ekstrakorporaalinen
Extrakorporaalinen, a Finnish term, translates to "extracorporeal" in English. This medical term refers to any procedure or treatment that takes place outside of the body. It implies that a biological substance, such as blood or organs, is removed from the body for treatment, monitoring, or analysis and then returned, or a process is performed on it externally before being returned or discarded.
One of the most well-known examples of an extracorporeal procedure is hemodialysis, used for patients with
Other extracorporeal treatments include plasmapheresis, where plasma is separated from blood cells, and therapeutic apheresis, which