Surgical

A word ending that means surgical removal.

A word ending that means a surgically made opening, usually to the outside of the body.

A word ending that means cutting into, or a surgical incision.

A word ending that means surgical fixing of an organ in place.

A word ending that means an instrument for cutting.

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, which writes consensus standards for the safe use and processing of medical devices.

A large, thick, padded dressing, its name short for abdominal, used as the absorbent layer over wounds that drain heavily.

A wide elastic band fastened snugly around the belly to support the abdomen and hold dressings after surgery.

Surgery to remove the uterus through a cut in the lower abdomen.

Removal of the lower sigmoid colon, the rectum and the anus through both an abdominal and a perineal incision, leaving a permanent colostomy.

A procedure that destroys a small area of tissue, often with heat or cold, to stop it from causing a problem.

Removal of the leg through the thigh, with the femur cut above the knee joint; abbreviated AKA.

A sponge of purified gelatin placed on oozing tissue to help blood clot, used dry or soaked in saline or thrombin; Gelfoam is one brand.

Suture that the body breaks down over time, so it loses its strength and then disappears without being removed.

The deep, cup-shaped socket on the side of the hip bone where the head of the femur fits to form the hip joint.

A benign tumor of the Schwann cells around the balance part of the eighth cranial nerve, also called a vestibular schwannoma.

The tip of an electrosurgical instrument, such as the ESU pencil, where the current enters the tissue to cut or coagulate it.

A cancer that starts in gland tissue or whose cells form gland-like structures, as most cancers of the prostate, pancreas and breast do.

Surgical removal of the adenoids, the lymph tissue high in the nasopharynx behind the nose.

A band of scar tissue that joins two surfaces inside the body that are normally separate.

Thin sterile adhesive tapes laid across an incision or small cut to hold the skin edges together or to support a closed incision.

The structures beside the uterus: the fallopian tubes, the ovaries and their ligaments.

A sudden, life-threatening shortage of the adrenal hormones cortisol and aldosterone, in which the blood pressure falls and the patient can go into shock.

Surgery to remove one or both adrenal glands, or part of one.

The outermost layer of connective tissue around a blood vessel, or around an organ with no serosa, such as the esophagus.

Latin for "the patient first," the motto of the Association of Surgical Technologists.

Airing out: in sterile processing, the step that removes leftover ethylene oxide gas from items after sterilization.

One complete replacement of the air in a room; the air exchange rate is the number of times this happens each hour.

A daily test run in an empty dynamic air removal steam sterilizer to show that it pulls all the air out of the chamber and has no leaks.

As low as reasonably achievable: the rule that every radiation exposure must be justified and kept as small as it can be.

A recovery score rating five things from 0 to 2 (activity, breathing, circulation, consciousness, oxygen saturation) to judge readiness to leave the PACU.

Tissue taken from one person and grafted into another, such as donor bone, skin, tendon or cartilage from a tissue bank.

Electric current that flows back and forth, reversing its direction many times a second, as from a wall outlet.

The socket in the jawbone that holds the root of a tooth.

A benign but locally aggressive tumor of the tooth-forming tissue, most often in the mandible.

The professional organization of surgeons that sets standards for surgical care; it sponsors ARC/STSA with AST and verifies trauma centers.

A small sealed glass container with a narrow neck that is snapped off to get the drug out.

The widened spot where the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct meet in the wall of the duodenum and open into it.

The removal of all or part of a limb or other body part, by surgery or by injury.

Either of the two rings of muscle around the anal canal, the internal and the external, that keep it closed except during defecation.

Relief from pain without loss of consciousness, or the treatment used to bring that relief.

A connection between two tube-shaped structures, such as two ends of bowel or two blood vessels, made by surgery or found naturally.

Loss of feeling or sensation, often brought on by drugs so that surgery or a procedure can be done without pain.

The workstation that delivers oxygen, medical gases and inhaled anesthetics to the patient and holds the ventilator and monitors.

The licensed professional who gives anesthesia and watches over the client's breathing and vital functions during a procedure.

An allied health worker who assists the anesthesia provider by preparing and maintaining anesthesia equipment, drugs and supplies.

A physician (MD or DO) who has completed a residency in anesthesia and gives and oversees anesthesia.

A drug that causes loss of feeling, with or without loss of consciousness.

Opening a narrowed or blocked blood vessel from the inside, most often by inflating a balloon catheter at the narrowed part.

Looking at the inside of a blood vessel through a thin, flexible fiberoptic scope.