casts, surgical

Preferred Label : casts, surgical;

MeSH definition : Dressings made of fiberglass, plastic, or bandage impregnated with plaster of paris used for immobilization of various parts of the body in cases of fractures, dislocations, and infected wounds. In comparison with plaster casts, casts made of fiberglass or plastic are lightweight, radiolucent, able to withstand moisture, and less rigid.;

MeSH synonym : surgical casts; surgical cast; cast, surgical;

MeSH hyponym : fiberglass casts; plaster casts; plastic casts; Cast, Plastic; Casts, Plastic; Plastic Cast; Cast, Plaster; Casts, Plaster; Plaster Cast; Cast, Fiberglass; Casts, Fiberglass; Fiberglass Cast;

MeSH annotation : cast syndrome (duodenal compression caused by wearing a body cast) SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY SYNDROME if confirmed by text but do not index under CASTS, SURGICAL /adv eff unless particularly discussed;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgical cast;

Details

Origin ID

D002370;

UMLS CUI

C0007348;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Fiberglass cast, device (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Plaster cast, device (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- plaster cast [SNOMED Notion]
Indexing information
- crystona [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- hexcelite [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- scotchcast [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- casts, surgical [MeSH concept]
- fiberglass casts [MeSH concept]
- plaster casts [MeSH concept]
- plastic casts [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Medical Device [UMLS semantic type]

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