Procedures and Body Systems Flashcards
Craniotomy
Description: Making and opening into the skull to access the brain.
Body System: Skeletal
Thoracotomy
Description: Making and opening into the thoracic cavity to give the surgeon access to the lungs and the heart.
Body System: Respiratory
Parotidectomy
Description: Removing a salivary gland because of a tumor formation.
Body System: Digestive
Carotid endarterectomy
Description: Removing plaque from the carotid artery that has restricted the flow of oxygen to the brain.
Body System: Circulatory
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
Description: Removing a vein from the lower limb to bypass a blocked coronary artery of the heart.
Body System: Circulatory
Nephrectomy
Description: Removal of a kidney.
Body System: Urinary
Myringotomy
Description: Making an incision into the tympanic membrane (eardrum) to permit fluid to drain and placing small tubes in the membrane to permit continuous drainage.
Body System: Nervous
Rotator Cuff Repair
Description: A repair to the muscles and ligaments of the shoulder joint.
Body System: Muscular
Posterior lumbar interbody fusion
Description: Removing disc tissue pressing on the lower spine area, inserting a piece of bone between the vertebrae and fusing the area with plates and screws.
Body System: Skeletal
Tonsillectomy
Description: Removing lymphatic tissue in the pharynx (throat).
Body System: Circulatory
Cholecycectomy
Description: Removing the gallbladder
Body System: Digestive
Septoplasty
Description: Straightening or removing cartilage and/or bone in the nose when the nasal septum is deformed, injured or fractured.
Body System: Respiratory
Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
Description: Removing the fallopian tubes and ovaries.
Body System: Reproductive
Carpal tunnel repair
Description: Removing tissue or displaced bone in the wrist area to release pressure on the median nerve.
Body System: Nervous
Orchiopexy
Description: Moving and undescended testicle.
Body System: Reproductive
