the operation of a medicine
121Hibbs operation — a spinal fusion operation done by fracturing the spinous processes of the vertebrae and pressing the tip of each downward to rest in the denuded area caused by the fracture of its elbow below …
122Lorenz operation — an operation for developmental dysplasia of the hip, consisting of reduction of the dislocation, and keeping the head of the femur fixed against the rudimentary acetabulum until a socket is formed …
123Lowsley operation — an operation for repair of simple epispadias, consisting of closing the cleft urethra, splitting the glans, and burying the repaired urethra deep in the soft tissue so that its orifice will be at the normal site …
124Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz operation — an operation for the correction of stress incontinence; the anterior portion of the urethra, vesical neck, and bladder are sutured to the posterior surface of the pubic bone …
125Motais operation — an operation for ptosis, consisting of transplanting the middle portion of the tendon of the superior rectus muscle of the eyeball into the upper lid …
126Gilliam operation — an operation for retroversion of the uterus by drawing a loop of each round ligament through the abdominal wall and fixing the loops to the abdominal fascia …
127Swenson operation — an operation for congenital megacolon, consisting of removal of the rectum and the aganglionic segment of the intestine and an ileoanal pull through anastomosis with preservation of the anal sphincters …
128interposition operation — in·ter·po·si·tion operation .int ər pə zish ən n the surgical repositioning of the uterus beneath the bladder for relief of cystocele and uterine prolapse …
