| percutaneous |
Passage or absorption of substances into the body through unbroken skin.
Ãâó: www.hepb.org/hepb/glossary.htm
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| percutaneous |
Performed through the skin, as injection of radiopaque material in radiological examination or the removal of tissue for biopsy accomplished by a needle.
Ãâó: www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/factbk2/glossary.htm
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| percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy |
A PEG is a tube inserted into the stomach through the abdominal wall to provide food or other nutrients when eating by mouth is not possible. The tube is inserted in a bedside procedure using an endoscope to guide the tube through a small abdominal incision. An endoscope is a lighted instrument that allows the doctor to see inside the stomach.
Ãâó: www.zdmu.ac.ir/learn/msc/ms03.htm
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| percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty |
Also known as balloon angioplasty, PTCA is used to dilate (widen) narrowed arteries. A catheter with a deflated balloon on its tip is passed into the narrowed part of the blocked artery. Then the balloon is inflated, and the narrowed area widened.
Ãâó: www.glendalememorial.com/HeartCenter/cterms6.html
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| percutaneous nephrostomy |
a method of draining an obstructed kidney by inserting a fine tube through the skin and into the collecting system of the kidney by using CT and/or x-ray, ultrasound imaging.
Ãâó: www.ncrad.com/glossary.html
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