See Also: Arterial Grafting(health)
Grafting(medicine)
skin grafting(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
arterial(medicine)
arterial(dictionary)
arterial(dictionary)
arterial nephrosclerosis(medicine)

cryothalamectomy (medicine) and Arterial Grafting (health)


cryothalamectomy (medicine)


cryothalamectomy
<procedure> Destruction of the thalamus by the application of extreme cold.

Origin: cryo-+ thalamus + G. Ektome, excision


Arterial Grafting (health)


In patients who require coronary artery bypass graft surgery, it is sometimes desirable to use arteries from Other parts of the body to provide the bypass grafts. This is known as arterial grafting. The alternative is to use vein grafts for coronary bypass surgery.