Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology’
- Code
-
Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- A&A
-
Anesthesia & Analgesia
- A2F
-
Alternat Bi-Fréquence
- AA
-
Anesthesiologist Assistant
- AAA
-
Age Anaesthesia Association (https://www.ageanaesthesia.com/)
- AAA
-
Anesthesia Administration Assembly
- AAAA
-
American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants (www.anesthetist.org)
- AAAASF
-
American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities
- AAAD
-
Asian Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry
- AAAM
-
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
- AACD
-
American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
- AACN
-
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- AACS
-
American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
- AAEBO
-
Association des Anciens Élèves de Bloc Opératoire
- AAED
-
American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry
- AAEM
-
American Academy of Emergency Medicine (https://www.aaem.org/)
- AAETS
-
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
- AAFPRS
-
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (www.aafprs.org)
- AAFS
-
Academy of Ambulatory Foot Surgery
- AAGBI
-
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (https://anaesthetists.org/)
- AAGO
-
American Academy of Gnathologic Orthopedics
- AAGS
-
Alberta Association of General Surgeons
- AAHKS
-
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
- AAHS
-
American Association for Hand Surgery (www.handsurgery.org)
- AAMP
-
American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics
- AANA
-
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- AANA
-
Arthroscopy Association of North America
- AANOS
-
American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons
- AANS
-
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- AAO
-
Alberta Association of Optometrists
- AAO
-
American Academy of Optometry (www.aaopt.org)
- AAO-HNS
-
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- AAOMS
-
American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
- AAOP
-
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (www.oandp.org)
- AAOS
-
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- AAOT
-
Asociación Argentina de Ortopedia y Traumatología
- AAPOS
-
American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
- AAPS
-
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (www.aapsonline.org)
- AAS
-
Association for Academic Surgery
- AAS
-
Australian Association of Surgeons
- AASCIN
-
American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
- AASCIPSW
-
American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers
- AAST
-
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (https://www.aast.org/)
- AATS
-
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (www.aats.org)
- AAWM
-
American Academy of Wound Management (www.aawm.org)
- ABA
-
American Board of Anesthesiology (www.theaba.org)
- ABC
-
American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics
- ABCRS
-
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (www.abcrs.org)
- ABEM
-
American Board of Emergency Medicine (https://www.abem.org/public)
- ABI
-
Auditory Brainstem Implant
- ABISAR
-
Association Bisontine des Infirmières Spécialisées en Anesthésie Réanimation
- ABJS
-
Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons
- ABNS
-
American Board of Neurological Surgery (www.abns.org)
- ABO
-
American Board of Ophthalmology (www.abop.org)
- ABPNS
-
American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery (www.abpns.org)
- ABPS
-
American Board of Plastic Surgery
- ABS
-
American Board of Surgery (www.absurgery.org)
- ABTS
-
American Board of Thoracic Surgery (www.abts.org)
- ACGQ
-
Association des Chirurgiens Généraux du Québec
- ACI
-
Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
- ACO
-
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Chirurgische Onkologie
- ACR
-
Arrêt Cardio-Respiratoire
- ACVA
-
American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists
- ACVO
-
American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists
- ACVS
-
American College of Veterinary Surgeons (www.acvs.org)
- ADARPEF
-
Association Des Anesthésistes Réanimateurs Pédiatriques d’Expression Française
- AFAR
-
Annales Françaises d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation
- AFCPSAM
-
Attestation de Formation Complémentaire aux Premiers Secours Avec Matériels
