Digestive Medical and surgical procedures

Question 1

Any of a group of procedures used to treat morbid obesity

Answer 1

bariatric Surgery

Question 2

Bariatric surgery in which the upper stomach near the esophagus is stapled vertically to reduce it to a small pouch and a band is inserted that restricts and delays food from leaving the pouch, causing a feeling of fullness

Answer 2

vertical banded gastroplasty

Question 3

Bariatric surgery in which the stomach is first stapled to reduce it to a small pouch, and then the jejunum is shortened and connected to the small stomach pouch, causing the base of the duodenum leading from the nonfunctioning portion of the stomach to form a “Y” configuration, which decreases the pathway of food through the intestine, reducing absorption of calories and fats; also called gastric bypass with gastroenterostom

Answer 3

Roux-en-Y gastric
bypass (RGB)

Question 4

Excision of a diseased part of the colon and relocation of the remaining end of the healthy colon through the abdominal wall to divert fecal flow to a colostomy bag

Answer 4

colostomy

Question 5

Eliminating a stone within the gallbladder or urinary system by crushing it surgically or by using a noninvasive method, such as ultrasonic shock waves, to shatter it

Answer 5

lithotripsy

Question 6

Use of shock waves as a noninvasive method to destroy stones in the gallbladder and biliary ducts

Answer 6

extracorporeal
shock-wave
lithotripsy (ESWL)

Question 7

Insertion of a soft plastic nasogastric tube through the nostrils, past the pharynx, and down the esophagus into the stomach to remove substances from the stomach; deliver medication, food, or fluids; or obtain a specimen for laboratory analysis

Answer 7

nasogastric intubation

Question 8

Excision of small, tumorlike, benign growths (polyps) that project from a mucous membrane surface

Answer 8

polypectomy