the placement of a tube into an external or internal orifice of the body.
2007-05-27 05:36:31 · 7 answers · asked by Grace 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
There is not a specific term. There are several different procedures that requires a placement of a tube. Intubation, catheter, naso-gastric tube, chest tube, tubes in the ears, peg tube for feeding, tracheostomy, hemovac tube, JP tube, etc...
2007-05-27 06:10:18 · answer #1 · answered by perfectbb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intubation, and David's example of orotracheal intubation is a good one. But the term is not popular in common usage for many procedures. For instance, you seldom here of nasogastric intubation. NG tube placement is much more common. And placement of a chest tube is usually called tube thoracostomy, emphasizing the surgical nature of the procedure. Medical terminology is a curious mixture, using Greek and Latin, lots of eponyms, and just plain habit/tradition. And there's also the fact that tubes are mostly catheters, so there are catheterizations galore.
2007-05-27 07:28:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Urethra has external and internal orifice ,between urinary bladder and ureter exist orifice too. In this orifices can be inserted a tube -catheter. On the other side placement tube can be done in children with Otitis media effusion, in trachea , in brain ventricles ( V-S shunt ), through nephrostoma,gastrostoma, laryngostoma...
but this structures have not orifices.
2007-05-27 06:11:08 · answer #3 · answered by Ljiljana A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intubation. The best known type of intubation is the insertion of a breathing tube into the throat, but the name does apply to any insertion of a tube.
2007-05-27 05:38:19 · answer #4 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intubation.
2007-05-27 05:40:29 · answer #5 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could also be catheterization, depending on the orific.
2007-05-27 05:42:43 · answer #6 · answered by Catspaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am pretty sure that it is
Intubation.
2007-05-27 05:38:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