• Stool incontinence

    Voluntary, uncontrollable passage of stool or air/gases.

  • Stoppa access port

    Access port named after René Stoppa, with opening of the abdominal wall in the midline of the lower abdomen and exposure of the internal bone components of the pelvis.

  • stress

    Stress echocardiography involves ultrasound imaging of the heart during exercise or drug stimulation to detect abnormal blood flow in the heart.

  • Sudeck syndrome

    Nerve-related regional pain syndrome following a broken bone or an operation on bones or joints.

  • Supraspinatus tendon

    This tendon runs almost horizontally from the shoulder blade to the head of the humerus.

  • Suture

    Stitch around a blood vessel.

  • Sympathetic nerve fibres

    The sympathetic nerve fibres are part of the autonomic nervous system.

  • Sympathetic nervous system

    Controls the functions of the body during activity, exertion and stress (rapid heartbeat, sweating etc.).

  • Syndesmosis

    Ligament-type connections between the shin bone and the calf bone inside the ankle.

  • Synovectomy

    Surgical removal of joint lining.

  • T-cells

    Cells in the immune system that detect and destroy altered cells, i.e. cells infected with pathogens or cancer cells.