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Descriptor English: Surgical Fixation Devices
Descriptor Spanish: Dispositivos de Fijación Quirúrgicos
Descriptor dispositivos de fijación quirúrgica
Scope note: Dispositivos utilizados para cerrar estructuras tisulares o para reparar, reconstruir o cerrar heridas. Pueden ser de materiales absorbibles o no absorbibles, naturales o sintéticos. En este grupo se incluyen adhesivos tisulares, bandas cutáneas, suturas, botones, grapas, clip, tornillos, etc., cada uno de ellos diseñado para adaptarse a las diversas geometrías de los tejidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Dispositivos de Fixação Cirúrgica
Descriptor French: Matériels de fixation chirurgicale
Entry term(s): Device, Surgical Fixation
Devices, Surgical Fixation
Fastener, Surgical
Fasteners, Surgical
Fixation Device, Surgical
Fixation Devices, Surgical
Surgical Fastener
Surgical Fasteners
Surgical Fixation Device
Tree number(s): E07.858.690
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D053831
Scope note: Devices used to hold tissue structures together for repair, reconstruction or to close wounds. They may consist of adsorbable or non-adsorbable, natural or synthetic materials. They include tissue adhesives, skin tape, sutures, buttons, staples, clips, screws, etc., each designed to conform to various tissue geometries.
Annotation: general; prefer specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2007
History Note: 2007
DeCS ID: 52449
Unique ID: D053831
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Date Established: 2007/01/01
Date of Entry: 2006/07/05
Surgical Fixation Devices - Preferred
Concept UI M0496719
Scope note Devices used to hold tissue structures together for repair, reconstruction or to close wounds. They may consist of adsorbable or non-adsorbable, natural or synthetic materials. They include tissue adhesives, skin tape, sutures, buttons, staples, clips, screws, etc., each designed to conform to various tissue geometries.
Preferred term Surgical Fixation Devices
Entry term(s) Device, Surgical Fixation
Devices, Surgical Fixation
Fastener, Surgical
Fasteners, Surgical
Fixation Device, Surgical
Fixation Devices, Surgical
Surgical Fastener
Surgical Fasteners
Surgical Fixation Device



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