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21percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty — (PTRA) percutaneous transluminal angioplasty to enlarge the lumen of a sclerotic renal artery, preserve renal function, and treat renovascular hypertension …
22percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography — cholangiography after introduction of a radiopaque medium into the biliary system by percutaneous puncture of a bile duct. See also endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, under cholangiopancreatography …
23percutaneous cordotomy — cordotomy (def. 2) performed using percutaneous electrodes guided radiographically with stereotactic techniques; approaches used include lateral high cervical, posterior high cervical, and anterior low cervical …
24percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage — a treatment for extrahepatic cholestasis consisting of drainage through a catheter introduced through the liver and into the biliary tree under radiologic guidance. Called also percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage …
25percutaneous coronary intervention — (PCI) the management of coronary artery occlusion (q.v.) by any of various catheter based techniques, such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, rotational atherectomy, directional atherectomy, transluminal endarterectomy,… …
26percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy — a procedure similar to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy but with the tube in the jejunum to allow gastric decompression and avoidance of aspiration …
27percutaneous rhizotomy — trigeminal rhizotomy not involving brain surgery, such as glycerol rhizotomy or percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy …
28percutaneous umbilical blood sampling — (PUBS), percutaneous umbilical cord sampling cordocentesis …
29percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty — PTCA dilatation of a narrowed coronary artery using a balloon catheter advanced to the heart through a peripheral artery. It is now more commonly referred to as percutaneous coronary intervention to take into account the fact that a coronary… …
30percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage — A procedure to drain bile to relieve pressure in the bile ducts caused by a blockage. An x ray of the liver and bile ducts locates the blockage of bile flow. Images made by ultrasound guide placement of a stent (tube), which remains in the liver …