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chapt 12 TX-PRO
Treatment-Proced-Devis Male Repro Sys
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ANTI-IMPOTENCE THERAPY | Colection of therapies that address erectile dysfunction; includes drugs such as SILDENAFIL (VIAGRA) OR Implantation of a PENILE IMPLANT |
| BALANOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE GLANS PENIS |
| CIRCUMCISION | ROUTINE PROCEDURE IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD is the removal of the prepuce, USUALLY performed within hours after birth |
| DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION | A PHYSICAL EXAM THAT INVOLVES THE INSERTION OF A FINGER INTO THE RECTUM TO FEEL THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE PROSTATE GLAND |
| HYDROCELECTOMY | Surgical Removal of a HYDROCELE |
| ORCHIDOPEXY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A TESTIS |
| CASTRATION | A BILATERAL (BOTH) SURGICAL REMOVAL OF TESTIS |
| ORCHIDOPEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION OF A TESTIS IS SOMETIMES REQUIRED TO DRAW AN UNDESCENDED TESTIS INTO THE SCROTUM |
| ORCHIDOPLASTY | GENERAL TERM FOR A SURGICAL REPAIR OF A TESTIS |
| PENILE IMPLANTS | THE SURGICAL INSERTION OF A PROSTHESIS OR ARIFICIAL DEVICE TO CORRECT ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION |
| PROSTATECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL FO THE PROSTATE GLAND; A TREATMENT OF BPH AND PROSTATE CANCER |
| PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN | A CLINICAL TEST THAT MEASURES LEVELS OF THE PROTEIN, PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN IN THE BLOOD |
| TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE GLAND | Treats BPH THROUGH THE NONINVASIVE REMOVAL OF PROSTATE TISSUE. INVOLVES SCRAPING OF THE URETHRAL SECTION OF THE PROSTATE TISSUE USING A ENDOSCOPE |
| UROLOGY | DEPARTMENT WITHIN A HOSPITAL OR CLINIC THAT TREATS URINARY TRACT PROBLEMS IN BOTH SEXES |
| VASECTOMY | A MALE CAN ELECT TO BECOME STERILE, OR UNABLE TO PRODUCE AND EJACULATE SPERM. SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A VESSEL.It DOES NOT affect a mans ability to ejaculate or his experience of sexual pleasure. |
| VASOVASOSTOMY | SURGERY TO REVERSE A VASECTOMY |
| VESICULECTOMY | A PROCEDURE TO REMOVE THE SEMINAL VESICLES |