Last September, Downtown Plaza operator JMA Ventures said Macy's, 24 Hour Fitness and Century Theaters would remain open throughout the arena construction project. The future of the remaining businesses still in operation seemed a little less certain.
The surgical creation of an artificial opening in a bone, as in the inner ear so as to improve or restore hearing. fenestration. 1 a surgical procedure in which an opening is created to gain access to the cavity within an organ or a bone. 2 an opening created surgically in a bone or organ of the body. 3 (in dentistry) a procedure to expose a root tip of a tooth to permit drainage of exudate.
Decortication is a medical procedure involving the surgical removal of the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ. The procedure is usually performed when the lung is covered by a thick, inelastic pleural peel restricting lung expansion. In a non-medical aspect, decortication is the removal of the bark, husk, or outer layer, or peel of an object.