TherapeuticProcedure
schema:Thing > schema:MedicalEntity > schema:MedicalProcedure > schema:TherapeuticProcedure
schema:Thing > schema:MedicalEntity > schema:MedicalTherapy > schema:TherapeuticProcedure
 A medical procedure intended primarily for therapeutic purposes, aimed at improving a health condition.
| Property | Expected Type | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| Properties from schema:MedicalProcedure | ||
schema:followup
     | 
 schema:Text | Typical or recommended followup care after the procedure is performed. | 
schema:howPerformed
     | 
 schema:Text | How the procedure is performed. | 
schema:preparation
     | 
 schema:Text | Typical preparation that a patient must undergo before having the procedure performed. | 
schema:procedureType
     | 
 schema:MedicalProcedureType | The type of procedure, for example Surgical, Noninvasive, or Percutaneous. | 
| Properties from schema:MedicalEntity | ||
schema:code
     | 
 schema:MedicalCode | A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc. | 
schema:guideline
     | 
 schema:MedicalGuideline | A medical guideline related to this entity. | 
schema:medicineSystem
     | 
 schema:MedicineSystem | The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc. | 
schema:recognizingAuthority
     | 
 schema:Organization | If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine. | 
schema:relevantSpecialty
     | 
 schema:MedicalSpecialty | If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant. | 
schema:study
     | 
 schema:MedicalStudy | A medical study or trial related to this entity. | 
| Properties from schema:MedicalTherapy | ||
schema:adverseOutcome
     | 
 schema:MedicalEntity | A possible complication and/or side effect of this therapy. If it is known that an adverse outcome is serious (resulting in death, disability, or permanent damage; requiring hospitalization; or is otherwise life-threatening or requires immediate medical attention), tag it as a seriouseAdverseOutcome instead. | 
schema:contraindication
     | 
 schema:MedicalContraindication | A contraindication for this therapy. | 
schema:duplicateTherapy
     | 
 schema:MedicalTherapy | A therapy that duplicates or overlaps this one. | 
schema:indication
     | 
 schema:MedicalIndication | A factor that indicates use of this therapy for treatment and/or prevention of a condition, symptom, etc. For therapies such as drugs, indications can include both officially-approved indications as well as off-label uses. These can be distinguished by using the ApprovedIndication subtype of MedicalIndication. | 
schema:seriousAdverseOutcome
     | 
 schema:MedicalEntity | A possible serious complication and/or serious side effect of this therapy. Serious adverse outcomes include those that are life-threatening; result in death, disability, or permanent damage; require hospitalization or prolong existing hospitalization; cause congenital anomalies or birth defects; or jeopardize the patient and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the outcomes in this definition. | 
| Properties from schema:Thing | ||
schema:additionalType
     | 
 schema:URL | An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally. | 
schema:alternateName
     | 
 schema:Text | An alias for the item. | 
schema:description
     | 
 schema:Text | A short description of the item. | 
schema:image
     | 
 
schema:ImageObject  or  schema:URL  | An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject. | 
schema:name
     | 
 schema:Text | The name of the item. | 
schema:potentialAction
     | 
 schema:Action | Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role. | 
schema:sameAs
     | 
 schema:URL | URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Freebase page, or official website. | 
schema:url
     | 
 schema:URL | URL of the item. | 
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