exploratory surgery
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- diagnosticTest to identify problems
- laparotomyAbdominal cavity access cut
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
operating · tissue · abdomen · probe · surgeon · gown · sterile · organs · bleeding · clamps · sutures · unknown · discovery · cavity · tumor · opening · examination · invasive
- surgeriessurgery, appendectomy, hysterectomy, minor surgery, elective surgery
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- surgical emergenciesappendicitis, ruptured appendix, bowel obstruction, ruptured aneurysm, internal bleeding
- vet proceduresspay, neuter, spaying, neutering, surgery
- abdominal surgerycolectomy, colostomy, ileostomy, hernia repair, cholecystectomy
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
diagnostic certainty
exploratory surgerycorrective surgery
Operation to fix abnormalities
definitive treatment · resection · elective surgery · reconstructive surgery
invasiveness of diagnosis
exploratory surgeryMRI
Magnetic body imaging
CT scan · ultrasound · blood test · physical examination · biopsy