Flashcards: Surgery

In anatomy, a natural stoma is any opening in the body, such as the mouth.

An eschar (/ˈɛskɑːr/; Greek: eschara) is a slough or piece of dead tissue that is cast off from the surface of the skin, particularly after a burn injury, but also seen in gangrene, ulcer, fungal infections, necrotizing spider bite wounds, spotted fevers and exposure to cutaneous anthrax.

Podiatry (/poʊˈdaɪətri/) or podiatric medicine (/poʊdiˈætrᵻk/ or /poʊˈdaɪətrᵻk/) is a branch of medicine devoted to the study of, diagnosis, and medical and surgical treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle and lower extremity.

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a medical procedure in which part of the electrical conduction system of the heart, tumor or other dysfunctional tissue is ablated using the heat generated from medium frequency alternating current (in the range of 350–500 kHz).

Replacement arthroplasty (from Greek arthron, joint, limb, articulate, + plassein, to form, mould, forge, feign, make an image of), or joint replacement surgery, is a procedure of orthopedic surgery in which an arthritic or dysfunctional joint surface is replaced with an orthopedic prosthesis.

The term abdominal surgery broadly covers surgical procedures that involve opening the abdomen.

Arthroscopy (also called arthroscopic surgery) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure on a joint in which an examination and sometimes treatment of damage is performed using an arthroscope, an endoscope that is inserted into the joint through a small incision.

A hernia is the exit of an organ, such as the bowel, through the wall of the cavity in which it normally resides.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease in which a portion of the myocardium (heart muscle) is enlarged without any obvious cause, creating functional impairment of the heart.

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A fistula is an abnormal anastomosis, that is, an abnormal connection between two hollow spaces (technically, two epithelialized surfaces), such as blood vessels, intestines, or other hollow organs.

Chronic pancreatitis is a long-standing inflammation of the pancreas that alters the organ's normal structure and functions.

A head transplant is a surgical operation which involves the grafting of one organism's head onto the body of another.

A crush injury is injury by an object that causes compression of the body.

An inguinal hernia is a protrusion of abdominal-cavity contents through the inguinal canal.

Dissection (from Latin dissecare "to cut to pieces"; also called anatomization), is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure.

Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery.

Premedication refer to a drug treatment given to a patient before a (surgical or invasive) medical procedure.

Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and twisted.

Choledochal cysts (aka bile duct cyst) are congenital conditions involving cystic dilatation of bile ducts.

A scalpel, or lancet, is a small and extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery, anatomical dissection, and various arts and crafts (called a hobby knife).

Tamponade is the closure or blockage (as of a wound or body cavity) by or as if by a tampon, especially to stop bleeding.

Acute pancreatitis or acute pancreatic necrosis is a sudden inflammation of the pancreas.

In the Trendelenburg position, the body is laid flat on the back with the feet higher than the head by 15-30 degrees, in contrast to the reverse Trendelenburg position, where the body is tilted in the opposite direction.

A stab wound is a specific form of penetrating trauma to the skin that results from a knife or a similar pointed object that is "deeper than it is wide".

A diabetic foot is a foot that exhibits any pathology that results directly from diabetes mellitus or any long-term (or "chronic") complication of diabetes mellitus.

The barber surgeon is one of the most common medical practitioners of medieval Europe – generally charged with looking after soldiers during or after a battle.

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is an early stage medical technology that is in various stages of development worldwide to treat a range of disorders.

The hepatobiliary triangle (or cystohepatic triangle) is an anatomic space bordered by the cystic duct inferiorly, common hepatic duct medially and the inferior (visceral) surface of the liver superiorly.

Kidney transplantation or renal transplantation is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage renal disease.

Surgery (cheirourgia, from the Greek "cheir" meaning "hand" + "ergon" meaning "work") is the branch of medicine that deals with the physical manipulation of a bodily structure to diagnose, prevent, or cure an ailment.

This is a list of barbers and barber surgeons.

The European Society of Aesthetic Surgery (ESAS) is a teaching organization which aims at enhancing the knowledge of cosmetic surgical techniques and concepts.

Lobectomy means surgical excision of a lobe.

An ulcer is a discontinuity or break in a bodily membrane that impedes the organ of which that membrane is a part from continuing its normal functions.

Flap surgery is a technique in plastic and reconstructive surgery where any type of tissue is lifted from a donor site and moved to a recipient site with an intact blood supply.

The Outcomes Research Consortium is an international clinical research group that focuses on the perioperative period (during and after surgery), along with critical care and pain management.

Exablate is a family of non-invasive medical devices manufactured by Insightec, a company headquartered in Haifa, Israel with regional offices in USA (Dallas, Texas), China, Japan and Europe.

Surgical knots (ligatures) are those knots used to bind suture materials together while binding tissue in surgery.

The field of hand surgery deals with both surgical and non-surgical treatment of conditions and problems that may take place in the hand or upper extremity (commonly from the tip of the hand to the shoulder) including injury and infection.

Laser surgery is surgery using a laser (instead of a scalpel) to cut tissue.

Microsurgery is a general term for surgery requiring an operating microscope.

The medical practice or technique of cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is the burning of part of a body to remove or close off a part of it, which destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harm, such as infections when antibiotics are unavailable.

Inguinal hernia surgery refers to a surgical operation for the correction of an inguinal hernia.

DemeTECH is a surgical/medical device company located in Miami, Florida, United States.