Common Surgeries

Question 1

Appendectomy (appy)

Answer 1

surgical removal of the appendix

Question 2

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)

Answer 2

surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease

Question 3

Cholecystectomy (chole)

Answer 3

surgical removal of the gallbladder

Question 4

Colectomy

Answer 4

consists of the surgical resection of any extent of the large intestine (colon)

Question 5

Herniorrhaphy

Answer 5

surgical repair of a hernia

Question 6

Hysterectomy (hyst)

Answer 6

surgical removal of the uterus

*may involve removal of the cervix, ovaries, fallopian tubes, and other surrounding structures.

Question 7

Mastectomy

Answer 7

usually carried out to treat breast cancer; removal of the breast

*operation can be done prophylactically

Question 8

Nephrectomy

Answer 8

surgical procedure to remove all or part of a kidney

• Complete (or Radical) Nephrectomy involves the full removal of the kidney

Question 9

Oophorectomy

Answer 9

surgical procedure to remove one or both of your ovaries

Question 10

Salpingectomy

Answer 10

removal of the fallopian tube

Question 11

Salpingo-oophorectomy

Answer 11

surgical removal of both the fallopian tubes and ovaries

Question 12

Tonsillectomy

Answer 12

surgical removal of the tonsils in which each tonsil is removed from a recess in the side of the pharynx called the tonsillar fossa

Question 13

Tubal Ligation

Answer 13

surgical procedure for sterilization in which a woman’s fallopian tubes are clamped and blocked, or severed and sealed.

*a permanent form of birth control