Liver biopsy is a tissue sampling from the liver for the investigation of diffuse or circumscribed liver changes (round lesions). It is used primarily to confirm the diagnosis when other clinical and laboratory parameters already permit a tentative diagnosis, and to estimate the prognosis. Worldwide, percutaneous sonographically controlled liver puncture according to Menghini has become … Liver Puncture
Gastric banding (synonym: gastric banding) is a surgical procedure used in bariatric surgery. It may be offered for obesity with a BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 or greater with one or more obesity-associated comorbidities when conservative therapy has been exhausted. See below for additional indications. Along with weight loss, gastric banding can reduce the increased risk … Gastric Band: What is it?
The term enterostoma is the medical term for an “artificial intestinal outlet”. This is called either anus praeter naturalis (Latin) or intestinal stoma, or stoma for short (Greek : mouth, opening). The creation of an enterostoma is a visceral surgical procedure (abdominal surgery) and is often a partial measure of intestinal surgery, e.g. in the … Creation of an Artificial Bowel Outlet (Enterostomy Creation)
