Ablation Techniques
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Ablation Techniques. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Ablation Techniques.
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Terms
Ablation Techniques - Removal of tissue by vaporization, abrasion, or destruction. Methods used include heating tissue by ...
Angioplasty, Balloon, Laser-Assisted - Techniques using laser energy in combination with a balloon catheter to perform angioplasty. These p...
Angioplasty, Laser - A technique utilizing a laser coupled to a catheter which is used in the dilatation of occluded bloo...
Catheter Ablation - Removal of tissue with electrical current delivered via electrodes positioned at the distal end of a...
Cautery - The application of a caustic substance, a hot instrument, an electric current, or other agent to con...
Corneal Surgery, Laser - Surgical techniques on the CORNEA employing LASERS, especially for reshaping the CORNEA to correct R...
Cryosurgery - The use of freezing as a special surgical technique to destroy or excise tissue....
Electrocoagulation - Procedures using an electrically heated wire or scalpel to treat hemorrhage (e.g., bleeding ulcers) ...
Endometrial Ablation Techniques - Procedures used for the targeted destruction of the mucous membrane lining of the uterine cavity....
High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation - The use of focused, high-frequency sound waves to destroy tissue. It is sometimes used in conjunctio...
Keratectomy, Subepithelial, Laser-Assisted - A surgical technique to correct REFRACTIVE ERRORS of the EYE, such as MYOPIA and ASTIGMATISM. In thi...
Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ - A surgical procedure to correct MYOPIA by CORNEAL STROMA subtraction. It involves the use of a micro...
Laser Coagulation - The use of green light-producing LASERS to stop bleeding. The green light is selectively absorbed by...
Laser Therapy - The use of photothermal effects of LASERS to coagulate, incise, vaporize, resect, dissect, or resurf...
Lithotripsy, Laser - Fragmentation of CALCULI, notably urinary or biliary, by LASER....
Photorefractive Keratectomy - A type of refractive surgery of the CORNEA to correct MYOPIA and ASTIGMATISM. An EXCIMER LASER is us...
Ultrasound, High-Intensity Focused, Transrectal - Tissue ablation of the PROSTATE performed by ultrasound from a transducer placed in the RECTUM. The ...
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Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
