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18 Cards in this Set
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a sharp-pointed instrument equipped with a cannula, used to puncture the wall of a body cavity and withdraw fluid:
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trocar
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an instrument for maintaining operative exposure by separating the edges of a wound and holding back underlying organs and tissues:
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retractor
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a hooklike instrument for seizing and holding tissues:
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tenaculum
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a tube for insertion into a vessel, duct, or cavity; during insertion its lumen is usually occupied by a trocar:
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cannula
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A small hollow tube used during liposuction to remove
fat by suction: |
cannula
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an inverting suture commonly used in gastrointestinal surgery: the needle is inserted about 2.5 mm lateral to the incision, through the serous and muscular tunics but not the submucosa, and brought out near the edge of the incision, then inserted near the edge on the opposite side and brought out at the more distant point, without having entered the lumen of the gut. It may be either interrupted or continuous
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Lembert suture
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a thin rubber tube, usually 0.5 to 1 inch in diameter
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Penrose drain
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regional anesthesia by intravenous injection, used for surgical procedures on the arm below the elbow or the leg below the knee; performed in a bloodless field maintained by a pneumatic tourniquet that also prevents the anesthetic from entering the systemic circulation:
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Bier block
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the production of insensibility of a part by interrupting the sensory nerve conductivity from that region of the body:
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regional anesthesia
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regional anesthesia achieved by blocking conduction in nerves with chemical or physical agents:
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field block
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regional anesthesia achieved by making extraneural or paraneural injections of anesthetics in close proximity to the nerve whose conductivity is to be cut off:
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nerve block
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Metal rod with round tip:
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obturator;
With the rounded end, it allows easy insertion of the tip into an orifice and then withdrawn allowing easy viewing of the cavity being examined. |
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A GIA instrument is a:
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stapler
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Dictated: four five K-wire
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Transcribe: 0.045 K-wire
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What is a K-wire?
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Kirschner wire;
a steel wire for skeletal fixation of fractured bones and for obtaining skeletal traction in fractures; it is inserted through the soft tissues and the bone. |
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a type of balloon-tip catheter used to remove thrombi and emboli from blood vessels:
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Fogarty catheter
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a type of central venous catheter used for long-term administration of substances such as antibiotics, total parenteral nutrition, or chemotherapeutic agents; it can be used for continuous or intermittent administration and may have either a single or a double lumen:
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Hickman catheter
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a soft, flow-directed cardiac catheter of the balloon-tip type for measuring pulmonary arterial pressures; it is introduced into the venous system via an internal jugular or subclavian vein and is guided by blood flow into the superior vena cava, the right atrium and ventricle, and into the pulmonary artery:
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Swan-Ganz catheter
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