Kyphon Product Flashcards
Define surgery
Surgery is defined as a branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions requiring or amenable to operative or manual procedures
Define medicine
Medicine is defined as the art and science of the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and the maintenance of health
Define perioperative
It is the period of time prior to the operation. It may include the onset of pathobiology, the appearance of symptoms, the diagnosis, the moment the patient enters the hospital, and the moment the patient is wheeled into the operating room
Define intraoperative
It is the period of time in which the patient is in the operating room
Define postoperative
It is the period of time after the operation in which the patient recovers from the surgical procedure and his or her condition
Describe supine or dorsal recumbent
Lying on the back
Define prone
Lying on the abdomen. Face down
Define knee-chest
Kneeling, face down and knees bent
Define lithotomy
Lying on the back, thighs elevated and the legs flexed at right angles to the body, perineum exposed
Trendelenburg
Lying supine with the head tilted down
Lateral decubitus
Lying on the side
In surgical terms what does sign mean?
Objective, measurable parameter that a physician can observe and record.
In surgical terms what does syndrome mean?
Specific set of symptoms and signs that define a particular pathology.
Neurosurgeon
Perform surgery on neurological complications to the head, neck and spine
Trained during residency, five year program
Orthopedic spine surgeon
Training is a five year residency for general orthopedics with a spine fellowship for an additional two years
Interventional radiologist
Radiologist with 1 to 2 year fellowship on minimally invasive peripheral body interventions, not spine ( I. E., P ICC lines, perm cath’s etc.)
INR
1-2 year fellowship solely on head, neck and spine (I.e., facet blocks, aneurysm coiling, Stenting, etc)
Pain management surgeon
Anesthesiologist who have an additional one-year fellowship in acute and chronic pain management, interventional pain management, and palliative medicine
Fracture reduction
Fracture reduction is one of the standard orthopedic goals when treating a broken bone. The definition of “reduction” as written in Stedman’s medical dictionary is: repositioning; the restoration by surgical and manipulative procedures, of a part to its normal anatomical relation.
Vertebralplasty
It is a minimally invasive, orthopedic treatment where bone cement is injected into a fractured vertebra in order to stabilize it.
Balloon kyphoplasty
Balloon kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive, orthopedic treatment that stabilizes the fractured vertebra, reducing pain and providing for correction of the deformity. It uses balloons to create a void and move bone, and highly-viscous cement to support the surrounding bone.
Approximately how many VCFs are there every year in the United States?
More than 700,000