List of surgical procedures
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Overview
Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen. Thus, splenectomy refers to the surgical removal of the spleen (or sections thereof). "otomy" means to cut into a part of the body; a splenotomy would be to cut into, but not necessarily remove, the spleen.
The field of minimally invasive surgery has spawned another set of words, such as arthroscopic or laparoscopic surgery. These take the same form as above; an arthroscope is a device which allows the inside of the joint to be seen.
See also: Category:Surgical procedures
List of surgical term roots
Prefixes
- angio- : related to blood vessels
- arthr- : related to a joint
- bi- : two
- colpo- : related to the vagina
- encephal- : related to the brain
- hepat- : related to the liver
- hyster- : related to the uterus
- lapar- : related to the abdominal cavity
- lobo- : related to a lobe (of the brain or lungs)
- mammo- and masto-: related to the breast
- myo- : related to muscle tissue
- nephro- : related to the kidney
- oophor- : related to the ovary
- orchid- : related to the testicle
- vas- : related to the vas deferens
- lamino- : related to vertebrae intervertebral disc
- gastro- : related to stomach stomach
- colono- : related to large intestine colon
Suffixes
- -centesis: surgical puncture
- -desis : fusion of two parts into one, stabilization
- -ectomy: surgical removal (see List of -ectomies). The term 'resection' is also used, especially when referring to a tumor.
- -oid : similar to
- -opsy : looking at
- -ostomy or -stomy: surgically creating a hole (a new "mouth" or "stoma")
- -otomy or -tomy: surgical incision (see List of -otomies)
- -plasty : replacement
- -rrhapy: suture
- -graphy : writing about or a representation of a specified thing
List of surgical procedures
- Abdominal surgery
- Abdominoplasty
- Acromioplasty
- Adenoidectomy
- Amputation
- Angioplasty
- Appendicectomy (also Appendectomy)
- Arthrodesis
- Arthroplasty
- Arthroscopy
- Bilateral cingulotomy
- Biopsy
- Brain surgery (see Neurosurgery)
- Breast biopsy
- Cauterization
- Cesarean section
- Cholecystectomy
- Circumcision
- Clitoridectomy
- Colon resection
- Colostomy
- Colporrhaphy
- Commissurotomy
- Cordotomy
- Corneal transplantation
- Cricothoracotomy
- Discectomy
- Diverticulectomy
- Episiotomy
- Endarterectomy
- Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
- Foreskin restoration
- Fistulotomy
- Frenectomy
- Frontalis lift
- Fundectomy
- Gastrectomy
- Grafting
- Heart transplantation
- Hemicorporectomy
- Hemilaminectomy
- Hemorrhoidectomy
- Hepatectomy
- Hernia repair
- Hypnosurgery
- Hysterectomy
- Kidney transplantation
- Khyphoplasty
- Laminectomy
- Laparoscopy
- Laparotomy
- Laryngectomy
- Lithotripsy
- Lobotomy
- Lumpectomy
- Lung transplantation
- Mammectomy
- Mammoplasty
- Mastectomy
- Mastoidectomy
- Mentoplasty
- Myotomy
- Mryingotomy
- Nephrectomy
- Nissen fundoplication
- NOTES
- Oophorectomy
- Orchidectomy
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- Parathyroidectomy
- Penectomy (also known as peotomy)
- Phalloplasty
- Pleurodesis
- Pneumotomy
- Pneumonectomy
- Prostatectomy
- Psychosurgery
- Radiosurgery
- Ritidoplasty
- Rotationplasty
- Sigmoidostomy
- Sphincterotomy
- Splenectomy
- Stapedectomy
- Thoracotomy
- Thrombectomy
- Thymectomy
- Thyroidectomy
- Tonsillectomy
- Tracheotomy
- Tracheostomy
- Tubal ligation
- Tubal reversal (Tubal Anastomosis)
- Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction
- Ureterosigmoidostomy
- Vaginectomy
- Vasectomy
- Vivisection
- Vulvectomy
External links
- "In medicine, what's the difference between an -ectomy, an -ostomy, and an -otomy?" at The Straight Dope
- Medical suffixes
Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
