Taber's Medical Dictionary
Blalock-Hanlon procedure
(blā′lŏk″-hăn′lŏn)
[Alfred Blalock, U.S. surgeon, 1899-1965; C. Rollins Hanlon, U.S. surgeon, b. 1915]
The surgical creation of an atrial septal defect or enlargement of the foramen ovale in an infant with transposition of the great arteries. This procedure helps to improve oxygenation until total repair is undertaken.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Blalock-Hanlon Procedure." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745434/all/Blalock_Hanlon_procedure.
Blalock-Hanlon procedure. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745434/all/Blalock_Hanlon_procedure. Accessed March 25, 2023.
Blalock-Hanlon procedure. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745434/all/Blalock_Hanlon_procedure
Blalock-Hanlon Procedure [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 March 25]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745434/all/Blalock_Hanlon_procedure.
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