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Procedure & Surgery Fact Sheets

Health Library procedures & tests offers comprehensive, yet concise evidence-based information on a variety of screening, diagnostic, preventive, and treatment procedures.

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R

Rabies vaccine
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy - external
Radical cystectomy
Radio-guided parathyroidectomy
Radioactive iodine treatment for hyperthyroidism
Radiofrequency ablation
Radioiodine treatment for hyperthyroidism
Radionuclide bone scan
Radiotheraphy - external
Radiotherapy
Rapid eye movement studies
Rational behavior therapy
Rational living therapy
Reduction mammoplasty
Regional anesthesia
Removal of a lung lobe
Removal of hemmorrhoid
Removal of the esophagus
Removal of the lamina
Removal of the thymus gland
Removal, ingrown toenail
Removal, intrauterine device
Removal, IUD
Removal, spleen
Renal ultrasound
Repair of droopy eyelids
Repair of vesico vaginal fistula
Replacement, shoulder joint
Replacement, total shoulder
Replacement, total shoulder joint
Resection, hepatic
Resection, liver
Retinal detachment repair
Retropubic suspension
RFA
Rhinoplasty
Robot-assisted surgery - overview
- Robot-assisted urologic procedures
- Robot-assisted laparoscopic procedures
- Robot-assisted cardiac procedures
- Robot-assisted thoracic procedures
Root canal
Rotator cuff repair
Rotavirus vaccine
Roux en Y gastroplasty - laparoscopic
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Rubber band ligation for hemorrhoids
Rubella vaccine
Rubeola vaccine

S

Salivary gland surgery
Salivary gland surgery (parotidectomy)
Salivary gland surgery (sublingual gland surgery)
Salivary gland surgery (submandibular sialoadenectomy)
Salpingo-oophorectomy
Schema focused therapy
Sclerotherapy for esophageal varices
Sentinel lymph node biopsy
Septoplasty
Setting a fracture - closed
Setting of fracture
Shave biopsy, skin
SHE
Shingles vaccine
Shoulder joint replacement
Shoulder replacement
Sigmoidoscopy, flexible
Skin abscess, incision and drainage
Skin biopsy
Skin graft
Skin lesion biopsy
Skin lesion removal
Skin resurfacing
Skinny-needle biopsy
Sleeve gastrectomy--laparoscopic
Sleeve gastrectomy--open
Sling procedure
Small bowel resection
Small intestine surgery
Smallpox vaccine
Soft tissue filler
Sonogram
Spermatocelectomy
Sphincterectomy, anal
Spinal and epidural anesthesia
Spinal arthrodesis
Spinal corticosteroid injection
Spinal fusion
Spinal tap
Spleen removal
Splenectomy
Stereotactic core needle biopsy
Stereotactic radiosurgery
Sterilization, surgical - laparoscopic
Sterilization, tubal - laparoscopic
Steroid injection, spinal
Stomach removal
Stomach stapling - laparoscopic
Stone removal, ureteroscopic
Stool occult blood test
Stress test
Subcutaneous injection
Subependymal germinal matrix hemorrhage
Subtotal gastrectomy
Suction lipectomy
Suprapubic cystostomy
Surgery for anal fissures
Surgery for breast cancer
Surgery to remove a breast
Surgery with keyhole incisions
Surgery, anal wart
Surgery, bloodless
Surgery, condyloma acuminata
Surgery, lung
Surgical removal of the uterus [or womb] - laparoscopic
Surgical removal, adrenal glands
Surgical removal, appendix
Surgical removal, breast
Surgical removal, colon
Surgical removal, fibroid tumor
Surgical removal, ovarian cyst
Surgical removal, ovaries
Surgical removal, prostate
Surgical removal, skin lesion
Surgical removal, thyroid
Surgical removal, uterus
Surgical removal, gallbladder
Surgical removal, meniscus
Surgical removal, spleen
Surgical removal, tonsil
Surgical repair, tendon
Surgical skin planning
Surgical sterilization - laparoscopic

