6 Terms
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Surgery
urethroplasty
Health care; Surgery
In surgery, urethroplasty is the repair of an injury or defect within the walls of the urethra. There are four commonly used types of urethroplasty performed; anastomotic, buccal mucosal onlay graft, ...
pyeloplasty
Health care; Surgery
Pyeloplasty is the surgical reconstruction or revision of the renal pelvis to drain and decompress the kidney. Most commonly it is performed to treat an uretero-pelvic junction obstruction if ...
phalloplasty
Health care; Surgery
Phalloplasty is the construction or reconstruction of a penis, or the artificial modification of the penis by surgery, often for cosmetic purposes. The term phalloplasty is also occasionally used to ...
scrotoplasty
Health care; Surgery
Scrotoplasty, also known as oscheoplasty, is reparative or plastic surgery of the scrotum. As part of the surgical options for trans men, scrotoplasty is one of several operations performed to ...
vaginoplasty
Health care; Surgery
Vaginoplasty is a reconstructive plastic surgery and cosmetic procedure for the vaginal canal and its mucous membrane, and of vulvo-vaginal structures that might be absent or damaged because of ...
clitoroplasty
Health care; Surgery
Clitoroplasty is a term for the surgical creation of a clitoris, in transsexual and transgender women (as part of sex reassignment surgery), or restoration in the case of procedures reversing the ...
labiaplasty
Health care; Surgery
Labiaplasty (also known as labioplasty, labia minora reduction, and labial reduction) is a plastic surgery procedure for altering the labia minora (inner labia) and the labia majora (outer labia), ...
