies A well-baby checkup may also be necessary if a disease is detected, or the child is born with a...