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Defining Terms
Azalyn HickmanPresentation 8G
Medical Terminology 120
COLONOSCOPY
A visual exam of the colon
COLONOSCOPY
• Mostly an examination of the large bowl and part of the small intestine
• Mostly used to detect colon cancer
Here is the procedure
Here is the address if the video does not work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kg5wZQfADQ
HEMATOCHEZIA
• Passage of fresh blood through anus
• Hematochezia is commonly associated with lower gastrointestinal bleeding, but may also occur from a brisk upper GI bleed
HEMATOCHEZIA• Can be a symptom of colon cancer
• Infection of the intestines (such as bacterial enterocolitis)
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• recent trauma
• Large polyps
• the presence of a foreign object
• a lack of proper blood flow to the intestines (bowel ischemia)
Here is the video address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5A0NwssJe0
HERNIOPLASTY
• Surgical procedure to correct a hernia• Hernia- hole or rupture in the abdomen
• For open hernia repair surgery, a single long incision is made in the groin
• Surgical repair is recommended for inguinal hernias that are causing pain or other symptoms and for hernias that are incarcerated
ANASTOMOSIS
• is the reconnection of two streams that previously branched out, such as blood vessels or leaf veins
• Anastomosis is the connection of two structures. It refers to connections between blood vessels or between other tubular structures such as loops of intestine.
• when part of an intestine is surgically removed, the two remaining ends are sewn or stapled together (anastomosed), and the procedure is referred to as an intestinal anastomosis.