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Z procedure (medicine)


Z procedure -->
Z-plasty
Surgery to elongate a contracted scar or to rotate tension 90? the middle line of a Z-shaped incision is made along the line of greatest tension or contraction, and triangular flaps are raised on opposite sides of the two ends and transposed.

Synonym: Z procedure.