percutaneous
41percutaneous — a. taking effect through the skin …
42percutaneous — Passing through the skin; as in an injection or a topical medicine …
43percutaneous — adj. esp. Med. made or done through the skin. Etymology: L per cutem through the skin …
44Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) — A surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube without having to perform an open laparotomy (operation on the abdomen). The aim of PEG is to feed those who cannot swallow. PEG may be done by a surgeon, otolaryngologist (ENT specialist) or… …
45Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PNL) — A technique for removing large and/or dense stones and staghorn stones. PNL is done via a port created by puncturing the kidney through the skin and enlarging the access port to 1 cm (about 3/8 inch) in diameter. There is no surgical incision.… …
46Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling (PUBS) — In PUBS, a needle is inserted through the mother’s abdominal wall and the uterine wall. Blood can be withdrawn from the umbilical vein at the point where the umbilical cord inserts (goes) into the placenta. Blood may also be taken from the… …
47percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration — see PESA …
48percutaneous nephrolithotomy — a technique of removing stones from the kidney via a nephroscope passed into the kidney through a track from the skin surface previously established by the presence of a catheter. * * * nephrolithotomy using an endoscope that penetrates the skin …
49percutaneous transhepatic cholangiopancreatography — (PTC) a method for outlining the bile ducts and pancreatic ducts with radiopaque dyes, which are introduced by a catheter inserted into the ducts from the surface of the skin. See cholangiography …
50percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration — retrieval of sperm from the epididymis using fine needle aspiration, done in men with obstructive azoospermia …