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Descriptor English: Hardware Removal
Descriptor Spanish: Remoción de Hardware
Descriptor Portuguese: Remoção de Implantes
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Hardware Removal, Orthopedic
Orthopedic Hardware Removal
Prosthesis Removal
Removal, Hardware
Removal, Orthopedic Hardware
Removal, Prosthesis
Tree number(s): E04.199.125
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000098524
Scope note: Surgical removal of devices, including BONE SCREWS, pins, BONE PLATES, and wires used in FRACTURE FIXATION. Hardwares in general refer to non-electrical devices, most often orthopedic, and are removed due to infection, malfunction and to allow proper growth.
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: Device Removal (2002-2024)
Public MeSH Note: 2025
History Note: 2025
Related: Prosthesis Retention MeSH
DeCS ID: 60848
Unique ID: D000098524
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Date Established: 2025/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/07/30
Hardware Removal - Preferred
Concept UI M000766780
Scope note Surgical removal of devices, including BONE SCREWS, pins, BONE PLATES, and wires used in FRACTURE FIXATION. Hardwares in general refer to non-electrical devices, most often orthopedic, and are removed due to infection, malfunction and to allow proper growth.
Preferred term Hardware Removal
Entry term(s) Removal, Hardware
Prosthesis Removal - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000766781
Preferred term Prosthesis Removal
Entry term(s) Removal, Prosthesis
Orthopedic Hardware Removal - Narrower
Concept UI M000768094
Preferred term Orthopedic Hardware Removal
Entry term(s) Hardware Removal, Orthopedic
Removal, Orthopedic Hardware



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