fracture fixation

Preferred Label : fracture fixation;

Definition : The use of metallic devices inserted into or through bone to hold a fracture in a set position and alignment while it heals. [MeSH];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0016641;

Details

Origin ID

RID1841;

UMLS CUI

C0016641;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Fixation of fracture (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- osteosynthesis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- OSTEOSYNTHESIS [Cladimed Gamm]
- Operation on fracture (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Orthopedic Stabilization [NCIt concept]
- Osteosynthesis [MedDRA LLT]
- fracture fixation [MeSH Descriptor]
- fracture fixation [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Fixation of fracture (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Orthopedic Stabilization [NCIt concept]
- fracture fixation [MeSH Descriptor]
- fracture fixation [MeSH concept]

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