Unit 22: Vocabulary

An operation to remove a kidney.

Strenuous activity should be avoided for 6 weeks following a nephrectomy.

An operation to repair a nerve.

Neuroplasty is recommended for patients with nerve irritation due to epidural adhesion after spine surgery.

Stop, close, or obstruct an opening.

The surgery to occlude the artery was successful.

An operation to break a bone.

The deformation in the bone caused problems walking so osteoclasis was used to fracture and correct the shape of it.

An operation to repair a bone.

Osteoplasty can be used to relieve pain from bone disease.

An operation to repair the top of the mouth.

Laser-assisted palatoplasty can be used to stop snoring.

An operation to repair the film covering the lungs.

As the lung membrane was damaged, a pleuropexy was performed to repair it.

An operation to remove a lung.

After her pneumonectomy, she had to give up her running career.

An operation to remove a polyp.

In most cases a polypectomy is a pre-emptive surgery to prevent the possibility of polyps becoming cancerous.

Lying flat with face downwards.

The patient was prone on his front awaiting the surgery.

An operation to remove a piece of the kidney to be studied.

As the doctor suspected kidney damage, a renal biopsy was taken for analysis.

Kidney transplant.

He was on the waiting list for a renal transplant for 3 months before a donor was found.

An operation to repair the nose.

There is a lot of controversy over minors receiving cosmetic rhinoplasty.

Lying flat on the back with face upwards.

Most operations take place when the patient is in a supine position.

An operation to cut into the chest.

He has a large scar across his chest from the thoracotomy.

An operation to remove all or part of the thyroid gland.

He had a thyroidectomy at the age of 8 to cure his severe hyperthyroidism.

An operation to repair the windpipe.

Slide tracheoplasty is a surgical procedure to improve airflow in your child's obstructed airway.

An operation to make a hole from the windpipe to the outside of the neck.

The EMT did an emergency tracheostomy to allow oxygen to reach the lung.

An operation to seal uterine tubes to prevent pregnancy.

She decided to have the tubal ligation to prevent the possibility of further pregnancies.

The surgical blocking or cutting of each vas deferens tube, keeping sperm cells out of a man's semen; performed as a means of male sterilization.

As his wife did not want any more children, he decided to have a vasectomy.