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It's what's changed physically after a surgery. For instance, someone who had a skin cancer removed may have a scar or indentation -- that's a surgical defect.
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Can a person who has atrial septal defect can that person take medication for it?
An atrial septal defect is a MECHANICAL problem of the heart, a structural defect in the heart itself. With that being said, the answer is no. Usually a defect is corrected by surgical intervention.
What is the surgical suturing of a defect in the muscular wall?
Myorrhaphy is the term meaning surgical suture of a muscle, but the term herniorrhaphy is surgical repair of a hernia, i.e. a weakened muscular wall.
What treatment exists for patients with an abdominal wall defect?
Abdominal wall defects are effectively treated with surgical repair. Unless there are accompanying anomalies, the surgical procedure is not overly complicated. The organs are normal, just misplaced. However, if the defect is large.
What is colporrhaphy?
Colporrhaphy is the surgical repair of a defect in the vaginal wall, including a cystocele (when the bladder protrudes into the vagina) and a rectocele (when the rectum protrudes into the vagina).
How did Congenital Heart Defect get its name?
Congenital Heart Defect is a descriptive name. Congenital means present at birth. Defect means a structural problem or abnormality.Specific defects, combinations of defects, and surgical repairs are often named after the doctor who discovered them.
What does heart surgery for congenital defects hope to accomplish?
Surgical procedures seek to repair the defect and restore normal pulmonary and systemic circulation. Sometimes, multiple, serial surgical procedures are necessary.
Would you report separately the additional grafting required to repair the surgical defect caused by a craniectomy?
Yes you would report it separately.
What is the medical term meaning surgical repair of a bronchus?
Bronchoplasty is surgical repair of a bronchus.Bronchial defect - the bronchi are the two air tubes leading to the lungs, and there are several defects. For example, there could be a blockage or tiny tear of some kind, or there might be a congenital (inherited) defect which might best be treated surgically - using the knife.Type your answer here... bronchoplasty
When a lesion is excised and the resultant surgical defect requires closure with an X-Y plasty the coder should?
code just the XY plasty procedure
Surgical management of tetralogy of fallot?
There are two common surgical procedures for treatment of tetralogy of fallot: the Blalock-Tausigg Shunt and a patch. The Blalock-Tausigg Shunt is used to direct more blood flow to the lungs, in order to relieve cyanosis, but it is only meant as a temporary treatment until the patient is stable enough to undergo further treatment. A patch is used, during open heart surgery, to close a ventricular septal defect or atrial septal defect.
What is the purpose of a cleft lip repair?
A cleft lip does not fuse properly during embryonic development. Surgical repair corrects the defect, preventing problems with breathing, speaking, eating, and improving physical appearance.
What is the difference between Defect and Defective?
A defective product has a defect: "My phone is defective" "What defect does it have?" "The defect is that the screen is broken" To defect can also mean to switch sides e.g. from an army or a political party
