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Descriptor English: Fasciotomy
Descriptor Spanish: Fasciotomía
Descriptor fasciotomía
Entry term(s) fasciectomía
Scope note: Incisión quirúrgica en la FASCIA. Se emplea para descomprimir la presión compartimental (p. ej., en SÍNDROMES COMPARTIMENTALES, quemaduras circunferenciales y lesiones de extremidades) o para liberar contracturas (p. ej., en la CONTRACTURA DE DUPUYTREN).
Descriptor Portuguese: Fasciotomia
Descriptor French: Fasciotomie
Entry term(s): Fasciectomy
Tree number(s): E04.321
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000071938
Scope note: Surgical incision on the FASCIA. It is used to decompress compartment pressure (e.g. in COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; circumferential burns and extremity injuries) or to release contractures (e.g. in DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE).
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Fascia/surgery (1965-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
Related: Fascia MeSH
DeCS ID: 56686
Unique ID: D000071938
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Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/08
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Fasciotomy - Preferred
Concept UI M000616066
Scope note Surgical incision on the FASCIA. It is used to decompress compartment pressure (e.g. in COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; circumferential burns and extremity injuries) or to release contractures (e.g. in DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE).
Preferred term Fasciotomy
Entry term(s) Fasciectomy



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