An extracorporeal procedure is a medical procedure which is performed outside the body. Extracorporeal devices are the artificial organs that remain outside...
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a form of extracorporeal life support, providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to people whose...
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Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is a treatment using powerful acoustic pulses which is mostly used to treat kidney stones and in physical therapy...
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Liver support system (redirect from Artificial extracorporeal liver support)
Caballería, L; Mas, A; Torras, A; Rodés, J (Jun 2004). "Extracorporeal albumin dialysis: a procedure for prolonged relief of intractable pruritus in patients...
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Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (commonly known as ECPR) is a method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that passes the patient's blood...
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therapy Minimally invasive procedures Setthawong V, Srisubat A, Potisat S, Lojanapiwat B, Pattanittum P (August 2023). "Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy...
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Hemofiltration (category Extracorporeal procedures)
replacement therapy Extracorporeal therapy Cruz D, Bellomo R, Kellum J, de Cal M, Ronco C (2008). "The future of extracorporeal support". Critical Care...
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Cardiopulmonary bypass (category Extracorporeal procedures)
the procedure. Hypothermia is also maintained (if necessary), and the body temperature is usually kept at 28 to 32 °C (82 to 90 °F). Extracorporeal membrane...
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Politzerization Hemodialysis Hemofiltration Plasmapheresis Apheresis Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) Cancer immunotherapy Cancer vaccine Cervical...
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Renal replacement therapy (category Extracorporeal procedures)
Renal replacement therapy (RRT) is therapy that replaces the normal blood-filtering function of the kidneys. It is used when the kidneys are not working...
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Apheresis (category Extracorporeal procedures)
venipuncture site. It does require a larger extracorporeal volume, and takes significantly longer to perform the procedure via IFC. As such, it is less likely...
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the body (corpus). Its antonym is extracorporeal. It is used frequently in medicine to describe medical procedures that occur within the body, or within...
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Autotransfusion (category Extracorporeal procedures)
concentration of fluid in an extracorporeal circuit. Postoperative autotransfusion refers to the recovery of blood in the extracorporeal circuit at the end of...
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Lithotripsy (category Digestive system procedures)
severe untreated hypertension, and untreated urinary tract infections. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (lithotripsy) Intracorporeal (endoscopic lithotripsy):...
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Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) is the removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the bloodstream in people who have elevated levels of carbon...
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Artificial womb (redirect from Extracorporeal pregnancy)
An artificial womb or artificial uterus is a device that allows for extracorporeal pregnancy, by growing a fetus outside the body of an organism that would...
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therapy can be administered in three ways: extracorporeally, transcutaneously, and intravenously. The extracorporeal (outside the body) method removes blood...
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If these measures are not effective, additional measures may include extracorporeal shockwave therapy or surgery. Between 4% and 7% of the general population...
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Pancreaticoduodenectomy (redirect from Whipple procedure)
A pancreaticoduodenectomy, also known as a Whipple procedure, is a major surgical operation most often performed to remove cancerous tumours from the...
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Hartmann's operation (redirect from Hartmann procedure)
A proctosigmoidectomy, Hartmann's operation or Hartmann's procedure is the surgical resection of the rectosigmoid colon with closure of the anorectal...
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Lithotomy (category Surgical removal procedures)
acoustic pulse (extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy), which is a non-invasive procedure. Because of these less invasive procedures, the use of lithotomy...
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Sleeve gastrectomy (category Surgical removal procedures)
gastrectomy or vertical sleeve gastrectomy, is a surgical weight-loss procedure, typically performed laparoscopically, in which approximately 75 - 85%...
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Aquapheresis (category Extracorporeal procedures)
amount of blood is 33 milliliters (2.5 tablespoons). It is thus an extracorporeal therapy. Up to a 500 milliliter (1 pint) of excess fluid can be removed...
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Photopheresis (redirect from Extracorporeal photopheresis)
In medicine, photopheresis (aka extracorporeal photopheresis or ECP) is a form of apheresis and photodynamic therapy in which blood is subject to apheresis...
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Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (section Procedure)
endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract down to the duodenum. It is considered a minimally invasive procedure since...
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cardiopulmonary bypass (heart-lung machine; extracorporeal circulation). After the introduction of the initial procedure, a series of improvements were made,...
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (category Digestive system procedures)
three times the upper limit of normal at more than 24 hours after the procedure requiring hospital admission or prolongation of planned admission". Grading...
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Laparoscopy (category Female genital procedures)
in the abdomen. Laparoscopic surgery, also called minimally invasive procedure, bandaid surgery, or keyhole surgery, is a modern surgical technique....
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Patients are evaluated after surgery for cardiac and pulmonary function. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may be used post-operatively as a temporary...
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Billroth II (redirect from Billroth II procedure)
follows resection of the lower part of the stomach (antrum). The surgical procedure is called a partial gastrectomy and gastrojejunostomy. The Billroth II...
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