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Intracorporeal
Intracorporeal or intracorporal is an adjective that means within ''(intra-)'' the body ''(corpus)''. Its antonym is extracorporeal. It is used frequently in medicine to describe medical procedures that occur within the body, or within a corpus, as opposed to extracorporeal procedures (e.g. extracorporeal membrane oxygenation). In a medical or surgical context, it may refer to: * Intracorporeal anastomosis * Intracorporeal circulation * Intracorporeal energy harvesting, harvesting energy from the body, and storing it, to sustain a medical device (e.g. a pacemaker). * Intracorporeal injection * Intracorporeal microrobotics * Intracorporeal reconstruction * Intracorporeal suturing * Intracorporeal urinary diversion * Lithotripsy: ** Intracorporeal electrohydraulic lithotripsy ** Intracorporeal laser lithotripsy ** Intracorporeal pneumatic lithotripsy ** Intracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy See also * * * Human body (''corpus humanum'') * ''In vivo Studies t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithotripsy
Lithotripsy is a procedure involving the physical destruction of hardened masses like kidney stones, bezoars or gallstones, which may be done non-invasively. The term is derived from the Greek words meaning "breaking (or pulverizing) stones" ( litho- + τρίψω ripso. Uses Lithotripsy is a non-invasive procedure used to break up hardened masses like kidney stones, bezoars or gallstones. Contraindications Commonly cited absolute contraindications to shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) include pregnancy, coagulopathy or use of platelet aggregation inhibitors, aortic aneurysms, severe untreated hypertension, and untreated urinary tract infections. Techniques * Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (lithotripsy) * Intracorporeal (endoscopic lithotripsy): ** Laser lithotripsy: effective for larger stones (>2 cm) with good stone-free and complication rates. ** Electro hydraulic lithotripsy ** Mechanical lithotripsy ** Ultrasonic lithotripsy: safer for small stones (<10 mm) < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |