Medical Terminology Surgical Procedures

Question 1

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM

(AAA)

Answer 1

SURGICAL REPAIR OF A WEAKENING/BALLOONING AREA OF THE ABDOMINAL PORTION OF THE AORTA

(THE LARGEST ARTERY IN THE BODY)

Question 2

ANTERIOR CRUCIATEL LIGAMENT

(ACL)

Answer 2

RECONSTRUCTION OR REPAIRING OF THE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT. IN A ACL RECONSTRUCTION A GRAFT IS USED TO REPLACE THE LIGAMENT, AND IN AN ACL REPAIR THE TORN LIGAMENT IS PUT BACK TOGETHER.

Question 3

ABOVE THE KNEE AMPUTATION

(AKA)

Answer 3

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE LEG ABOVE THE KNEE

Question 4

BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHERECTOMY

(BSO)

Answer 4

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF BOTH FALLOPIAN TUBES AND OVARIES

Question 5

BELOW THE KNEE AMPUTATION

(BKA)

Answer 5

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE LEG BELOW THE KNEE

Question 6

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT

(CABG)

Answer 6

CREATION OF A NEW BLOOD SUPPLY TO AN AREA OF THE HEART WITH A CLOGGED/BLOCKED ARTERY USING THE PATIENTS OWN BLOOD VESSEL TO FUNCTION AS THE GRAFT

(FREQUENTLY HARVESTED FROM THE LEG)

Question 7

CLOSED REDUCTION

(CR)

Answer 7

TREATMENT OF A FRACTURED BONE WITHOUT A SURGICAL INCISION

Question 8

DILATION AND CURETTAGE

(D&C)

Answer 8

DILATION OF THE UTERINE CERVIX AND SCRAPPING OF THE INNER LINING OF THE UTERUS (ENDOMETRIUM) WITH A UTERINE CURETTE

Question 9

INCISION AND DRAINAGE

(I AND D)

Answer 9

INCISION INTO AND REMOVAL (DRAINAGE) OF PUS/FLUID FROM AN ABSCESS, BOIL OR INFECTED WOUND/AREA OF THE BODY

Question 10

LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY

(LAVH)

Answer 10

A VISULIZATION AND TREATMENT OF PELVIC ORGANS (LAPAROSCOPY) FOLLOWED BY REMOVAL THE VAGINA

Question 11

MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY

(MIS)

Answer 11

A TYPE OF SURGERY THAT USES ENDOSCOPIC TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTAION IN ORDER TO REDUCE TRAMUE TO THE BODY DURING SURGERY (THIS TECHNIQUE REDUCES NOT ONLY TRAUMA TO THE PATIENT’S BODY, BUT REDUCES RECOVERY TIME AND REDUCES INFECTION RISKS, AS WELL

Question 12

POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION

(PLIF)

Answer 12

SPINAL SURGERY IN WHICH BONE GRAFTS/IMPLANTS ARE USED TO FUSE VERTEBRAE IN THE LUMBAR SPINE-APPROACHED FROM THE BACK SIDE OF THE PATIENTS BODY

Question 13

SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT

(STSG)

Answer 13

HEALTHY SKIN IS TAKEN FROM A PLACE ON THE BODY, CALLED THE DONER SITE, AND USED AS A SKIN GRAFT ELSEWHERE ON THE BODY

Question 14

TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY

(TAH)

Answer 14

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE UTERUS THROUGH AN INCISION IN THE ABDOMEN

Question 15

TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY

(THA)

Answer 15

HIP JOINT RECONSTRUCTION BY REMOVING THE BONE AND PLACING A PLASTIC/METAL COMPONENT IN THE HIP SOCKET (THE ACETABULUM), AS WELL AS THE FEMORAL HEAD (THE PROXIMAL FEMOR) RESULTING IN A COMPLETELY REBUILT JOINT

Question 16

TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

(TKA)

Answer 16

KNEE JOINT RECONSTRUCTION BY PLACING IMPLANTS ON THE END OF THE FEMUR AND THE TOP OF THE TIBIA, AS WELL AS ON THE KNEE CAP (THE PATELLA) RESULTING IN A COMPLETELY REBUILT JOINT

Question 17

TRANSURETHRAL RESECTIN OF THE PROSTATE

(TURP)

Answer 17

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF PART OF THE PROSTATE GLAND BY INSERTING INSTRUMENTS ACROSS THE URETHRA TO REACH THE PROSTATE INTERNALLY

Question 18

VENTRICULO-PERITONEAL SHUNT

(VP SHUNT)

Answer 18

SURGICAL PLACEMENT OF A DRAIN (SHUNT) TO TRANSFER EXCESS CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF) FROM THE BRAIN (VENTRICLE) TO THE ABDOMINAL LINING (PERITONEUM)

Question 19

OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION

(ORIF)

Answer 19

TREATMENT OF A FRACTURED BONE WITH AN INCISION AND THE USE OF PLATES AND SCREWS OR PINS TO HOLD THE FRAGMENTS TOGETHER.