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percutaneous

[ pur-kyoo-tey-nee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.


percutaneous

/ ˌɜːʊˈٱɪɪə /

adjective

  1. med effected through the skin, as in the absorption of an ointment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of percutaneous1

First recorded in 1885–90; per- + cutaneous
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Miles, 32, had the percutaneous surgery after consulting with the team’s new medical and performance executive, Daniel Medina.

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The introduction of a technique known as percutaneous coronary intervention to treat heart attacks - by widening the arteries using a small tube called a stent - has also improved survival rates.

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One feeding tube is known as a PEG, because it’s surgically placed in the stomach with a procedure called percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.

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As soon as heart attack patients arrive at the hospital, doctors must restore blood flow to the heart using a stent, a procedure called percutaneous coronary intervention.

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Some 500,000 people in the United States have the procedure -- medically called percutaneous coronary intervention -- annually, the FDA said in a news release.

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