Common Surgeries

Question 1

Appendectomy (“appy”)

Answer 1

surgical removal of appendix

Question 2

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG or “cabbage”)

Answer 2

open heart surgery which removes sections of blocked coronary arteries and replaces these sections with healthy arteries from
other sites on the patient’s body

Question 3

Cholecystectomy (“chole”)

Answer 3

surgical removal of gallbladder

Question 4

Colectomy

Answer 4

surgical removal of part of the large intestine or colon

Question 5

Colostomy

Answer 5

surgical procedure in which a piece of the colon is diverted to an artificial opening in the abdominal wall so as to bypass a portion of the damaged colon

Question 6

Herniorrhaphy

Answer 6

hernia repair

Question 7

Hysterectomy

Answer 7

surgical removal of uterus

Question 8

**Mastectomy

Answer 8

surgical removal of breast(s)

Question 9

Nephrectomy

Answer 9

surgical removal of kidney (ies)

Question 10

Oophorectomy

Answer 10

surgical removal of ovary (ies)

Question 11

Salpingectomy

Answer 11

surgical removal of the fallopian tube(s)

Question 12

Salpingo-Oophorectomy

Answer 12

surgical removal of ovary(ies) and fallopian tube(s)

Question 13

Thoracostomy

Answer 13

insertion of a chest tube

Question 14

Thoracotomy

Answer 14

surgical incision into the chest wall

Question 15

Tonsillectomy

Answer 15

surgical removal of tonsils

Question 16

Tubal ligation

Answer 16

severing and tying of the fallopian tube(s)

Question 17

TURP

Answer 17

(transurethral resection of the prostate) – the removal of excessprostatic tissue when it becomes enlarged