The Nervous System Therapeutic Procedures

Question 1

Nerve Block

Answer 1

Injection of regional anesthetic to stop the passage of sensory or pain impulses along a nerve path

Question 2

Carotid Endarterectomy

Answer 2

Surgical procedure for removing an obstruction within the carotid artery, a major artery in the neck that carries oxygenated blood to the brain. Developed to prevent strokes, but is found to be useful only in severe stenosis with transient ischemic attack

Question 3

Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts

Answer 3

Surgical procedure in which a bypass is created to
drain cerebrospinal fluid. It is used to treat
hydrocephalus by draining the excess cerebrospinal
fluid from the brain and diverting it to the abdominal cavity

Question 4

Laminectomy

Answer 4

Removal of a portion of a vertebra, called the lamina, in order to relieve pressure on the spinal nerve

Question 5

Neurectomy

Answer 5

Surgical removal of a nerve

Question 6

Neuroplasty

Answer 6

Surgical repair of a nerve

Question 7

Neurorrhaphy

Answer 7

To suture a nerve back together. Actually refers to suturing the connective tissue sheath around the nerve

Question 8

Tractotomy

Answer 8

Surgical interruption of a nerve tract in the spinal cord. Used to treat intractable pain or muscle spasms