percutaneous catheter placement

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• Catheter — disassembled In medicine, a catheter (pronounced /ˈkæθɪtər/) is a tube that can be inserted into a body cavity, duct, or vessel. Catheters thereby allow drainage, administration of fluids or gases, or access by surgical instruments. The… …   Wikipedia

• Suprapubic cystostomy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 57.2 MeSH D003559 A suprapubic cystostomy (also known as a vesicostomy or epicystostomy) is a …   Wikipedia

• Tracheal intubation — Intervention Anesthesiologist using the Glidescope video laryngoscope to intubate the trachea of a morbidly obese elderly person with challenging airway anatomy …   Wikipedia

• History of invasive and interventional cardiology — The history of invasive and interventional cardiology is complex, with multiple groups working independently on similar technologies. While invasive and interventional cardiology is currently closely associated with cardiologists (physicians who… …   Wikipedia

• Coronary stent — Intervention An example of a coronary stent. This Taxus stent is labeled as a drug eluting stent. ICD 9 CM …   Wikipedia

• Drug-eluting stent — Intervention An example of a drug eluting stent. This is the TAXUS Express2 Paclitaxel Eluting Coronary Stent System, which releases paclitaxel. ICD 9 CM …   Wikipedia

• Interventional radiology — (abbreviated IR or sometimes VIR for vascular and interventional radiology) is a subspecialty of radiology in which minimally invasive procedures are performed using image guidance. Some of these procedures are done for purely diagnostic purposes …   Wikipedia

• Curiethérapie — La curiethérapie, parfois appelée brachythérapie (du mot grec ‘Brachy’ qui signifie ‘distance courte’), est une technique de radiothérapie mise au point à l Institut Curie où la source des radiations est placée à l intérieur ou à proximité… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Angioplasty — Procedure with a balloon tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. Also called Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA). * * * Reconstitution or recanalization of a blood vessel; may involve balloon dilation,… …   Medical dictionary

• Tracheotomy — This article is about the surgical procedure called a tracheotomy. For a similar procedure, see Cricothyrotomy. Tracheotomy Intervention Completed tracheotomy: 1 Vocal folds 2 Thyroid cartilage 3 Cricoid cartilage 4 Tracheal rings …   Wikipedia

• Artificial pacemaker — Cardiac resynchronization therapy and CRT (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) redirect here. For the device termed a CRT D, see Implanted cardiac resynchronization device. For other uses, see Pacemaker (disambiguation). A pacemaker, scale in… …   Wikipedia