Uro intervention #2

Catheter

Hollow, flexible tube that can be inserted into a vessel, organ or cavity of the body. Can be inserted through the urethra into the bladder to the drain urine.

Cystoscope

Instrument for visual examination of the inside of the bladder

Laparoscope

Inserted through abdominal wall to examine abdominal organs

Lithotrite

Instrument used to crush a calculus in the urinary bladder

Fragments may then be expelled or washed out

Nephroscope

Disintegration and removal of renal calculi

High frequency sound waves break the calculi up, removed by the suction through the scope

Stent

Tubular device for supporting hollow structures during surgical anastomosis or for holding arteries open after angioplasty

Urinometer/ urometer

Type of hydrometer used to measure the specific gravity of a urine sample

Reproductive therapies

Relating to the male system

Ablation

Removal of tissue by surgery, electrocautery or radiofrequency energy

Circumcision

Prepuce of the penis/ clitoris of the female is surgically removed

Sterilization

Making a person unable to reproduce

Orchidectomy

Removal of one or both testicles

Castration

Removal of both gonads of a person

Vasectomy

Incision, ligation, and cauterization of both the vas deferens for the purpose of male sterilization

Vasovasostomy

Anastomosis of the ends of the vas deferens

To reverse the sterilization procedure

Prostatectomy

Removal of the prostate gland

Radical prostatectomy

Removal of the prostate gland, seminal vesicles and the area of vas ampullae of the vas deferens

Orchiopexy

Surgical procedure to mobilize an un-descended testicle, attaching it to the scrotum

Transurethral Resection Prostate

Removal of the prostate in sections through a urethral approach

Transurethral Incision Prostate

Form of prostate surgery involving tiny incisions of the prostate

The prostate is not removed

Ileal Conduit (Ureteroileostomy)

Ureters flow into a tube that is connected to ileum

Urine is excreted through the large intestine

Performed after the bladder is removed

Nephrotomy

Incision of the kidney

Nephrostomy

Opening made in the kidney so that a catheter can be inserted

Nephropexy

Suspension or fixation of the kidney

Nephrectomy

Removal of the kidney

Lithotripsy

Shock waves from outside body (extracorporeal) to crush stones

Fragments expelled naturally or washed out

Nephrolithotomy

Incision of the kidney for removal of a kidney stone

Nephrostolithotomy

Removal of a stone from the kidney through a preexisting nephrostomy

Transurethral Procedure

Any procedure conducted through the urethra

Urethrolysis

Destruction of adhesions of the urethra

Vesicotomy

Incision of the urinary bladder