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CHAP 12 TX-WOMEN
TREATMENTS-PROC-DEVI FEMALES
Question | Answer |
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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 |