Terminology
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| Ambulatory Surgery | Able to walk in and out of the surgical facility on the day of the surgery.
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| Outpatient Surgery | Generally describes procedures requiring less than an hour to performed, doesn't require to stay overnight.
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| Elective Surgery | Can be performed when the patient wishes.
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| Emergency Surgery | Required immediately to save a life.
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| Optional Surgery | May not be medically needed; but patient wants.
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| Urgent Surgery | To be performed ASAP but not emergency.
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| Invasive Procedure | Aprocedure in which the body is entered.
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| Mayo Stand | Small portable table that is big enough to hold instrument tray.
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| Surgical Scrub | Use of germicidal dispenser soap, sterile scrub brush, paper towels and sterile gloves.
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| Incisions | Cutting into tissue.
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| Debridement | Surgical removal of foreign matter.
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| Scrub Assistant | They apply sterile gloves and hand instruments to the surgeon performs sterile procedures.
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| Floating Assistant | Performs nonsterile duties, " floats" between the operating tables, supplies, and equipment.
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| Informed Consent | Provides the patient with a thorough explanation of the surgical procedure.
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| Anesthesia | General or local, loss of pain, feeling, or consciousness.
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| Abrasion | Ascraped spot or area.
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| Laceration | A rough, jagged tear.
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| Puncture | To pierce or perforate.
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| Inflammatory Phase | (3 days) blood clot forms to stop bleeding and plug the opening the wound.
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| Proliferating Phase | (3-21 days) fibrin threads extend across opening of wound and putting edges together.
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| Maturation Phase | (21 days-2 years)tissue cells strengthen and tighten the wound closure, forms scar, eventa=ually fades away.
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| Eschar | Ahard crust or scab.
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| Dehiscence | The bursting open of a surgically closed wound.
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| Evisceration | The removal of a body organ.
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| Electrosurgery | An electric instrument used in surgery.
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| Laser Surgery | The surgical use of lasers.
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| Colposcopy | An examination of the vagina and cervix with a lighted instrument.
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| Endoscopy | An instrument to look into a hollow organ or body cavity
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| Cryosurgery | The use of extreme cold to treat cervical erosion.
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| Endometrial Biopsy | Consists of using a curette or suction tool to remove uterine tissues for testing.
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| Incision and Drainage | Performed to relieve the buildup of pus as a result of infection.
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| Vasectomy | Excision of the vas deferens, or a portion of it, performed to effect sterility in men.
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