- tomy - something was cut by the surgeon e.g. laparotomy
- ectomy - something was cut out by the surgeon e.g. appendectomy
- ostomy - an opening was made my the surgeon e.g. colostomy
- plasty - the surgeon changed the shape of something in your body e.g. rhinoplasty
- pexy - an organ was moved to the right place in the body
- rraphy - the surgeon has sewn something up
- desis - the surgeon made two things stick together
I definitely think it is so useful, I've found them the most helpful during handover as once you know the crufix (the little bit at the end, I literally only learnt that word when I was learning my drugs), you have a pretty good idea of the procedure that the patient has experienced.
What is the most common crufix you have come across on surgical wards?
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