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Ch.5 5.5
Plan surgical procedures and treatments
Term | Definition |
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cerebrotomy | incision into the brain |
chemotherapy | treatment using chemicals |
craniectomy | removal of a piece of skull |
craniotomy | incision into the skull |
endarerectomy | removal of the inside of an artery |
endovascular neurosurgery | surgery on the nerve system performed by entering the body through blood vessels |
lobectomy | removal of a lobe |
lobotomy | incision into a lobe |
neurectomy | removal of a nerve |
neurolysis | destruction of nerve tissue |
neuroplasty | reconstruction of a nerve |
neurorrhaphy | suturing of a nerve (usually one that is severed.) |
neurotomy | incision into a nerve |