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57 Cards in this Set
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HOLDING TOGETHER BY NEW TISSUE, PRODUCED BY INFLAMMATION OR INJURY OF TWO STRUCTURES THAT ARE NORMALLY SEPARATE ( 2 ORGANS STUCK TOGETHER) |
ADHESION |
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UNION OF PARTS OR BRANCHES SO AS TO INTERCOMMUNICATE |
ANASTOMOSIS |
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IMPERFORATION OR CLOSURE OF A NORMAL TUBULAR OPENING OF THE BODY |
ATRESIA |
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SMALL, BLIND POUCHES THAT FORM IN THE LINING AND WALL OF A CANAL OR ORGAN, ESPECIALLY THE COLON |
DIVERTICULA OR DIVERTICULUM |
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INVAGINATION OF PROXIMAL INTESTINE INTO THE LUMEN OF THE DISTAL INTESTINE CAUSING INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION |
INTUSSUSCEPTION |
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POUCH LOCATED AT THE DISTAL ILEUM CAUSED BY AN INTUSSUSCEPTION OF A DIVERTICULUM. |
MECKELS DIVERTICULUM |
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ULCER CONSISTING OF LOCALIZED DESTRUCTION OF TISSUE ON THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE IN THE DUODENUM OR THE STOMACH |
PEPTIC ULCER |
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INFLAMMATION OF THE PERITONEAL CAVITY |
PERITONITIS |
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CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY RESULTING IN THE NARROWING OF THE OPENING BETWEEN THE STOMACH AND THE DUODENUM |
PYLORIC STENOSIS |
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TORSION OF A LOOP OF INTESTINE CAUSING OBSTRUCTION |
VOLVULUS |
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A PROCEDURE IN WHICH A SECTION OF AN ORGAN IS CUT APART OR REMOVED |
RESECTION |
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A PROCEDURE IN WHICH TWO HOLLOW ORGANS ARE JOINED SURGICALLY |
ANASTOMOSIS |
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A PROCEDURE IN WHICH ONE SECTION OF TISSUE IS CUT AWAY FROM ANOTHER |
DIVISION |
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TO PLACE ONE OR MORE CLAMPS AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO A TUBE OR VESSEL |
CROSS CLAMP |
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TO PLACE TWO CLAMPS OVER A SECTION OF TISSUE TO PREVENT BLEEDING WHEN THE TISSUE IS SEVERED |
DOUBLE CLAMP |
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THE FREEING UP OF TISSUE FROM ITS ATTACHMENTS BEFORE ANASTOMOSIS OR RESECTION |
MOBILIZATION |
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TO BOTH DOUBLE CLAMP AND DIVIDE TISSUE |
CLAMP AND DIVIDE |
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PLACEMENT OF FEEDING TUBE FROM INSIDE TO OUT |
PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY (PEG) |
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CREATING A SURGICAL OPENING FROM THE ESOPHAGUS TO THE STOMACH |
ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY |
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REMOVAL OF PART OF THE STOMACH & ESOPHAGUS |
ESOPHAGOGASTRECTOMY |
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REMOVAL OF THYROID |
THYROIDECTOMY |
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FEEDING TUBE PLACED FROM NOSE TO STOMACH FOR TEMPORARY NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE |
N/G TUBE (NASOGASTRIC TUBE) |
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REMOVAL OF THE APPENDIX |
APPENDECTOMY |
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RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY OF THE PYLORUS (CUTTING SCAR TISSUE) |
PYLOROPLASTY |
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DIVIDING THE VAGUS NERVE |
VAGOTOMY |
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CUTTING THE MUSCLES OF THE PYLORUS |
PYLOROMYOTOMY |
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OPENING IN THE JEJUNUM |
JEJUNOSTOMY |
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OPENING OF THE ILEUM; TRANSECTED; RIGHT SIDE OF ABDOMEN |
ILEOSTOMY |
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SURGICALLY CREATED OPENING OF THE COLON |
COLOSTOMY |
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SECTION OF COLON IS CUT APART OR REMOVED |
COLON RESECTION |
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EXTERNAL OPENING INTO STOMACH FOR NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT OR GASTRIC DECOMPRESSION |
GASTROTOMY |
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OPENING MADE IN STOMACH WALLS, FEEDING TUBE CAN BE INSERTED |
GASTROSTOMY |
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INCISION OF MUSCLES IN THE STOMACH |
GASTROMYOTOMY |
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REMOVAL OF SPLEEN |
SPLENECTOMY |
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REMOVAL OF PANCREAS |
PANCREATECTOMY |
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REMOVAL OF ANUS, RECTUM, SIGMOID COLON |
ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION |
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REMOVAL/RESECTION OF PANCREAS/DUODENUM |
PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY (WHIPPLE) |
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OPENING IN THE CECUM |
CECOSTOMY |
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REMOVAL OR RESECTION OF COLON |
COLECTOMY |
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EXCISION OF 1/2 OF COLON |
HEMICOLECTOMY |
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DISEASED PORTION OF BOWEL IS REMOVED |
SMALL BOWEL RESECTION |
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REMOVAL OF STOMACH |
GASTRECTOMY |
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EXCISION & LIGATION OF DILATED VARICOSITIES OF THE VEINS OF THE ANUS & RECTUM TO RELIEVE DISCOMFORT & CONTROL BLEEDING |
HEMORRHOIDECTOMY |
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GASTRIC BYPASS |
OPEN ROUX -EN -Y |
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LAPRASCOPIC GASTRIC BYPASS; USING THE JEJUNUM CALLED - GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY |
LAP: ROUX -EN -Y |
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STOMACH CONNECTING TO DUODENUM |
BILL ROTH I |
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STOMACH OUT CONNECTING TO JEJUNUM |
BILL ROTH II |
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BAND AROUND TOP OF STOMACH |
LAP BANDING |
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CREATES A NEW GASTRIC POUCH TO DECREASE AMOUNT OF FOOD ABSORPTION |
GASTRIC BY PASS |
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OPENING THE TRACT OF FISTULA |
FISTULOTOMY |
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SCOPE TO VIEW ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, & DUODENUM |
ESOPHAGASTRODUODENOSCOPY |
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INCISING WALL OF SPHINCTER FOR DILATION |
SPHINCTEROTOMY |
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REMOVAL OF POLYPS |
POLYPECTOMY |
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ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR HEMORRHOIDS; 2 BANDS PLACED AROUND EACH BASE |
RUBBER BANDING |
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OPENING THE TRACT AND HEAL BY GRANULATION |
FISTULOTOMY |
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EXCISION OF FISSURE |
FISSURECTOMY |
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THE ENTIRE TRACT CAN BE EXCISED |
FISTULECTOMY |