- AFCPSR
-
Attestation de Formation Complémentaire aux Premiers Secours Sur la Route
- AFME
-
Association Française des Médecins Esthéticiens (www.afme.org)
- AFPS
-
Attestation de Formation aux Premiers Secours
- AGAI
-
Anesthesia and Intensive Care Association
- AGN
-
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Notfallmedizin
- ALO
-
Association Luxembourgeoise des Orthophonistes (www.alo.lu)
- ALRF
-
Anesthésie locorégionale francophone
- AMD
-
Altersbedingte Makuladegeneration
- AMDF
-
American Macular Degeneration Foundation (www.macular.org)
- AMIC
-
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Minimal Invasive Chirurgie
- ANVC
-
Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging van Contactlensspecialisten (www.ango.nl)
- AOSSM
-
American Orthopeadic Society of Sports Medicine
- APAM
-
Association pour les Personnes Aveugles et Malvoyantes (http://apam.qelios.net)
- AQDM
-
Association Québécoise de la Dégénérescence Maculaire
- AR
-
Ambulance de Réanimation
- AR
-
Antenne de Réanimation
- ARVO
-
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- ASA
-
American Society of Anesthesiologists
- ASSO
-
Austrian Society for Surgical Oncology
- ASVO
-
American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology (https://asvo.org/)
- ATIDE
-
Accouchement Traumatique, Invalidité et Décès de l’Enfant
- AVA
-
Association of Veterinary Anesthetists (www.ava.eu.com)
- AVP
-
Accident sur Voie Publique
- AcOrS
-
Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
- BAAC
-
Bulletin d’Analyse des Accidents Corporels de la circulation
- BAHA
-
Bone Anchored Hearing Aid
- BCLS
-
Base Cardiac Life Support
- BDL
-
Bile Duct Ligation
- BFY
-
Banque Française des Yeux (www.bfy.asso.fr)
- BG
-
Blessé Grave
- BL
-
Blessé Léger
- BNIS
-
Brevet National d'Instructeur de Secourisme
- BNMPS
-
Brevet National de Moniteur de Premiers Secours
- BNSSA
-
Brevet National de Secours Subaquatique
- BÖC
-
Berufsverband österreichischer Chirurgen (www.chirurgie.or.at)
- CA
-
Chef d’Agrès
- CABG
-
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- CARUM
-
Club des Anesthésistes Réanimateurs Urgentistes Militaires
- CAS
-
Conjonctivite Allergique Saisonnière
- CASDIS
-
Conseil d’Administration du Service Départemental d’Incendie et de Secours
The abbreviation CASDIS (Conseil d’Administration du Service Départemental d’Incendie et de Secours) includes the abbreviation CA (Conseil d’Administration).
- CBDL
-
Common Bile Duct Ligation
- CCF
-
Chirurgie de Féminisation Faciale
CCF is equivalent to FFS (Facial Feminization Surgery) in English, CFF (Cirugía de Feminización Facial) in Spanish, CFF (Cirurgia de Feminização Facial) in Portuguese.
- CDGF
-
Cartilage-Derived Growth Factor
- CEAR
-
Cellule Assistance Respiratoire
- CFAPSE
-
Certificat de Formation aux Activités de Premiers Secours en Équipe
- CFAPSR
-
Certificat de Formation aux Activités de Premiers Secours Routiers
- CFAR
-
Collège Français des Anesthésistes Réanimateurs
- CFF
-
Cirugía de Feminización Facial
CFF is equivalent to CCF, FFS, CFF (see above).
- CFF
-
Cirurgia de Feminização Facial
CFF is equivalent to CCF, FFS, CFF (see above).
- CHAR
-
Club d'Histoire de l'Anesthésie-Réanimation
- CHIR
-
Chirurgie, Informatique et Robotique
- CHNO
-
Centre Hospitalier National d’Ophtalmologie (https://www.15-20.fr/)
- CNS
-
Congress of Neurological Surgeons (www.neurosurgeon.org)
- CNV
-
Choroidal Neovascularization
- CNV
-
Choroidal Neovascularisation
- CODIS
-
Centre Opérationnel Départemental d’Incendie et de Secours
- COS
-
Commandant des Opérations de Secours
- COSSIM
-
Centre Opérationnel des Services de Secours et d’Incendie de Marseille
- CRCHM
-
Centre de Recherches Chirurgicales Henri Mondor
- CRFAM
-
Centre de Rééducation Fonctionnelle pour Aveugles et Malvoyants
- CTA
-
Cricothyroid Approximation
- CTAS
-
Cricothyroid Approximation and Subluxation
- CTD
-
Cumulative Trauma Disorder
- CTSB
-
Cape Town Society for the Blind (www.ctsb.co.za)
- CUMP
-
Cellule d'Urgence Médicale Psychologique
- CaReS
-
Cartilage Regeneration System
CaReS (Cartilage Regeneration System) consists in an autologous chondrocyte transplantation in a collagen gel designed for the regeneration of articular cartilage. It is based on preculturing techniques on biomaterials in gels for maintaining the chondrocytic function of the cells and allowing a more controlled dispersion of the chondrocytes throughout the cartilage defect.
