heart bypass, bypass surgery
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Coronary artery bypass surgery — Heart bypass redirects here. For the technique to take over the function of the heart and lungs during surgery, see Cardiopulmonary bypass. Coronary artery bypass surgery Intervention Early in a coronary artery bypass sur … Wikipedia
heart bypass operation — surgery in which the flow of blood is redirected around a damaged blood vessel through the insertion of a substitute vessel … English contemporary dictionary
Partial ileal bypass surgery — is a surgical procedure which involves shortening the ileum to shorten the total small intestinal length.cite journal |author=Buchwald H, Stoller DK, Campos CT, Matts JP, Varco RL |title=Partial ileal bypass for hypercholesterolemia. 20 to 26… … Wikipedia
bypass surgery — /ˈbaɪpas sɜdʒəri/ (say buypahs serjuhree) noun surgery relating to a bypass operation, especially to circumvent diseased blood vessels in the heart …
Gastric bypass surgery — Gastric bypass procedures (GBP) are any of a group of similar operations used to treat morbid obesity the severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue and the health problems (comorbidities) it causes. Bariatric surgery is the term… … Wikipedia
Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery — Intervention ICD 9 CM 36.33 Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass (MIDCAB) is a surgical treatment for coronary heart disease that is a less invasive method of coronary artery bypass surgery (C … Wikipedia
Totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery — (TECAB) is an entirely endoscopic robotic surgery used to treat coronary heart disease, developed in the very late 1990s. It is an advanced form of Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, which allows bypass surgery to be conducted off … Wikipedia
bypass — [[t]ba͟ɪpɑːs, pæs[/t]] bypasses, bypassing, bypassed 1) VERB If you bypass someone or something that you would normally have to get involved with, you ignore them, often because you want to achieve something more quickly. [V n] A growing number… … English dictionary
bypass — 01. The new highway [bypasses] the little town and makes the trip much faster. 02. Former President Bill Clinton had to have heart [bypass] surgery due to blockages in some arteries. 03. An investigation has found that the accident occurred… … Grammatical examples in English
surgery */*/ — UK [ˈsɜː(r)dʒərɪ] / US [ˈsɜrdʒərɪ] noun Word forms surgery : singular surgery plural surgeries 1) a) [countable/uncountable] medical treatment in which a doctor cuts open someone s body He had to undergo heart bypass surgery. doctors who perform… … English dictionary
