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Under the Knife

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by Arnold van de Laar, Laproscopic surgeon


  hands: anatomical snuffbox

  ‘happy milk’

  Harrison, Michael

  Hartmann, Henri

  Harvey, Thomas

  Harvey, William

  healing: compared to curing; definition; see also wound healing

  health care policy

  heart: blood pressure; cardiac tamponade; cardiogenic shock; ECG; fibrillation; function; pacemakers; transplants; valve replacement; whales; see also cardiac surgery

  heart attack

  heart transplants

  heartburn

  Heliogabalus

  Heller, Thérèse

  hemi-: meaning

  Henchcliffe, Margaret

  hepatitis

  hepatosplenomegaly

  Heraclitus

  hernia: definition; diaphragmatic; etymology; evolutionary cause; femoral; groin; keyhole surgery; placebo operations; spinal discs; umbilical

  Herodotus

  Herophilus

  Hervey, John

  Hesiod

  Hill, John

  Hill, Rose

  hip, artificial

  Hippocrates

  Hippocratic oath

  HIV

  Hivites

  Holmes, Sherlock

  holy relics

  homeopathy

  homosexuality: Lully, Jean-Baptiste; Pope Leo X

  horror carnis

  hospital policies

  Houdini, Harry

  House, William

  hula hoops

  Hültl, Hümér

  Humes, James

  humours

  hygiene: bladder stones; clean underwear; development; phimosis

  hypertension

  hypospadias

  hypothalamus

  hypovolemic shock

  hysterectomies

  I & D see drain (verb)

  idiopathic: definition

  ileostomy

  ileus

  Illouz, Yves-Gerard

  imaging

  immune system

  impotence

  incidence: definition

  incision: definition; etymology; size

  incontinence: definition; eunuchs; stone-cutters

  indication: definition

  induction

  infarction; see also stroke

  infection: breathing rate; chronic; dissemination; surgeons; see also inflammation; pathogens; pus

  inflammation: appendicitis; definition; fever; indications; process overview; terminology; wound healing

  inguinal canal

  inguinal hernia

  Innocent VIII, Pope

  inspection

  instruments, surgical

  insufflation

  interleukin-6

  intermittent claudication

  internists

  intestinal anastomosis

  intestines: anatomy; diagnosis; groin hernia; leakage; obstruction; peritonitis; strangulation; surgery; tumours; umbilical hernia

  intravenous drip

  intubation

  invasive treatment

  iodine deficiency

  ischaemia

  Islam

  -itis: meaning

  Jackson, Michael

  jargon

  ‘jeep seat’

  Jenkins, M. T.

  Jesus Christ

  Jewish rebellion, third

  Johanson, Donald

  John Paul I, Pope

  John Paul II, Pope

  John XXI, Pope

  John XXIII, Pope

  Johnson, Lyndon Baines

  joints, artificial see prosthesis

  Jonah and the whale

  Jones, Peter

  Jones, Ron

  Julius III, Pope

  Kaplan, Fanya

  Kehlet, Henrik

  Kelling, Georg

  Kelly, Howard

  Kennedy, John F.

  keyhole surgery; see also laparoscopy

  kidneys: acidity; blood pressure sensors; lumbotomy; nephrology; shock; transplants

  Klemperer, Georg

  knees: arthroscopy; artificial

  knives

  knots

  Koch, Robert

  Kocher, Theodor

  Kok, Henk de

  Krohn, Juan María Fernández y

  Kubrick, Stanley

  La Vallière, Louise de

  Laetitia, Sister

  Langenbeck, Bernhard von

  language

  laparoscopy; see also keyhole surgery

  laparotomies

  laparotomy: definition

  Larrey, Dominique Jean

  laryngoscope

  larynx

  lasers

  Lassone, Joseph-Marie-François de

  laughing gas

  Law of Laplace

  lead jackets

  lead poisoning

  Lear, Tobias

  learning curve

  legs: arteriosclerosis; blocked artery development course; Dietrich, Marlène; Lully, Jean-Baptiste

  Leiter, Joseph

  Lenin, Vladimir

  Leo V, Pope

  Leo X, Pope

  Leo XI, Pope

  leprosy

  leucocytes see white blood cells

  leukaemia

  Levi

  Lichtenstein, Irving

  life insurance

  life quality

  ligature: definition; see also suturing

  ‘light conductor’

  lipoma

  liposuction

  Lister, Joseph

  Liston, Robert

  lithotomy

  lithotomy position

  lithotripsy

  liver

  lobectomy

  local: definition

  localisation

  logic

  Louis XIV

  Louis XV

  Louis XVI

  Louise, Princess

  loupes

  Lourdes

  Lucas, George

  Lucheni, Luigi

  Lucy

  Lully, Jean-Baptiste

  lumbotomy

  lungs: anatomy; blood supply; bronchiectasis; cancer; lobectomy; pneumectomy; pulmonology; resection

