Keloplasty

Quick meaning: Keloplasty is a noun meaning (medicine) The surgical removal of a scar or keloid.

Meaning

(medicine) The surgical removal of a scar or keloid.

Example Sentences

Often in keloplasty, prosthetic restorations are used to complement the surgical treatment.

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.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• keloplasties

Related Words

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