What's the difference between meatotome and scalpel?
Meatotome
Definition:
(n.) An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice.
Example Sentences:
(1) With the new instrument the depth of the cut of the meatotome can be varied.
(2) A meatotomy described which is performed with a cut at 12 o'clock using a new meatotome.
Scalpel
Definition:
(n.) A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
Example Sentences:
(1) Clute and Harrison took a scalpel to the flaws of the science fiction we loved, and we loved them for it.
(2) Significant differences between the LR2 and the LR6 were observed in the skin at 2 weeks (P less than .05) at all power settings used, indicating superiority of the smaller scalpel for use in skin incisions.
(3) The authors describe the use of a new contact argon laser scalpel designed specifically for hand-controlled cutting and hemostasis.
(4) The surgeon uses the scalpel rather than the prescription pad, but this fact is deceptive.
(5) After removing the bulk of tissue with the Shaw scalpel, the carbon dioxide laser and dermabrader are used to refine nasal contours.
(6) It was established that the plasma scalpel can be used effectively in hermetic closure of defects in the pulmonary tissue and cleansing of the pleural cavity and operative wound; for arresting diffuse bleeding from the walls of the pleural cavity, the plasma scalpel may be used only in combination with other methods of hemostasis.
(7) The results of the study bear evidence that the use of the thermo-acoustic contact solid-body laser scalpel makes it possible to increase the rate of cutting with minimal injury to the peripheral areas of the hepatic tissue, significantly increases the reliability of hemostasis, produces fine homogeneous coagulation for the whole length, and facilitates a favourable course of the reparative processes.
(8) An easy, rapid, and inexpensive technique for excision of syringomas from eyelids is outlined, using a fine needle as a skin hook and a #11 scalpel blade and leaving superficial wounds for secondary closure.
(9) The results of using the laser scalpel in surgery for echinococcosis of the liver in 68 patients are discussed.
(10) Wound contraction did occur but was less than is historically quoted for scalpel wounds.
(11) Cutaneous scalpel incisions were placed over the dorsum of three minipigs and were then closed by either the laser, sutures, or staples.
(12) Laser scalpel is also useful to extirpate the hemorrhagic tumor with hard consistency.
(13) The results were as follows: (1) The skin autograft takes were excellent following the plasma scalpel excisions, and they healed on essentially the same time scale as similar autografts following steel scalpel excisions, producing scars of similar sizes.
(14) A single digital angiosarcoma was excised by a carbon dioxide laser with small portions of this tumor excised by the scalpel and the high-frequency electrosurgical knife.
(15) An analysis of the article "Clinico-morphological estimation of regenerative processes of the stomach wound made by laser scalpel" by prof. A. I. Nechaĭ et al.
(16) Then she grabbed my hand, held it up for everyone to see, and paraded me around the office to show everyone my hilarious bleeding finger, which was now turning blue, and saying, "Typical student, can't even use a scalpel!"
(17) The incision edges from these two lasers were histologically smooth and comparable to a scalpel incision.
(18) We used a plasma scalpel to excise experimental full-thickness burns in 12 pigs, followed by immediate skin autografting.
(19) It was found that tumor resection using the laser scalpel and laser irradiation of the field after tumor resection were effective in preventing recurrence.
(20) The effectiveness of removing endothelium by rubbing it against filter paper or scraping it with a scalpel was demonstrated by scanning electron microscopy and en face examination after silver staining.