Procedures & Diagnosis’s Flashcards
What is Wilms tumor?
is a rare kidney cancer that mainly affects children. Also known as nephroblastoma, it’s the most common cancer of the kidneys in children
Splenectomy
is a surgical procedure to remove your spleen. The spleen is an organ that sits under your rib cage on the upper left side of your abdomen. It helps fight infection and filters unneeded material, such as old or damaged blood cells, from your blood.
nephrectomy
is the surgical removal of a kidney, performed to treat a number of kidney diseases including kidney cancer. It is also done to remove a normal healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor, which is part of a kidney transplant procedure
Tracheostomy
is a procedure to help air and oxygen reach the lungs by creating an opening into the trachea from outside the neck. A person with a tracheostomy breathes through a tracheostomy tube inserted in the opening.
cystectomy
is a surgery to remove all or part of the bladder: A radical cystectomy removes the entire bladder, nearby lymph nodes, part of the urethra and nearby organs that may contain cancer cells. A partial cystectomy removes part of the bladder.
mastoidectomy
removal of the air cells of the mastoid process without disturbing the contents of the middle ear.
rhinoplasty
removal of a hump on the nose, the narrowing and shortening of the nose, and/or the reconstruction of the tip of the nose
Leukoplasia
is the precancerous whitening of the mucous membrane.
cholesteatoma
is an abnormal collection of skin cells deep inside your ear. They’re rare but, if left untreated, they can damage the delicate structures inside your ear that are essential for hearing and balance
granuloma
is a tiny cluster of white blood cells and other tissue. It can appear in your lungs, skin or other parts of your body. Granulomas aren’t cancerous. They form as a reaction to infections, inflammation, irritants or foreign objects.
Radial keratotomy
correction aims to change the refractive power of the anterior corneal surface to correct ametropia by the creation of individual linear incisions deep into the stroma (80 to 90% depth)
Reduce/eliminate myopia “near sightness”
Scleral buckling
is a type of eye surgery to repair a detached retina and restore vision. The retina is a layer of nerve cells in the back of your eye. These cells use light to send visual information to your brain.
Vitrectomy
is a surgery to remove some or all of the vitreous humor from the eye. Anterior vitrectomy entails removing small portions of the vitreous humor from the front structures of the eye—often because these are tangled in an intraocular lens or other structures.
Retina & vitreous issues
Keratoplasty
Corneal transplantation, also known as corneal grafting, is a surgical procedure where a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by donated corneal tissue. When the entire cornea is replaced it is known as penetrating keratoplasty and when only part of the cornea is replaced it is known as lamellar keratoplasty.
epidural hematoma (EDH
) occurs when blood accumulates between the skull and the dura mater, the thick membrane covering the brain. They typically occur when a skull fracture tears an underlying blood vessel. EDHs are about half as common as a subdural hematomas and usually occur in young adults.
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) “Hemorrhagic stroke” Also called: cerebral hemorrhage
, a subtype of stroke, is a devastating condition whereby a hematoma is formed within the brain parenchyma with or without blood extension into the ventricles.
An emergency condition in which a ruptured blood vessel causes bleeding inside the brain.
High blood pressure and trauma are two leading causes.
Subdural hematoma
Also called: SDH, subdural hemorrhage
A pool of blood between the brain and its outermost covering.
Subdural hematoma can be a medical emergency. It’s usually caused by a head injury strong enough to burst blood vessels. This can cause pooled blood to push on the brain. Age, blood-thinning drugs, and alcohol abuse increase risk.
Brain aneurysm
Also called: intracranial aneurysm
A weakness in a blood vessel in the brain that balloons and fills with blood.
Most intracranial aneurysms occur between the underside of the brain and the base of the skull. The aneurysm can leak or rupture, causing life-threatening bleeding.
An unruptured aneurysm usually causes no symptoms. A key symptom of a ruptured aneurysm is a sudden, severe headache.
modified radical mastectomy
is a procedure in which the entire breast is removed, including the skin, areola, nipple, and most axillary lymph nodes, but the pectoralis major muscle is spared. Historically, a modified radical mastectomy was the primary method of treatment for breast cancer.
Radical Mastectomy
Surgery to remove the whole breast, all of the lymph nodes under the arm, and the chest wall muscles under the breast. For many years, radical mastectomy was the type of breast cancer surgery used most often, but it is rarely used now.
Simple Mastectomy
Surgery to remove the whole breast, which may include the nipple, areola (the dark-colored skin around the nipple), and skin over the breast. Some of the lymph nodes under the arm may also be removed to check for cancer.
Adenomyomectomy
Adenomyomectomy is a conservative and effective treatment for adenomyosis. This study describes an efficient procedure to treat severe adenomyosis. Adenomyosis is uterine thickening that occurs when endometrial tissue, which normally lines the uterus, moves into the outer muscular walls of the uterus.
Laminectomy
is a type of surgery in which a surgeon removes part or all of the vertebral bone (lamina). This helps ease pressure on the spinal cord or the nerve roots that may be caused by injury, herniated disk, narrowing of the canal (spinal stenosis), or tumors.
cholecystectomy
is a surgery to remove the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a pear-shaped organ that sits just below the liver on the upper right side of the abdomen. The gallbladder collects and stores a digestive fluid made in the liver called bile.
Schiller’s test or Schiller’s Iodine test
is a medical test in which iodine solution is applied to the cervix in order to diagnose cervical cancer. Your colposcopist might put a liquid called iodine solution on your cervix. It stains normal cervical tissue dark brown. Cell changes may not stain, so the colposcopist can see them