The new mediacal dictionary. 2014.
pyelolithotomy — Operative removal of a calculus from the kidney through an incision in the renal pelvis. SYN: pelvilithotomy, pelviolithotomy. [pyelo + G. lithos, stone, + tome, incision] * * * py·elo·li·thot·o·my .pī (ə )lō li thät ə mē … Medical dictionary
pelviolithotomy — SYN: pyelolithotomy. * * * pel·vio·li·thot·o·my .pel vē ō lith ät ə mē n, pl mies PYELOLITHOTOMY … Medical dictionary
Vattikuti Urology Institute — Infobox Institute name= The Vattikuti Urology Institute caption= VUI Logo established=April, 2001 chairman= Dr. Mani Menon location= Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan USA head label = Chief of Urology head = Dr. Jack Elder staff= 150 (2007)… … Wikipedia
Nephrolithiasis — The process of forming a kidney stone, a stone in the kidney (or lower down in the urinary tract). Kidney stones are a common cause of blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or groin. Kidney stones occur in 1 in 20 people at some time … Medical dictionary
lithotomy — Cutting for stone; a cutting operation for the removal of a calculus, especially a vesical calculus. SYN: lithectomy. [litho + G. tome, incision] high l. SYN: suprapubic l.. lateral l. l. in which the perineum is incised to one … Medical dictionary
nephrolithotomy — Incision into the kidney for the removal of a renal calculus. [nephro + G. lithos, stone, + tome, incision] * * * neph·ro·li·thot·o·my li thät ə mē n, pl mies the surgical operation of removing a calculus from the kidney * … Medical dictionary
pelvilithotomy — SYN: pyelolithotomy. [pelvi + G. lithos, stone, + tome, incision] … Medical dictionary
pyelotomy — Incision into the pelvis of the kidney. [pyelo + G. tome, incision] extended p. extension of a standard p. into the lower pole infundibulum through the avascular plane between the posterior and … Medical dictionary
lithonephrotomy — n. surgical removal of a stone from the kidney. See nephrolithotomy, pyelolithotomy … Medical dictionary
lithonephrotomy — n. surgical removal of a stone from the kidney. See: nephrolithotomy, pyelolithotomy … The new mediacal dictionary
