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