An extracorporeal procedure is a medical procedure which is performed outside the body. Extracorporeal devices are the artificial organs that remain outside...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a form of extracorporeal life support, providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to people whose...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is a treatment using powerful acoustic pulses which is mostly used to treat kidney stones and in physical therapy...

Caballería, L; Mas, A; Torras, A; Rodés, J (Jun 2004). "Extracorporeal albumin dialysis: a procedure for prolonged relief of intractable pruritus in patients...

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (commonly known as ECPR) is a method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that passes the patient's blood...

therapy Minimally invasive procedures Setthawong V, Srisubat A, Potisat S, Lojanapiwat B, Pattanittum P (August 2023). "Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy...

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...

replacement therapy Extracorporeal therapy Cruz D, Bellomo R, Kellum J, de Cal M, Ronco C (2008). "The future of extracorporeal support". Critical Care...

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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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...

the body (corpus). Its antonym is extracorporeal. It is used frequently in medicine to describe medical procedures that occur within the body, or within...

concentration of fluid in an extracorporeal circuit. Postoperative autotransfusion refers to the recovery of blood in the extracorporeal circuit at the end of...

therapy can be administered in three ways: extracorporeally, transcutaneously, and intravenously. The extracorporeal (outside the body) method removes blood...

severe untreated hypertension, and untreated urinary tract infections. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (lithotripsy) Intracorporeal (endoscopic lithotripsy):...

Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) is the removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the bloodstream in people who have elevated levels of carbon...

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...

If these measures are not effective, additional measures may include extracorporeal shockwave therapy or surgery. Between 4% and 7% of the general population...

A proctosigmoidectomy, Hartmann's operation or Hartmann's procedure is the surgical resection of the rectosigmoid colon with closure of the anorectal...

A pancreaticoduodenectomy, also known as a Whipple procedure, is a major surgical operation most often performed to remove cancerous tumours from the...

gastrectomy or vertical sleeve gastrectomy, is a surgical weight-loss procedure, typically performed laparoscopically, in which approximately 75 - 85%...

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...

In medicine, photopheresis (aka extracorporeal photopheresis or ECP) is a form of apheresis and photodynamic therapy in which blood is subject to apheresis...

acoustic pulse (extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy), which is a non-invasive procedure. Because of these less invasive procedures, the use of lithotomy...

endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract down to the duodenum. It is considered a minimally invasive procedure since...

Patients are evaluated after surgery for cardiac and pulmonary function. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may be used post-operatively as a temporary...

cardiopulmonary bypass (heart-lung machine; extracorporeal circulation). After the introduction of the initial procedure, a series of improvements were made,...

three times the upper limit of normal at more than 24 hours after the procedure requiring hospital admission or prolongation of planned admission". Grading...

(EHL) is a medical procedure which uses targeted shockwaves to break up kidney stones and gallstones. This form of extracorporeal lithotripsy is unique...

previous operation. Hernia repair is often performed as an ambulatory procedure. The first differentiating factor in hernia repair is whether the surgery...