| extracorporeal circulation |
the circulation of blood outside the body, as through a heart-lung apparatus for carbon dioxide
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspz...
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| extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
A procedure for the pulverization of kidney stones. Shock waves created by high-voltage discharges are focused on the stone in the kidney.
Ãâó: www.ehealthmd.com/library/kidneystones/KS_glossary...
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| extracorporeal |
Something which is outside of the body (corpus means body in Latin).
Ãâó: www.lieberson.com/en/neurgosurgery_glossary/e.htm
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| extracorporeal |
Outside of body
Ãâó: www.umdnj.edu/hsweb/research_glossary/e.htm
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| extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
This refers to lithotripsy, and is sometimes called ESWL. This is a large machine that generates a powerful shock wave using one of several different technologies. The generator is outside the body but the shock waves are focused at a point where the stones are located. Probably the most commonly used tool to fragment kidney stones today.
Ãâó: www.kidneystonesbook.net/glossary.html
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