catheterization
Internal tube placement
Catheterization is the insertion of a catheter—a thin, flexible tube—into the body to drain fluid, deliver medication, or access internal structures.
Cardiac catheterization threads a tube through blood vessels to the heart for diagnosis or treatment.
Urinary catheterization drains the bladder when normal urination is impossible: The patient required catheterization after surgery.
Urinary exit canal
- bladderOrgan holding urine
- veinVessel toward heart
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
- guidewireCatheter-steering filament
introducer · sheath · cannula · Foley · indwelling · percutaneous · lubrication · sterile technique
Uncontaminated surgical workspace
- prepReadiness work, abbreviated
- drapeHang in folds
- asepticFree from pathogens
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
local anesthesia · fluoroscopy · scrub · gown · gloves · monitoring · hemostasis · recovery
Added film audio
- central lineIV catheter to major vein
- balloonInflatable rubber sac
- guidewireCatheter-steering filament
- manifoldMany and various
Procedure to widen vessels
- stentingImplanting tubular support
- thrombectomySurgical removal of blood clot
- embolectomySurgery removing blood clots
- revascularizationRestoring tissue perfusion surgically
ablation · coiling · occlusion · drainage · aspiration
Imaging of blood vessels
- cystoscopyUrinary tract visualization procedure
- electrophysiologyBiology's electrical activity science
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
evaluation · detection · mapping · sampling · oximetry
urethra
Urinary exit canal
guidewire · introducer · sheath · cannula · Foley · indwelling · percutaneous · lubrication · sterile technique · placement
sterile field
Uncontaminated surgical workspace
sedation · local anesthesia · fluoroscopy · scrub · gown · gloves · monitoring · hemostasis · recovery · consent
Foley
Added film audio
- central lineIV catheter to major vein
- balloonInflatable rubber sac
- guidewireCatheter-steering filament
Hickman · manifold · transducer · syringe · hub · tip · lumen
angioplasty
Procedure to widen vessels
- stentingImplanting tubular support
- thrombectomySurgical removal of blood clot
- embolectomySurgery removing blood clots
revascularization · ablation · coiling · occlusion · drainage · aspiration
angiography
Imaging of blood vessels
- cystoscopyUrinary tract visualization procedure
- electrophysiologyBiology's electrical activity science
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
assessment · evaluation · detection · mapping · sampling · oximetry
- heart healthheart disease, heart-healthy diet, heart attack, cardiologist, heart failure
- medical caresurgery, examination, injection, prescription, medication
- medical proceduressurgery, transplant, bypass surgery, biopsy, heart surgery
- medical testsblood test, blood tests, CT scan, X-ray, urine tests
- nursing carevital signs, patient care, medication administration, wound care, patient assessment
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
catheterizationtopical treatment
Medicine applied locally
watchful waiting · observation · oral medication · physical therapy
- urinary catheterizationTube placed for urine drainage