"Exploratory surgery" refers to a medical procedure where doctors perform surgery on a patient to investigate or explore the cause of a health problem. It helps them identify the issue and decide on the best treatment.
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What they found during an
abdominal exploratory surgery was an eight inch segment of intestine twisted upon itself and deprived of its blood supply, but unrelated to the previous surgery.
Further investigation of the unexpected results — either
through exploratory surgery or yet more tests — carries its own risks, not to mention triggering intense anxiety in the patient.
If your pet is ever lost, it tells the facility that finds your pet that he / she has been previously altered and does not
need exploratory surgery to find this out.
In general most vets want to
avoid exploratory surgery to obtain pancreatic tissue for biopsy but if surgery is necessary pancreatic biopsy is possible.
But over the years I've learned that working to improve marital communication is a lot
like exploratory surgery: The risk of what might be exposed is fraught with peril.
Our management team works hard to keep your premiums as low as possible, but there continues to be an overall increase in the frequency of high - value treatments such as anterior cruciate ligament surgeries, cancer treatments including chemotherapy, and foreign body
exploratory surgeries performed by veterinarians.
Other reasons to spay female dogs include population control, prevention of pyometra (serious uterine infection that
requires exploratory surgery for immediate spay and intensive hospitalization); no heat cycles, less roaming and attraction of males, and absence of ovarian or uterine cancers.
A computer model of these crystal's molecular structure, reported in the current Nature, may one day allow scientists to custom design new crystals for supersensitive ultrasound devices that could eliminate the need for some kinds
of exploratory surgery.
In some cases you can find it in an enlarged lymph node, but more often a
full exploratory surgery with biopsies of abdominal organs will be required for a definitive diagnosis.
Mikiko - During the past year there was an overall increase in the frequency of high - value treatments such as anterior cruciate ligament surgeries, cancer treatments including chemotherapy, and foreign
body exploratory surgeries performed by veterinarians.
Coming to a definitive diagnosis often requires a thorough health work - up, which may involve blood work, a urinalysis, fecal examinations, x-rays, abdominal ultrasound, specialized laboratory tests, and
even exploratory surgery or endoscopy with tissue biopsies.
Endoscopy allows a visual examination of internal organs and body parts without
invasive exploratory surgery through the use of fiber - optic instrumentation.
The veterinarian may opt to do an endoscopy or
minor exploratory surgery to collect any samples needed in order to come to a complete diagnosis before treatment is decided upon.
The benefits of endoscopy
over exploratory surgery include no incision, shortened anesthetic time, decreased inflammation, less stress and discomfort, and an earlier return to normal function for your pet.
We perform routine spays and neuters as well as advanced procedures such
as exploratory surgery, caesarian sections, cruciate repairs and stem cell therapy.
2) If a flap has torn off and it has moved into recessed parts of the shoulder, how would this be visible by X-ray, what could be done to remove it and how will
exploratory surgery help?
If a ferret swallows one of these objects, it can cause a gastrointestinal obstruction (blockage), which will require a
complicated exploratory surgery to remove, and that can be life - threatening.
Another doctor, along with the defendant surgeon and defendant gynecologist, decided to
do exploratory surgery on the decedent's pelvis, despite the fact that the cyst was getting better and the problem was in her chest.
Unfortunately, Riley's condition had become so severe that in order to save his life, BVC's veterinarians had to perform
emergency exploratory surgery.
With the help of students from the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Doug performed a spay and
exploratory surgery in order to be certain that her hormonal imbalance could be corrected and her emotional state set to the right place again.
Using small incisions and an inserted camera, we can perform
full exploratory surgery, biopsy multiple organs, remove masses, and perform many other procedures.
Depending on your pet's age, medical history, physical examination findings and your dog's particular symptoms, your veterinarian may choose to perform various diagnostic tests (bloodwork, radiographs, ultrasound, fecal examination, endoscopy, biopsy or
even exploratory surgery) in order to make a diagnosis.