Therapeutic Interventions

Question 1

Removal of tissue by surgery, chemical destruction, cryoprobe, electrocautery, or radiofrequency energy.

Answer 1

Ablation

Question 2

Removal of both gonads in the male or the female.

Answer 2

Castration

Question 3

Surgical procedure in which the prepuce of the penis (or that of the clitoris of the female) is excised.

Answer 3

circumcision

Question 4

Removal of a hydrocele.

Answer 4

hydrocelectomy

Question 5

Removal of one or both testicles.

Answer 5

Orchidectomy

Question 6

Surgical procedure to mobilize an undescended testicle, attaching it to the scrotum.

Answer 6

Orchiopexy

Question 7

Removal of the prostate gland. If termed a radical prostatectomy, the seminal vesicles and area of vas ampullae of the vas deferens are also removed.

Answer 7

prostatectomy

Question 8

Removal of the prostate in sections through a urethral approach. This procedure is the most common type of prostatectomy.

Answer 8

Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)

Question 9

Form of prostate surgery involving tiny incisions of the prostate. The prostate is not removed.

Answer 9

Transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP)

Question 10

Process of rendering a male or female unable to conceive a child while retaining gonads.

Answer 10

Sterilization

Question 11

Incision, ligation, and cauterization of both of the vas deferens for the purpose of male sterilization.

Answer 11

Vasectomy

Question 12

Anastomosis of the ends of the vas deferens as a means of reconnecting them to reverse the sterilization procedure.

Answer 12

vasovasostomy