  luxation; see also dislocation

  lymph

  lymph nodes

  lymph vessels

  lymphangitis

  lymphocytes

  McBurney, Charles

  McClelland, Robert

  McCoy, Leonard

  McDowell, Ephraim

  macrophages

  macroscopic: definition

  malaria

  malnutrition

  Marais, Marin

  Marcellus II, Pope

  Marescaux, Jacques

  Margaret, Princess

  Marian operation

  Marie-Antoinette

  Marie-Thérèse of France

  Marius, Gaius

  Marley, Bob

  Martin IV, Pope

  Mary, Queen (George V’s wife)

  masks

  mathematics problems: brain damage

  Mathijsen, Antonius

  Matrix, The (1999)

  meat digestion

  meat, fear of

  medical error see complications

  medical imaging

  medical journals

  medical records

  medical specialisms

  medical terminology

  medical test results

  medical tests

  Medici, Giovanni di Lorenzo de’

  Medicine: specialisation

  Meekren, Job van

  melanoma

  melena

  memory loss see amnesia

  Ménière’s disease

  mesentry

  metabolism

  metastasis

  Michael II, Byzantine emperor

  Michaels, Dr (fictional character)

  microwaves

  Middle Ages medicine

  Mikulicz, Johann von

  military surgery see battlefield woun
ds

  ‘milk of amnesia’

  MOF (multiple organ failure)

  Mohammed

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Moore, Jerry

  morbidity: definition; etymology; learning curve; see also complications

  Moreau, Jacques-Louis

  Moreschi, Alessandro

  Morgagni, Giovanni Battista

  mortality: assistants; definition; etymology; learning curve; spectators

  Morton, Thomas

  Morton, William

  Moseley, Bruce

  Mouret, Phillipe

  mouth: abscess; cancer

  mummification

  Murphy’s sign

  Murray, Joseph

  muscle relaxants

  muscles: abdomen

  music: bladder stones; brain damage

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  narcosis; see also anaesthesia

  navel

  neck: bullet wounds; carotid artery; hernia

  necrosectomy

  necrosis

  needle-holder

  nephrologists

  Nero

  nervous system: definition; electricity; hernia; sympathetic

  neurosurgeons

  Nissen, Rudolf

  nitrous oxide

  Nitze, Maximilian

  Nobel Prize

  Nour, Fouad

  obduction

  obesity: anatomy; bariatric surgery; Caroline, Queen of England; definition; fat removal; popes; as risk factor; Romans

  observation

  Observationes Medicae (Tulp)

  obstetrics

  obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS)

  occlusion: definition

  Odre, Ann

  oesophagus: cancer; resection

  oil, boiling

  -oma: meaning

  omentum

  oncological surgery

  oncologists

  opera singers

  operating theatres: eighteenth-century; electricity; modern; sterility

  operations: anaesthesia; intubation; learning curve; lege artis; mors in tabula; origins of; post-operative complications; risk factors; shock; team members; without anaesthesia; see also surgery

  operative report

  opium

  optic nerve

  organ failure

  orthopaedics: definition; etymology; evolutionary cause; original scope

  OSAS (obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome)

  Osiris

  -osis: meaning

  osteoarthritis

  osteoblasts

  osteoclasts

  osteocytes

  osteopathy

  osteoporosis

  osteosynthesis

  Oswald, Lee Harvey

  outcome (of care): definition

  ovaries

  oxygen: asphyxia; barriers; electric eel; heart; ischaemia; shock

  pacemakers

  paediatic surgery

  palliative care; see also end-of-life care

  palpation

  panacea

  pancreas

  Panionios

  Papal Zouaves

  paparazzi

  Paracelsus

  paralysis

  parasites: infection

  parathyroid glands

  Paré, Ambroise

  Parkinson’s disease

  Pasteur, Louis

  pathogens; see also bacteria; parasites; viruses

  pathological: definition

  patient consent

  patient examinations

  patient plate

  patient relationship

  Paul of Aegina

  Paul VI, Pope

  Pavlov, Ivan

  Péan, Jules-Émile: fame; gastrectomy; shoulder prosthesis; splenectomy

  Pedoux, Jules

  penis: circumcision; circumcision reversal; impotence; phimosis; see also castration

  penis bone

  per primam

  per secundam

  percussion

  perianal: definition

  pericardium

  perineum

  peritoneum

  peritonitis

  Perry, Malcolm Oliver: and Kennedy, John F.; and Oswald, Lee Harvey

  Persians, ancient

  personality changes: brain damage; lead poisoning

  Peters, Paul

  Petrucci, Alfonso

  Petz, Aladár von

  pH value: blood; body; definition

  phimosis

  Pichault de La Martinière, Germain

  Pickwick Papers, The (Dickens)

  piezoelectricity

  piles

  pilgrimage

  Pitanguy, Ivo

  Pius III, Pope

  Pius VII, Pope

  Pius IX, Pope

  placebos

  plaster casts

  plastic mesh

  plastic surgeons

  Pliny the Elder

  Plutarch

  pneumectomy

  pneumonia

  Poirot, Hercule

  Polak, Jacob

  pollakisuria

  Polycrates of Samos

  popes

  Popper, Karl

  Porta, Luigi

  portal veins

  post-natal depression

  post-operative care: bed-rest; fast-track

  post-operative complications

  Pott, Percival

  pregnancy: ectopic; embryological development; smoking; Victoria; see also childbirth

