4-Medicine-Medical Treatments-Surgery-Kinds

appendectomy

appendix removal {appendectomy}|.

dilatation and curettage

Scraping uterus wall, under anesthesia, can remove embryo {dilatation and curettage}| (D & C).

hemispherectomy

cerebral-hemisphere, white-matter, and basal-ganglia removal {hemispherectomy} {hemicerebrectomy}.

laser surgery for eye

Laser vision correction or refractive surgery {laser surgery for eye} can be laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) or photo refractive keratotomy (PRK).

leucotomy

Removing small frontal-lobe regions {leucotomy} can cure depression.

lobotomy

brain-lobe removal {lobotomy}.

mastectomy

breast removal {mastectomy}|.

rhinoplasty

Plastic surgery {rhinoplasty}| can be on nose.

tonsillectomy

tonsil removal {tonsillectomy}|.

tracheotomy

Surgical procedures {tracheotomy}| can cut through neck and into trachea, to allow breathing.

trephining

Surgical procedures {trephining} can make skull holes.

tubal ligation

Cutting and tying fallopian tubes {tubal ligation}| prevents eggs from entering uterus.

vasectomy

Cutting and tying vas deferens {vasectomy}| prevents sperm from leaving testis.

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