Surigical Vocabulary Flashcards
incision for parotid surgery
Modified blair incision
Incision for tumors involving the maxilla
Weber-ferguson incison
Incision for thyroid surgery
Kocher incision
Incision for open heart surgery
Access to anterior mediastinal structures
Median sternotomy
Incision for lung surgery
Posterolateral thoracotomy
Incision for open chest massage (left anterolateral thoracotomy)
Anterior (anterolateral) thoracotomy
Usually used as an extension of the emergency anterior thoracotomy performed in bilateral chest injuries
Transverse thoracosternotomy or clamshell thoracotomy
Incision for exposure of hilar and subclavian vessels (vascular trauma)
Trapdoor thoracotomy
Incision for almost all operations in the abdomen and retroperitoneum
Midline incision
Provides laterality to the midline incision allowing access to latyeral structures (kidney, adrenals, spleen)
Paramedian incision
Incision for cholecystectomy
Right kocher subcostal incision
Incision for elective splenectomy
Left-sided subcostal incision
Incision for appendectomy or cecostomy
McBurney incision
Incision for access to pevic organs, bladder, prostate and CS
Pfannenstiel incision