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Key notes on plastic surgery/Adrian M. Richards

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viii ABBREVIATIONS<br />

DOT double-opposing tab<br />

ECRB extensor carpi radialis brevis<br />

ECRL extensor carpi radialis l<strong>on</strong>gus<br />

ECU extensor carpi ulnaris<br />

EDC extensor digitorum communis<br />

EDM extensor digiti minimi<br />

EHL extensor hallucis l<strong>on</strong>gus<br />

EIP extensor indicis proprius<br />

ELND elective lymph node dissecti<strong>on</strong><br />

EMG electromyograph<br />

EPB extensor pollicis brevis<br />

EPL extensor pollicis l<strong>on</strong>gus<br />

ESR erythrocyte sedimentati<strong>on</strong> rate<br />

FBC full blood count<br />

FCR flexor carpi radialis<br />

FCU flexor carpi ulnaris<br />

FDA Food and Drug Administrati<strong>on</strong><br />

FDM flexor digiti minimi<br />

FDP flexor digitorum profundus<br />

FDS flexor digitorum superficialis<br />

FGF fibroblast growth factor<br />

FNA fine needle aspirati<strong>on</strong><br />

FPB flexor pollicis brevis<br />

FPL flexor pollicis l<strong>on</strong>gus<br />

GAG glycosaminoglycan<br />

GHN giant hairy naevus<br />

GI gastro-intestinal<br />

Hb haemoglobin<br />

HIV human immunodeficiency virus<br />

HLA human leucocyte antigen<br />

HPV human papilloma virus<br />

ICD intercanthal distance<br />

ICP intercranial pressure<br />

IDDM insulin dependent diabetes mellitus<br />

IF interfer<strong>on</strong><br />

IL interleukin<br />

IOP interorbital distance<br />

IPJ interphalangeal joint<br />

IPPV intermittent positive pressure ventilati<strong>on</strong><br />

IVP intravenous pyelogram<br />

KA keratoacanthoma<br />

LA local anaesthesia<br />

LASER light amplificati<strong>on</strong> by stimulated emissi<strong>on</strong> of radiati<strong>on</strong><br />

LCIS lobular carcinoma in situ<br />

LM lentigo maligna

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