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  • Thumbnail for Cataract surgery
    incision near the edge of the cornea. The incision for cataract surgery has evolved along with the techniques for cataract removal and IOL placement....
    150 KB (15,139 words) - 21:21, 18 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Advanced airway management
    creating an incision in the front of the neck down to the trachea. A tracheostomy tube can be placed through the opening created by the incision, which allows...
    32 KB (3,629 words) - 11:43, 2 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cardiac resynchronization therapy
    Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines state that CRT-D device placement is inappropriate for class IV heart failure, but placement of CRT-P devices may be...
    14 KB (1,391 words) - 09:39, 8 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cricothyrotomy
    A cricothyrotomy (also called cricothyroidotomy) is an incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain...
    13 KB (1,529 words) - 06:43, 19 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chest tube
    by Hippocrates when he described the treatment of empyema by means of incision, cautery and insertion of metal tubes. However, the technique was not widely...
    30 KB (3,729 words) - 02:55, 6 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Orchiectomy
    nurse shaves a small area for the incision. After anesthetic has been administered, the surgeon makes an incision in the midpoint of the scrotum and...
    30 KB (3,628 words) - 22:51, 9 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cholecystectomy
    cholecystectomy. Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) or laparoendoscopic single site surgery (LESS) is a technique in which a single incision is made through...
    53 KB (5,946 words) - 05:58, 14 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tracheal intubation
    Tracheal intubation, usually simply referred to as intubation, is the placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea (windpipe) to maintain an...
    107 KB (11,929 words) - 16:58, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Diverticulitis
    which three to four smaller incisions are made in the abdomen or navel. After incisions into the abdomen are done, placement of trocars occurs which allows...
    57 KB (5,698 words) - 04:42, 18 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Peripherally inserted central catheter
    the risk of environmental contamination. After the skin is prepared, an incision is made and a device called an "introducer" is inserted into the vein....
    14 KB (1,570 words) - 03:40, 24 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Laparoscopy
    see') is an operation performed in the abdomen or pelvis using small incisions (usually 0.5–1.5 cm) with the aid of a camera. The laparoscope aids diagnosis...
    46 KB (5,692 words) - 00:16, 25 June 2024
  • periareolar incisions and subglandular placement and some are not able to after augmentation using submuscular and other types of surgical incisions. The presence...
    117 KB (13,072 words) - 07:04, 21 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Biliary endoscopic sphincterotomy
    difficult because it becomes harder to assess the incision. Needle-knife fistulotomy or pancreatic stent placement followed by precut sphincterotomy are two of...
    16 KB (1,832 words) - 19:39, 6 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Bowel resection
    surgery, with a long incision in the abdomen. It may also be done laparoscopically or robotically by creating several small incisions in the abdomen through...
    25 KB (2,871 words) - 08:21, 15 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Prostatectomy
    multiple ways the operation can be done: with open surgery (via a large incision through the lower abdomen), laparoscopically with the help of a robot (a...
    26 KB (2,976 words) - 18:47, 18 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Interventional radiology
    performs both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures through very small incisions or body orifices. Diagnostic IR procedures are those intended to help...
    107 KB (13,224 words) - 17:13, 18 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tympanostomy tube
    the procedure require general anesthesia. During the procedure, a small incision is made to the eardrum using either a myringotomy knife or a CO2 laser...
    19 KB (2,043 words) - 20:30, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rhinoplasty
    Photograph A. Open rhinoplasty: Pre-operative, the guidelines (purple) ensured the surgeon's accurate incisions in cutting the nasal defect correction plan....
    117 KB (15,823 words) - 10:25, 17 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Carpal tunnel surgery
    technique involves placement of a longitudinal incision at the base of the hand. There are a few ways to determine where the incision can be placed. One...
    37 KB (4,530 words) - 22:48, 16 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Angioplasty
    typically gained percutaneously (through the skin, without a large surgical incision). An introducer sheath is inserted into the blood vessel via the Seldinger...
    38 KB (4,150 words) - 02:04, 7 June 2024
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