T

Talk therapy
Tdap vaccine-diptheria
Tdap vaccine-tetanus
Tdap-pertussis
Technetium thyroid scan
Tendolysis
Tendon repair
Tenolysis
Tension free vaginal tape procedure
Tetanus vaccine
Therapeutic plasma exchange
Therapy, electroconvulsive
Thoracentesis
Thoracic procedures, robot-assisted
Thoracotomy
Thymectomy
Thyroid scan
Thyroid scintiscan
Thyroid uptake and scan
Thyroidectomy
Tilt table test
TL - laparoscopic
Toe amputation
Tonometry
Tonsillectomy
Tooth extraction
Total colectomy
Total colectomy - laparoscopic
Total gastrectomy
Total glossectomy
Total hip replacement
Total knee replacement
Total shoulder joint replacement
Total shoulder replacement
Tracheotomy
Transesophageal echocardiography
Transfemoral amputation
Transplant, bone marrow
Transplant, heart
Transplant, liver
Transplant, heart-lung
Transplant, kidney
Transplant, lung
Transrectal, transurethral, and transperineal biopsy
Transthoracic needle aspiration
Transurethral resection of the prostate
Transvaginal suspension
Treatment of varicose veins of the leg
Trigger point injection
Tubal ligation - laparoscopic
Tubal sterilization - laparoscopic
Tube feeding
Tuberculosis vaccine
TURP
Tympanoplasty
Tympanostomy
Tympanotomy
Typhoid vaccine

U

Ultrafast CT
Ultrasound of the heart
Ultrasound, abdominal
Ultrasound, renal (kidneys)
Ultrasound, doppler
Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
Upper gastrointestinal series
Upper GI endoscopy
Upper GI series
Upright tilt test
Ureteroscopic stone removal
Urethral suspension
Urethral suspension - laparoscopic bladder suspension
Urethral suspension - retropubic procedure
Urethral suspension - sling procedure
Urethral suspension - transvaginal procedure
Urinary diversion surgery
Urologic procedures, robot-assisted
Urostomy
Uterine fibroid removal
Uterine fibroid removal - laparoscopic

V

Vaccines
- Overview: What Are Vaccines?
- Anthrax vaccine
- BCG vaccine
- Chickenpox vaccine
- Diphtheria vaccine
- German measles vaccine
- H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine
- Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine
- Hepatitis A vaccine
- Hepatitis B vaccine
- Herpes zoster vaccine
- HiB vaccine
- HPV vaccine
- Human papillomavirus vaccine
- Influenza vaccine
- Japanese encephalitis vaccine
- Lockjaw vaccine
- Measles vaccine
- Meningococcal vaccine
- Mumps vaccine
- Pertussis vaccine
- Pneumococcal vaccine
- Polio vaccine
- Rabies vaccine
- Rotavirus vaccine
- Rubella vaccine
- Rubeola vaccine
- Shingles vaccine
- Smallpox vaccine
- Tetanus vaccine
- Tuberculosis vaccine
- Typhoid vaccine
- Varicella vaccine
- Whooping cough vaccine
- Yellow fever vaccine
Vaginal birth, labor and delivery
Vaginal birth
Varicella vaccine
Vasectomy
VATS
VC
Vein excision
Vein harvest
Venogram
Venous duplex ultrasound
Ventricular assist device
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt - child
Vertebral interbody fusion
Vertebroplasty
Vertical banded gastroplasty
Vertical banded gastroplasty - laparoscopic
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy--laparoscopic
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy--open
Vestibular schwannoma
Video-assisted parathyroidectomy
Video-assisted thoracic surgery
Virtual colonoscopy
Viscosupplementation
Visual evoked potential test
VSG--laparoscopic
VSG--open
Vulvectomy
Vulvectomy (partial vulvectomy)
Vulvectomy (radical vulvectomy)
Vulvectomy (simple vulvectomy)
Vulvectomy (skinning vulvectomy)
Vulvectomy (vulvectomy--partial)
Vulvectomy (vulvectomy--radical)
Vulvectomy (vulvectomy--simple)
Vulvectomy (vulvectomy--skinning)

W

Weight reduction surgery
Weight-reduction surgery - laparoscopic roux en y gastroplasty
Weight-reduction surgery - laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty
Whipple procedure
Whipple procedure (pp whipple)
Whipple procedure (pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy)
Whipple procedure (pylorus-preserving whipple procedure)
Whooping cough vaccine
Wolf mini-maze
Wound repair
Wound debridement

X

X-ray
X-ray of breast tissue
X-ray, chest

Y

Yellow fever vaccine

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