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Lithotomy - Wikipedia
Lithotomy from Greek for "lithos" (stone) and "tomos" (cut), is a surgical method for removal of calculi , stones formed inside certain organs, such as the urinary tract (kidney stones), bladder (bladder stones), and gallbladder (gallstones), that cannot exit naturally through the urinary system or biliary tract.
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Lithotomy Position: Pictures, Birth, Surgery, and Complications
The lithotomy position is often used during childbirth and surgery in the pelvic area. It involves lying on your back with your legs flexed 90 degrees at your ...
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Lithotomy Position in Urology: Indications and Contraindications
The lithotomy position is needed for examinations or operations in urology, gynecology, or proctology. The lithotomy position is also a common position for ...
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lithotomy
lithotomy (lɪˈθɒtəmɪ) [ad. late L. lithotomia, a. Gr. λιθοτοµία, f. λίθο-ς stone + -τοµία cutting.] 1. The operation, art, or process of cutting for stone in the bladder.1721 in Bailey. 1722 in Quincy Lex. Phys.-Med. (ed. 2). 1783 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 2) X. 8431/1 (marg.) Lithotomy reckoned exceedingl...
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Lithotomy Position: What Is It and Its Uses - Osmosis
Author: Nikol Natalia Armata, MD. Editor: Alyssa Haag. Editor: Emily Miao, PharmD. Editor: Kelsey LaFayette, DNP, ARNP, FNP-C. Illustrator: Jessica Reynolds ...
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The Ultimate Guide to Lithotomy Position - STERIS
The Lithotomy Position is a common position used in childbirth and surgeries to allow access to the proximal lower extremity or genitoperineal region.
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Lithotomy: Cutting for Stone - Didusch Museum
Lithotomy is a term that denotes the patient positioning with legs elevated, that is used for many general surgical, gynecologic, and urologic surgeries.
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Lithotomy Position - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Lithotomy position is defined as a posture where a woman lies on her back with her legs either straight on the surface, placed in stirrups, or supported ...
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[PDF] The History of Lithotomy and Lithotrity
The Hippocratic veto that wounds in the membranous part of the bladder were mortal dissuaded surgeons from suprapubic lithotomy for many years. Pierre Franco of ...
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Lithotomy position - Wikipedia
The lithotomy position is a common position for surgical procedures and medical examinations involving the pelvis and lower abdomen
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Lithotomy position
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Childbirth positions
References
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Lithotomy Position. Information and research on the use of the Lithotomy Position in Childbirth
Effect Of Lithotomy Position On Spinal Anesthesia
Human positions
Childbirth
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lithotomist
lithotomist (lɪˈθɒtəmɪst) [f. lithotomy + -ist. Cf. F. lithotomiste.] 1. One who practises lithotomy.1663 Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. ii. 79, I inquired of him, whether he had met with a remedy that could dissolve the stone, offering him much more for a cure of that kind, then he would require...
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lithectomy
lithectomy Surg. (lɪˈθɛktəmɪ) [f. Gr. λίθ-ος stone + εκ out + τοµία cutting.] A proposed substitute for the inaccurate word lithotomy (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1889).
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John Douglas (lithotomist)
His book on lithotomy was translated into French in 1724.
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Ammonius Lithotomos
up stones in the bladder as reported by Celsus
Lithoclastic cystotomy is attributed to Ammonius Lithotomos (stone-cutter), from which arose the term lithotomy Celsus gave the first description of lithotomy as performed before and during his time, and the operation has ever since borne his name—the Celsian method
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