Key Terms A
Visual examination of interior body structures using an endoscope.
What is endoscopy?
Extent to which a machine, microscope, human, or robot can differentiate between two objects.
What is resolution?
The device that measures the dose uptake of ionizing radiation.
What is dosimeter?
To accomplish both tasks laparoscopically, this handpiece is attached to both a suction apparatus and a bag of irrigation.
What is a suction/irrigator?
What is Fog Reduction Elimination Device?
Any instrument with the capability to look within the body.
What is endoscope?
Small diameter, cannulated needles used to establish abdominal distention by a method called insufflation.
What is veress needle?
Images are calibrated and positional data is created, where corresponding points in the patient's anatomy and preoperative images are aligned.
What is registration?
Small, plastic drawstring bag is housed inside a long plastic tube that is inserted into a trocar site, bag is deployed, and the specimen is placed inside for removal.
What is Endo Bag Specimen Retrieval Device?
The acronym for NOTES.
What is Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery?
Necessary function that adjusts the color settings of the picture to allow the surgeon to be able to properly identify the anatomy.
What is white balance?
Ability to determine the direction from which sound is coming.
What is binaural hearing?
Help facilitate guidance through anatomical structures such as vessels and biliary ducts and when exchanging devices.
What is guidewire?
Take the place of handheld hemoclips and appliers.
The acronym for ALARA.
What is as low as reasonable achievable?
Performed as an alternative to surgical biopsy to diagnose bone, breast, kidney, liver, lung, prostate, and thyroid cancer.
What is needle biopsy?
Numbers of ways that a robot manipulator can move in three dimensions.
What is degrees of freedom?
Using a balloon device to surgically widen a blocked or narrow blood vessel.
What is balloon angioplasty?
These single-use devices allow the surgeon to place interrupted or continuous sutures in soft tissue inside the abdominal cavity as well as tie several types of surgical knots.
What is Endo Stitch or V-Loc suturing device?
The acronym for ICG.
What is Indocyanine Green?
Referred to as open laparoscopy.
What is the Hasson technique?
Refers to a plane coordinate system and elevation in conjunction with a robotic arm.
What is cylindrical coordinate geometry?
Uses computer-assisted technology to allow surgeons to plan, guide, and optimally perform surgical tasks and has become a reliable way of transforming surgical interventions into less invasive and safe procedures.
What is navigation?
Connected to a trocar valve to remove harmful particles while maintaining a clear field of vision.
What is Smoke Evacuator?
The acronym for CMEV.
What is contrast media extravasation?