AHS 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Overactive Bladder, Rectal Examination, Vesicoureteral Reflux
➢Prostatitis: inflammation of the prostate
➢Prostatocystitis: inflammation of the prostate and bladder
➢Prostatovesiculitis: inflammation of the prostate and seminal
vesicle
➢Testicular carcinoma: testicular cancer
➢Testitis: inflammation of a testicle
➢Varicocele: overexpansion of the blood vessels of the testicles,
leading to a soft tumor
❖12.6 Treatments and Therapies
➢Urinary tract
➢Antispasmodic: drug used to prevent spasms
➢Cystectomy: surgical removal of the bladder
➢Cystolithectomy: surgical removal of a stone in the bladder
➢Cystostomy: creation of an opening in the bladder
➢Diuretic: agent that causes urination
➢Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: breakdown of kidney
stones using sound waves generated outside the body
➢Fulguration: use of electric current to destroy tissue
➢Heminephrectomy: surgical removal of half a kidney
➢Heminephroureterectomy: surgical removal of half a kidney
and a ureter
➢Hemodialysis: procedure for removing waste from the
bloodstream
➢Intracorporeal lithotripsy: breakdown of kidney stones using a
device placed inside the body
➢Kidney dialysis: procedure for removing waste from the blood
➢Laparo Nephrectomy: surgical removal of a kidney through the
abdomen
➢Lithectomy: surgical removal of a stone
➢Lithocystotomy: incision into the bladder to remove a stone
➢Litho Nephrectomy: incision into a kidney to remove a stone
➢Lithotripsy: breakdown of a stone
➢Meatoplasty: surgical reconstruction of the opening of the
urethra
➢Meatorrhaphy: suture of the opening of the urethra
➢Meatotomy: incision into the opening of the urethra
➢Nephrectomy: surgical removal of a kidney through the
abdomen
Document Summary
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