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CHAP 12 TX-WOMEN
TREATMENTS-PROC-DEVI FEMALES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| BIOPSY | A MINOR SUGICAL PROCEDURE THAT INVOLVES THE SURGICAL EXTRACTION FOR MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS. Bx |
| CERVICECTOMY | REMOVE PRECANCEROUS OR CANCEROUS TISSURE FROM THE CERVIC |
| COLPECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE VAGINA |
| COLPOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR FO THE VAGINA |
| COLPORRHAPY | SUTURING THE WALL OF THE VAGINA |
| DILATION AND CURRETTAGE | A COMMON PROCEDURE THAT IS USED FOR BOTH DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATEMENT PURPOSES |
| ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION | LASERS, ELECTRICITY OR HEAT MAY BE USED TO DESTROY THE ENDOMETRIUM |
| GYNECOLOGY | THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE FOCUSING ON WOMEN |
| GYNEPATHOLOGY | A PHYSICIAN SPECIALING IN THIS FIELD OF MEDICINE |
| HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY | A COMMON THERAPY FOR HORMONAL MANAGMEN (HRT) |
| HYSTERECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE UTERUS |
| HYSTEROPEXY | SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT MAY BE USED TO CORRECT A PROLAPSED UTERUS |
| HYSTEROSCOPY | A NONINVAISIVE DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE THAT USES A MODIFIED ENDOSCOPE |
| LAPROSCOPY | EVALUATES THE EXTERNAL APPEARANCE OF THE UTERUS AND OTHER ORGANS OF THE PELVIC REGION |
| MAMMOGRAPHY | AN X=RAY PROCEDURE THAT PRODUCES AN X-RAY IMAGE OF A BREATS |
| MAMMOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF ONE OR BOTH BREASTS |
| MASTECTOMY | THE REMOVAL OF BREAST TISSUE |
| OOPHORECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF AN OVARY |
| PAP SMEAR | A COMMON DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE THAT SCREENS FOR PRECANCEROUS CERVICAL DYSPLASIA AND CERVICAL CANCER |
| SALPINGECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A FALLOPIAN TUBE |
| SALPINGOPEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION OF A FALLOPIAN TUBE |
| SONSOHYSTROGRAPHY | A NON INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE THAT USES ULTRASOUND WAVES TO VISUALIZE THE UTERUS WITHIN THE PELVIC CAVITY. |
| TUBAL LIGATION | MOST COMMON FORM OF FEMALE STERILIZATION AS A CONTRACEPTIVE MEASURE. DURING WHICH THE FALLOPIAN TUBES ARE SEVERED AND CLOSED TO PREVENT THE MIGRATION OF SPERM UPWARD INTO THE TUBES |
| VAGINAL SPECULUM | A VAGINAL SPECULUM IS AN INSTRUMENT USED DURING A GYNECOLOGICAL EXAM |