4-Medicine-Medical Treatments-Surgery

surgery

Surgeons can remove tissue {surgery}|. Surgery {cryo-surgery} can involve freezing tissues.

artificial cochlea

Microphones {artificial cochlea} can send signals straight to auditory nerve.

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debridement

skin removal {debridement}|.

necropsy

dead-tissue removal {necropsy}|.

resection

tissue removal {resection}|.

stereotaxic surgery

Surgery {stereotaxic surgery}| can use brain coordinates.

suture

Sewing can bind two tissue pieces together {suture}|.

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appendectomy

appendix removal {appendectomy}|.

dilatation and curettage

Scraping uterus wall, under anesthesia, can remove embryo {dilatation and curettage}| (D & C).

hemispherectomy

cerebral-hemisphere, white-matter, and basal-ganglia removal {hemispherectomy} {hemicerebrectomy}.

laser surgery for eye

Laser vision correction or refractive surgery {laser surgery for eye} can be laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) or photo refractive keratotomy (PRK).

leucotomy

Removing small frontal-lobe regions {leucotomy} can cure depression.

lobotomy

brain-lobe removal {lobotomy}.

mastectomy

breast removal {mastectomy}|.

rhinoplasty

Plastic surgery {rhinoplasty}| can be on nose.

tonsillectomy

tonsil removal {tonsillectomy}|.

tracheotomy

Surgical procedures {tracheotomy}| can cut through neck and into trachea, to allow breathing.

trephining

Surgical procedures {trephining} can make skull holes.

tubal ligation

Cutting and tying fallopian tubes {tubal ligation}| prevents eggs from entering uterus.

vasectomy

Cutting and tying vas deferens {vasectomy}| prevents sperm from leaving testis.

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catheter

Thin flexible tubes {catheter}| can lie in vessels to keep them open.

forceps

Surgical instruments {forceps}| can grasp and hold or pull.

ligature as wire

Threads or wires {ligature, medicine}| can tie blood vessels.

retractor

Surgical tools {retractor}| can pull back skin or tissue to expose area in which to operate.

trocar

Surgical instruments {trocar} can hold incisions open for endoscopic surgery.

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