Urinary medical and surgical procedures

Question 1

Insertion of a catheter (hollow flexible tube) into a body cavity or organ to instill a substance or remove fluid, most commonly through the urethra into the bladder to withdraw urine

Answer 1

Catheterization

Question 2

Insertion of a rigid or flexible cystoscope through the urethra to examine the urinary bladder, obtain biopsy specimens of tumors or other growths, and remove polyps

Answer 2

cystoscopy (cysto)
cyst/o: bladder
-scopy: visual examination

Question 3

Method of removing stones by crushing them into smaller pieces so that they can be expelled in urine

Answer 3

lithotripsy
LĬTH-ō-trĭp-sē
lith/o: stone, calculus
-tripsy: crushing

Question 4

Use of powerful sound wave vibrations to break up stones in the kidneys

Answer 4

extracorporeal shock-wave
lithotripsy (ESWL)

extra: outside
corpor: body
-eal: pertaining to
lith/o: stone, calculus
-tripsy: crushing

Question 5

Surgical procedure that involves a small incision in the skin and insertion of an endoscope into the kidney to remove a renal calculus

Answer 5

nephrolithotomy

nephr/o: kidney
lith/o: stone, calculus
-tomy: incision

Question 6

Organ transplantation of a kidney in a patient with end-stage renal disease; also called kidney transplantation

Answer 6

renal transplantation
ren: kidney
-al: pertaining to

Question 7

Insertion of a thin tube into the ureter to prevent or treat obstruction of urine flow from the kidney

Answer 7

ureteral stent

ureter: ureter
-al: pertaining to