  prehistory

  prepuce

  prevalence: definition

  Price, Jacques

  Price-Thomas, Clement

  primary see per primam

  primum non nocere

  probability

  probe

  proctology

  prognosis

  propofol

  prostate

  prosthesis: definition; osteoarthritis; shoulder; vascular surgery

  Psamtik, Pharoah

  pubmed

  pulmonologists

  purgative

  pus: appendicitis; definition; development course; early wound treatment; fever; infection; subphrenic abscess; see also abscess

  quality of care

  radiation treatment

  radical: definition; etymology

  radiologists

  Rameses V

  Ranby, John

  ‘rebound tenderness’

  recurrence rate

  Red Riding Hood

  refrigeration

  regional: definition

  Rembrandt

  reposition; see also dislocation

  research literature

  resection

  respiration: ABC of emergency medicine; acidity; asphyxia; intubation

  restless legs

  resuscitation: definition; Kennedy, John F.

  retroperitoneum

  Rhen, Ludwig

  rheumatism

  ribs

  Rickles, Harry

  risk factors: definition; see also diabetes; malnutrition; obesity; smoking

  risks

  Rob, C. G.

  robotics

  Roddenberry, Gene

  Romanis of Cremona, Joannes de

  Romans: castration; circumcision; obesity; surgical instruments; suturing; varicose veins

  Roncalli, Angelo (Pope John XXIII)

  Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad

  Rosetti, Franciscus

  Roux, César

  Royal College of Surgeons

  Rozanov, Vladimir Nikolaevich

  Ruby, Jack

  Russell, Helena

  Ruysch, Frederik

  Rydigier, Ludwik

  sacrifice

  sacrum

  St Martin island

  St Paul

  Salgarello, Giovanni

  salt

  saphenous arch

  Sarah (Abraham’s wife)

  sarcoma

  scalpels

  scars: artery wall strengthening; at birth; hernia; s
ee also healing; wound healing; wounds

  Schneider, Romy

  science fiction

  scientific method

  scintigraphy

  Scott, Ridley

  scrotum: cancer; definition; human lack of penis bone; see also castration

  scrub nurse

  scrubs

  secondary see per secundam

  Seldinger, Sven Ivar

  Semm, Kurt

  Semmelweis, Ignaz

  septic shock

  sexual intercourse

  Shah of Iran

  Shah of Persia

  Shakespeare, William

  Shelley, Mary

  Shepard, Alan B.

  Shipton, John

  Shires, Tom

  shock; see also circulatory system

  shoulder prosthesis

  side effect; see also complications

  sign see symptoms

  Simeon

  Simeon, Eleazar ben

  Simpson, James Young

  sins, deadly

  sinus: definition

  Sisi, Empress

  Sisinnius, Pope

  skeletal-muscle pump

  skin

  Skywalker, Luke

  slaves

  sleep: obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS); placebo operations

  slipped discs

  Smilovitz, Sam

  Smith, George

  smoking

  snoring

  Snow, John

  snuffbox, anatomical

  Space:

  specialisation

  specula

  Spielberg, Steven

  spina bifida

  spinal cord

  spine

  spleen

  splenectomy

  stapling machines

  Star Trek

  Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

  stenosis: definition

  Stephen II, Pope

  Stephen VI, Pope

  sterile: definition

  sterilisation

  sterility; see also hygiene

  stethoscopes

  stitching see suturing

  stoma

  stomach: acid reflux; cancer; gastrectomy; mucous membranes; perforation; tumours; ulcers

  stone-cutters

  stroke: definition; George I; Lenin, Vladimir; pathology; see also infarction

  Stuyvesant, Peter

  subclavian steal syndrome

  subcutaneous tissue

  suffocation see asphyxia

  surgeon–patient relationship

  surgeons: administrative tasks; attitude required; clothing; competence; cowboys; definition; diagnosis; etymology; gender balance; guilds; learning curve; as part of the treatment; Pope John XXI; specialisms; triad for bad; see also codes of practice

  surgery: basic actions; definition; discovery of basic procedures; double-blind trials; evidence-based; jargon; minimal invasive; mors in tabula; placebo operations; planes; specialisms; telesurgery; treatment options; see also emergency treatment; laparoscopy; operations

  surgical instruments

  surgical technologist

  survival rates

  suturing: abdominal wound healing; absorption; fish; knots; ligature communication; needles and threads; nomenclature; process overview

  swallowing

  sym-: meaning

  sympathetic nervous system

  symptoms: definition; diagnosis; waiting cure

  syn-: meaning

  syphilis

  Sztáray de Sztára et Nagymihály, Irma

  Tague, James

  Talmud

  tamponade

  Taylor, Elizabeth

  technology

 

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