Case Study #1
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- suction-assisted lipectomy
- cosmetic procedure by using a suction to remove local fat deposts
- lateral
- relating to the side
- infiltrated
- to permate something by penetrating its pours; to pass through (a substance)
- redundant
- containing an excessive amount
- SMAS
- superficial musculoaponeurotic system: pertaining to muscular and aponeurotic tissue
- intravenous
- within the vein
- eyelid
- movable lids of skin and muscle over the eyeball
- zygoma
- bone on the side of the face below the eyes
- temporal
- refering to the temporal bone in the skull
- gauze
- a loosley woven cotton surgical dressing
- pulse
- a regular wave of distension felt in the arteries from blood being pushed through the body
- compressing
- a force on a bodily part
- preauricular
- pertaining to the auricle of the ear
- scalp
- part of the skin of the head usually covered by hair in both sexes
- incision
- a cut or wound of body tissue made especially in surgery
- preauricular
- pertaining to the area anterior to the auricle of the ear
- face-lift
- a surgical procedure to remove facial defects
- inferiorly
- pertaining to a lower position; on the bottom
- elective procedure
- beneficial to the patient but not necessary to survive
- submental
- pertaining to under the chin
- sutured
- to close and bring together with sutures
- postauricular
- pertaining to the area behind the auricle of the ear
- auricular
- pertaining to using the ear or sense of hearing
- analgesia
- insensibility to pain without lossing consciousness
- excised
- to remove surgically by excision
- supine
- lying on the patients back with face upward
- bilaterally
- pertaining to the right and left sides of the body or related organs
- subsuticular
- pertaining to beneath the cuticle
- local anesthesia
- loss of sensation, usually superficially and limited
- EKG
- electrocardiograph: used to measure the heartbeat by electrical potential
- stab incision
- a surgical incision made by a thrust by a sharp object (as in for drainage)
- oximetry
- measure of the bloods oxygen saturation by an oximeter