percutaneous
adjective
per·cu·ta·ne·ous
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Definition of percutaneous
: effected, occurring, or performed through the skin
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As a cardiac interventional center, emergency medical services providers will continue to transport heart attack patients to the hospital who may require emergency percutaneous coronary intervention, also known as emergency angioplasty. — baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Business briefs: Hospital receives awards, re-accreditation; Carroll Bancorp second quarter results," 19 Aug. 2019 The lab also uses top-of-the-line vascular closing devices, like Cardinal Health's MYNX Vascular Closure Device and Terumo's ANGIO-SEAL VCD, which improve patient comfort and reduce bed rest time after a percutaneous procedure. — Sponsored Content With Emergency Hospital Systems, Houston Chronicle, "New Cath Lab Brings Cutting-edge Cardiac Care to Cleveland, Texas Residents," 12 Aug. 2019 Stents are implanted during angioplasty procedures called percutaneous coronary interventions, or PCIs. — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, "Which Heart Patients Need Stents? A New Study Stirs Debate," 4 Dec. 2017 For example, Piedmont Newnan is about to start percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), which is basically like a cath lab. — Jon Waterhouse, ajc, "Using social media in nursing," 30 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'percutaneous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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percutaneous
adjective
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Medical Definition of percutaneous
: effected or performed through the skin
percutaneous removal of renal calculi— G. M. Preminger et al