Procedure and Surgery Terms

An incision is a deliberate surgical cut made through skin and underlying tissue to access the area being treated during an operation.

Rate is the whole point, since spreading a dose across time changes how a substance is tolerated, not merely how long it takes.

An operation in which the testicle is removed through an incision in the groin.

The introduction of fluids and drugs directly into the carotid artery, the main artery in the neck that carries blood from the heart to the brain.

The delivery of anticancer drugs directly to the blood vessels of the liver.

Site selection turns less on convenience than on muscle bulk, the volume being given, and which nerves and vessels lie underneath.

A method of delivering fluids and drugs directly into the abdominal cavity through a thin tube.

An intravenous infusion delivers fluids, medications, or nutrients directly into a vein over a controlled period rather than all at once.

The one route where absorption plays no part, which is both its great advantage and the reason it allows no second thoughts.

Placing a tube where an awake body will not tolerate one, which is why it nearly always follows sedation or unconsciousness.

A medical procedure that invades (enters) the body, usually by cutting or puncturing the skin or by inserting instruments into the body.

A procedure that uses ultrasound (high-energy sound waves that are bounced off internal tissues and organs) during surgery.

A procedure in which a catheter is placed into the artery that provides blood to the liver.

A procedure used to deliver anticancer drugs directly to an arm or leg but not to the rest of the body.

A procedure that may be used to deliver anticancer drugs directly to an arm or leg.

Surgery to remove all or part of the prostate with the aid of a laparoscope.

Laparoscopic surgery uses small incisions, a camera, and long instruments to operate inside the abdomen or pelvis without the large opening open surgery requires.

Surgery done with the aid of a laparoscope to remove all or part of the colon through several small incisions made in the wall of the abdomen.

Surgery done with the aid of a laparoscope.

Trading one long wound for several small ones changes the recovery far more than it changes the operation performed inside.