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List of surgical procedures
Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. Many have been mentioned on such medical drama shows as ER, or the TLC Network show, Trauma: Life in the ER. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "-tomy" is a suffix meaning either the removal, or the "cutting up" of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen. Thus, spelenectomy refers to the surgical removal of the spleen (or sections thereof).
List of surgical term roots
- angio- : related to blood vessels
- bi-
- -ectomy
- encephal- : related to the brain
- hepat- : related to the liver
- hyster- : related to the uterus
- lobo-
- mammo- : related to the breast
- masto-
- nephro- : related to the kidney
- -oid
- oophor- : related to the ovary
- -opsy
- orchid- : related to the testicle
- -otomy
- pen-
- -plasty
- -sect
- vas- : related to the vas deferens
List of surgical procedures
- Abdominal surgery
- Abdominoplasty
- Adenoidectomy
- Amputation
- Angioplasty
- Appendicectomy (also Appendectomy)
- Bilateral cingulotomy
- Biopsy
- brain surgery (see neurosurgery
- Breast biopsy
- Cauterization
- Cesarean section
- Cholecystectomy
- Circumcision
- Cricothoracotomy
- Colon resection
- Colostomy
- Commissurotomy
- Cordotomy
- Clitoridectomy
- Discectomy
- Diverticulectomy
- Encephalectomy
- Episiotomy
- Foreskin restoration
- Fistulotomy
- Frontalis lift
- Fundectomy
- Gastrectomy
- Grafting
- Hemorrhoidectomy
- Hepatectomy
- Hernia repair
- Hysterectomy
- Laminectomy
- Laparoscopy
- Laparotomy
- Laryngectomy
- Lithotripsy
- Lobotomy
- Mammectomy
- Mammoplasty
- Mastectomy
- Mastoidectomy
- Mentoplasty
- Myotomy
- Nephrectomy
- neurosurgery
- Nissen fundoplication
- Oophorectomy
- Orchidectomy
- Parathyroidectomy
- Penectomy
- Pneumotomy
- Psychosurgery
- Radiosurgery
- Ritidoplasty
- Sigmoidostomy
- Sphincterotomy
- Splenectomy
- Thoracotomy
- Thyroidectomy
- Tonsillectomy
- Tracheotomy
- Tracheostomy
- Tubal ligation
- Ureterosigmoidostomy
- Vasectomy
- Vivisection
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