A 50-year-old client diagnosed with intervertebral disk disease has to undergo a type of lumbar decompression that exposes the spinal canal and allows for relief of compression of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots
What is the term used for this procedure? A) Diskectomy
B) Spinal fusion
C) Laminectomy
D) Microdiskectomy
C
Feedback:
Laminectomy is a type of lumbar decompression that exposes the spinal canal and allows for relief of compression of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots. A diskectomy procedure involves the removal of the herniated disk, thus relieving the pressure on the compressed nerves. Microdiskectomy is a procedure similar to diskectomy that is done to remove a herniation, wherein the surgeon makes a smaller incision and uses a microscope to help visualize the disk. Spinal fusion is the surgical method of strengthening weakened vertebrae by the attachment of a steel rod or by grafting a piece of bone (from the tibia or iliac crest or a donated bone) onto several vertebrae or between a vertebra and the sacrum.
You might also like to view...
MC The nurse is interviewing a female client who admits to having poor coping skills, drug abuse, and a recent divorce with loss of child custody. The nurse knows the client is most at risk for
A. Bulimia. B. Depression. C. Chronic fatigue syndrome. D. Self-mutilation.
A 47 year old patient is having surgery to remove kidney stones. What is the correct classification for this surgery?
a. Restorative b. Emergent c. Palliative d. Urgent
The nurse is assessing a patient with glomerulonephritis and notes crackles in the lung fields and neck vein distention. The patient reports mild shortness of breath. Based on these findings, what does the nurse do next?
a. Check for CVA tenderness or flank pain. b. Obtain a urine sample to check for proteinuria. c. Assess for additional signs of fluid overload. d. Alert the health care provider about the respiratory symptoms.
Identify the term used when a person lives with consciousness of a reality beyond what is knowable through the five senses and is aware of a transcendent reality
a. Religion b. Spirituality c. Truth d. Meditation