Procedures that take a sample of tissue or measure how an organ or the body is working so that a disease can be found or followed, such as biopsy, bone marrow examination, spirometry, sleep studies and imaging of lymph vessels. A procedure belongs here when its own source describes it mainly as a test or a way of collecting material for examination. It excludes procedures whose main purpose is treatment. Each member is a surgical procedure entry that the atlas covers as a subject in its own right, placed here on what its cited article says it is and how it is used, never on its name alone.
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Biopsy (Wikipedia)
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A biopsy is a medical test commonly performed by medical doctors of many specialities, including surgeons, interventional radiologists, interventional cardiologists, dermatologists, gynecologists, pulmonologists, urologists, ophthalmologists, internists, family physicians, otolaryngologists and gastroenterologists as well as by podiatrists and dentists.
Lymphogram (Wikipedia)
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Lymphography is a medical imaging technique in which a radiocontrast agent is injected, and then an X-ray picture is taken to visualise structures of the lymphatic system, including lymph nodes, lymph ducts, lymphatic tissues, lymph capillaries and lymph vessels.
Spirometry (Wikipedia)
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Spirometry (meaning the measuring of breath) is the most common of the pulmonary function tests (PFTs).
Bone marrow examination (Wikipedia)
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Bone marrow examination refers to the pathologic analysis of samples of bone marrow obtained by bone marrow biopsy (often called trephine biopsy) and bone marrow aspiration.
Polysomnography (Wikipedia)
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Polysomnography (PSG) is a multi-parameter type of sleep study and a diagnostic tool in sleep medicine.
Transillumination (Wikipedia)
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Transillumination is the technique of sample illumination by transmission of light through the sample.
Fine-needle aspiration (Wikipedia)
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Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a diagnostic procedure used to investigate lumps or masses.
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