The WikiDoc Living Textbook of Surgery
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Click Here For A Complete Listing Of All Chapters In The WikiDoc Living Textbook Of Surgery In Alphabetical Order
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Surgery, Nervous system: neurosurgical procedures | |
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| Skull, brain, and cerebral meninges | Craniotomy - Decompressive craniectomy - Lobotomy - Hemispherectomy - Ventriculostomy - Anterior temporal lobectomy |
| Spinal cord and spinal canal | Spinal cord and roots (Cordotomy - Rhizotomy) - Intervertebral discs (Discectomy - Intervertebral disc annuloplasty - Intervertebral disc arthroplasty) - Vertebral bones (Laminotomy - Laminectomy - Laminoplasty - Corpectomy - Facetectomy - Foraminotomy - Vertebral fusion - Vertebral fixation) - Lumbar puncture |
| Cranial and peripheral nerves | Ganglionectomy - Nerve block |
| Sympathetic nerves or ganglia | Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy |
| Other | Axotomy - Hypophysectomy - Vagotomy |
Endocrine system intervention | |
|---|---|
| Operations, surgeries | Thyroidectomy - Parathyroidectomy - Adrenalectomy - Hypophysectomy - Thymectomy |
| Hormone therapy | in oncology - sex reassignment (female-to-male, male-to-female) |
| Other medication | Replacement therapy |
Respiratory system surgeries and other procedures | |
|---|---|
| Larynx and trachea | Laryngectomy - Tracheotomy - Cricothyrotomy |
| Lung and bronchus | Pneumonectomy - Bronchoscopy - Lung transplantation - Heart-lung transplant |
| Chest wall, pleura, mediastinum, and diaphragm | Thoracotomy - Thoracoscopy - Mediastinoscopy - Thoracentesis - Pleurodesis |
Health Science – Medicine - Surgery - Vascular surgery procedures | |
|---|---|
| Aortic aneurysm / dissection | Open AAA repair - Endoluminal AAA repair (EVAR) |
| Carotid stenosis | Carotid endarterectomy - Carotid stenting |
| Varicose veins | Ambulatory phlebectomy - Laser ablation - Sclerotherapy - Vein stripping |
| Peripheral arterial occlusive disease | Angioplasty with/out Stenting - Balloon embolectomy - Peripheral arterial bypass surgery - Thrombectomy |
| Liver cirrhosis | Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) - Distal splenorenal shunt procedure |
| Other vascular procedures | Venous cutdown - Cardiopulmonary bypass - Cardioplegia - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation |
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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
