Surgical Terminology

Question 1

Anastomosis

Answer 1

Surgical joining of 2 ducts or blood vessels to allow flow from one to another; to bypass an area

Question 2

-ectomy

Answer 2

surgical removal (eg cholecystectomy, removal of the gallbladder)

Question 3

Lysis

Answer 3

Destruction or dissolution of (e.g. lysis of adhesions, removal of adhesions

Question 4

-orrhaphy

Answer 4

Surgical repair of (eg hemiorrhaphy, repair of hernia)

Question 5

-oscopy

Answer 5

direct visualization by a scope (eg cystoscopy, direct visualization of the urinary tract by means of a cystoscope)

Question 6

-ostomy

Answer 6

Opening made to allow the passage of drainage (eg ilestomy, formation of an opening of the ileum onto the surface of the abdomen for passage of feces)

Question 7

-otomy

Answer 7

opening into (eg thoracotomy, surgical opening into the thoracic cavity)

Question 8

-pexy

Answer 8

Fixation of (eg cecopexy, fixation or suspension of the cecum to correct its excessive mobility)

Question 9

-plasty

Answer 9

Plastic surgery (eg mammoplasty, reshaping of the breasts to reduce, lift, reconstruct)

Question 10

Atelectasis

Answer 10

Collapse of the expanded lung

Question 11

ABCDE Mnemonic device to ascertain serious Illness or trauma in the Preoperative Pt.

Answer 11

Allergies
Bleeding Medications
Cortisone or steroid use
Diabetes Mellitus
Emboli