- DAC
-
Détachement d'Appui Chirurgical
- DAE
-
Défibrillateur Automatisé Externe
- DAI
-
Death from Accidental Injury
- DAMHo
-
Détachement d’Appui Médical et d’Hospitalisation
- DDSIS
-
Direction Départementale des Services d’Incendie et de Secours
- DEI
-
Doheny Eye Institute (www.doheny.org)
- DICA
-
Détachement d'Intervention de Catastrophe Aéromobile
- DIVI
-
Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin (www.divi-org.de)
- DME
-
Diabetic Macular Edema
- DMLA
-
Dégénérescence Maculaire Liée à l'Âge
- DOS
-
Directeur des Opérations de Secours
- DSA
-
Défibrillateur Semi-Automatique
- DSI
-
Directeur des Secours Incendie
- DSM
-
Directeur des Secours Médicaux
- DTH
-
Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity
- EAFPS
-
European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery
- EAR
-
European Arthroplasty Register
- EARSS
-
Early Albumin Resuscitation during Septic Shock
- EBMT
-
European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
- ECMES
-
Enclouage Centromédullaire Élastique Stable
- ER
-
Emergency Room
- ERAS
-
Enhaced Recovery After Surgery
- ERG
-
Electroretinogram
- ERG
-
Electroretinograph(y)
- ESAO
-
European Society for Artificial Organs (https://www.esao.org/)
- ESCRIM
-
Elément de Sécurité Civile Rapide d'Intervention Médicale
- ESLAS
-
European Society for Laser Aesthetic Surgery (www.eslas.com)
- ESSKA
-
European Society for Sports traumtology, Knee surgery and Arthroscopy
- ESTS
-
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (www.ests.org)
- EURO-CIU
-
European Association of Cochlear Implant Users
- EVER
-
European Association for Vision and Eye Research (www.ever.be)
- FESNCE
-
Federazione Europea della Società Nazionali di Chirurgia Estetica
FESNCE is equivalent to FESNCE (Fédération Européenne des Sociétés Nationales de Chirurgie Esthétique) in French, NYPERL (New York State Public Employees and Retirees Long Term Care Insurance) in English.
- FESNCE
-
Fédération Européenne des Sociétés Nationales de Chirurgie Esthétique
FESNCE is equivalent to NYPERL (see above).
- FFS
-
Facial Feminization Surgery
FFS is equivalent to CCF, CFF (see above).
- FNOMCeO
-
Federazione Nazionale degli Ordini dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri (https://portale.fnomceo.it/)
- FPTSR
-
Fourgon Pompe-Tonne Secours Routier
The abbreviation FPTSR (Fourgon Pompe-Tonne Secours Routier) includes abbreviations FPT (Fourgon Pompe-Tonne) and SR (Secours Routier).
- FSO
-
Forfait de Salle d'Opération
- FV
-
Fibrillation Ventriculaire
- GFRUP
-
Groupe Francophone de Réanimation et Urgences Pédiatriques
- HAR
-
Hyperacute Rejection
- HIFU
-
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound
- IADE
-
Infirmièr(e)-Anesthésiste Diplômé(e) d'État
- IC
-
Intensive Care
The abbreviation IC (Intensive Care) is included in the abbreviation ICU (Intensive Care Unit).
- ICE
-
In Case of Emergency
- ICORD
-
International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries
- ICRS
-
International Cartilage Repair Society
- ICU
-
Intensive Care Unit
The abbreviation ICU (Intensive Care Unit) includes the abbreviation IC (Intensive Care).
- IGOST
-
Interdisziplinäre Gesellschaft für Orthopädische Schmerztherapie
- IJOMS
-
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- IKDC
-
International Knee Documentation Committee
- IOT
-
Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
- ISO
-
Infection du Site Opératoire
- ISOPT
-
International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- ISSTD
-
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
- ISV
-
Institut des Sciences de la Vision (www.isvision.fr)
- JHG
-
Julius Hirschberg Gesellschaft
- JNNP
-
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
- JOMS
-
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- JRCSE
-
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- JRO
-
Journées de Recherche en Ophtalmologie
- KCA
-
Kérato-Conjonctivite Atopique
- KCV
-
Kérato-Conjonctivite Vernale
- LAB
-
Laboratoire d’Accidentologie et de Biomécanique
- LAVA
-
Laser Assisted Voice Adjustment
- LCA
-
Ligament Croisé Antérieur
LCA is equivalent to LCAE (Ligament Croisé Antéro-Externe) in French.
- LCAE
-
Ligament Croisé Antéro-Externe
LCAE is equivalent to LCA, LCAE (see above).
- LCP
-
Ligament Croisé Postérieur
LCP is equivalent to LCPI (Ligament Croisé Postéro-Interne) in French.