Operations Flashcards
Alteration
Modifying the natural anatomic structure of a body part without affecting the function of the body part.
Examples: Face lift, breast augmentation
Bypass
Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part.
Examples: Coronary artery bypass, colostomy formation
Change
Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane.
Examples: Urinary catheter change, gastrostomy tube change
Control
Stopping, or attempting to stop, post-procedural or other acute bleeding.
Examples: Control of post-prostatectomy hemorrhage, control of intracranial subdural hemorrhage, control of bleeding duodenal ulcer, control of retroperitoneal hemorrhage.
Creation
Putting in or on biological or synthetic material to form a new body part that replicates the anatomic structure or function of an absent body part.
Examples: Creation of vagina in a male, creation of right and left atrioventricular valve from common atrioventricular valve
Destruction
Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent.
Examples: Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion
Detachment
Cutting off all or part of the upper or lower extremities.
Examples: Below-knee amputation, disarticulation of shoulder
Dilation
Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part.
Examples: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, pyloromyotomy
Division
Cutting into a body part without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part in order to separate or transect the body part.
Examples: Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy
Drainage
Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part.
Examples: Thoracentesis, incision and drainage
Excision
Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part.
Examples: Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy
Extirpation
Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part.
Examples: Thrombectomy, choledocholithotomy
Extraction
Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force.
Examples: Dilation and curettage, vein stripping
Fragmentation
Breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces.
Examples: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, transurethral lithotripsy
Fusion
Joining together portions of an articular body part, rendering the articular body part immobile.
Examples: Spinal fusion, ankle arthrodesis
Insertion
Putting in a non-biological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part.
Examples: Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter
Inspection
Visually and/or manually exploring a body part.
Examples: Diagnostic arthroscopy, exploratory laparotomy
Map
Locating the route of passage of electrical impulses and/or locating functional areas in a body part.
Examples: Cardiac mapping, cortical mapping
Occlusion
Completely closing an orifice or lumen of a tubular body part.
Examples: Fallopian tube ligation, ligation of inferior vena cava
Reattachment
Putting back in or on all or a portion of a separated body part to its normal location or other suitable location.
Examples: Reattachment of hand, reattachment of avulsed kidney
Release
Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint.
Examples: Adhesiolysis, carpel tunnel release
Removal
Taking out or off a device from a body part.
Examples: Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal
Repair
Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function.
Examples: Colostomy takedown, herniorrhaphy, suture of laceration
Replacement
Putting in or on a biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part.
Examples: Total hip replacement, free skin graft
