- In medicine, a
prosthesis (plural: prostheses; from
Ancient Gr****: πρόσθεσις, romanized:
prósthesis, lit. 'addition, application, attachment'), or a prosthetic...
- to be safe or efficacious."
Phalloplasty requires an
implanted penile prosthesis to
achieve an erection.
Penile prostheses are
implanted devices intended...
- An
ocular prosthesis,
artificial eye or gl**** eye is a type of
craniofacial prosthesis that
replaces an
absent natural eye
following an enucleation, evisceration...
- to
describe the
placement of
synthetic penile implants using acrylic prosthesis in 1952. Silicone-based
penile implants were
developed by
Harvey Lash...
-
Prosthesis is an
artificial replacement of a
missing part of the body.
Prosthesis may also
refer to:
Prosthesis (linguistics), an
addition of a phoneme...
- but most
commonly the ear, nose or eye/eyelids. An
ocular prosthesis and hair
prosthesis can also be
classified as
craniofacial prostheses. Prostheses...
- A
dental prosthesis is an
intraoral (inside the mouth)
prosthesis used to
restore (reconstruct)
intraoral defects such as
missing teeth,
missing parts...
-
which the hip
joint is
replaced by a
prosthetic implant, that is, a hip
prosthesis. Hip
replacement surgery can be
performed as a
total replacement or a...
- A
visual prosthesis,
often referred to as a
bionic eye, is an
experimental visual device intended to
restore functional vision in
those suffering from...
- A
voice prosthesis (plural prostheses) is an
artificial device,
usually made of
silicone that is used in
conjunction with
voice therapy to help laryngectomized...
