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MEDOP 230- Endocrinology: Medical and Surgical procedures

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Medical ADA diet Physician-prescribed diet for patients with diabetes that follows guidelines established by the American Diabetes Association (ADA). • Carbohydrate and fat intake are limited. • The physician specifies the upper limit for total daily caloric intake
Surgical Adrenalectomy Procedure to remove the adrenal gland because of an adenoma or cancerous tumor.
Surgical Fine-needle biopsy Procedure that uses a fine needle to take a small sample of tissue from a thyroid nodule to determine whether the nodule is benign or cancerous.
Surgical Parathyroidectomy Procedure to remove one or more of the parathyroid glands to treat hyperparathyroidism may also occur accidentally during thyroid surgery.
Surgical Thymectomy Procedure to remove the thymus in patients with myasthenia gravis.
Surgical Thyroidectomy Procedure to remove all or part of the thyroid gland. • Subtotal thyroidectomy involves removal of just one part. • Thyroid lobectomy involves removal of only one lobe.
Surgical Transsphenoidal hypophysectomy Procedure to remove an adenoma from the pituitary gland by way of an incision in the sphenoid sinus.
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