Terms chapter 44 assisting with minor surgery

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• Cryosurgery

• Taking place during surgery

• Abscess

• Taking place prior to surgery

• Intraoperative

• A collection of pus (white blood cells, bacteria, and dead skin cells) that forms as a result of infection

• Preoperative

• Taking place after a surgical procedure

• postoperative

• The use of extreme cold to destroy unwanted tissue, such as skin lesions

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• Maturation phase

• The third phase of wound healing, in which scar tissue forms

• Anesthetic

• A loss of sensation, particularly the feeling of pain

• Inflammatory phase

• A medication that causes anesthesia

• Anesthesia

• The initial phase of wound healing in which bleeding is reduced as blood vessels in the affect area constrict

• Proliferation phase

• The second phase of wound healing, in which new tissue forms, closing off the wound

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• Laceration

• To bring the edges of a wound together so that the tissue surfaces are close in order to protect the area from further contamination and to minimize scar and scab formation

• Approximate

• A deep wound caused by a sharp, pointed object

• Puncture wound

• A surgical wound made by cutting into body tissue

• Incision

• A jagged, open wound in the skin that can extend down into the underlying tissue

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• Swaged needle

• A suturing needle that has the suture material permanently attached to the needle

• Debridement

• Suture material

• Suture

• Fibrous joint in the skull. Also, a surgical stitch made to close a wound.

• Ligature

• The removal of debris or dead tissue from a wound to expose healthy tissue

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• Sterile field

• An area free of microorganisms used as a work area during a surgical procedure.

• Electrocauterization

• A dilute solution of formaldehyde used to preserve biological specimens

• Needle biopsy

• A procedure in which a needle and syringe are used to aspirate (withdraw by suction) fluid or tissue cells.

• Formalin

• The use of a needle, probe, or loop heated by electric current to remove growths such as warts, to stop bleeding, and to control nosebleeds that either will not subside or continually recur