15 Special surg Flashcards
when is conjunctivitis an emergency?
varicella, shingles
-vesicles present
can lead to blindness
Testicular CA tumor markers and blood tests
Seminoma–LDH
Endodermal sinus–AFP
CC–B HCG
teratoma–malignant! (but not in females)
Scaphoid fx
- how tx (2)
- when to recheck xr
Clinical dx
- XR shows nothing, then cast. Recheck XR in 3 wks
- XR shows damage (bad enough to show), then ORIF
Long bone fx in child, cross growth plate
-tx
requires ORaIF to ensure growth plate realigned
Hip fx:
-what different txs? (4 to know)
Head: femoral prosthesis (risk avascular necrosis)
Intertrochanteric: Plates ORIF
Shaft: rods
Open: Emergent washout
newborn male with low/no urine output. Cr up.
-think what, do what
Posterior Urethral Valves (blockage)
- cath, relieve bladder pressure
- confirm dx with voiding cystourethrogram
- ablation/surgery of valves
retinoblastoma
- how dx
- what to be careful about
- assoc
- white reflex instead of red
- no radiation! 2nd hit.
- osteosarcoma, age 10
hypspadias and epispadias, what to remember
no circumcision
Child bone cancers to know: 3
-how to diff
- Ewing’s sarcoma–midshaft. Possible F/C/night sweats
- osteosarcoma–prox/distal long bone, painful
- osteochondroma–at growth plate, benign. Usu painless
Peds VSD
- when to do surgery
- why do surgery
- if asx, give 1 yr to allow closure
- Surgery if sx(CHF) or persistent to 1yr of age
-risk of Eisenmenger’s later in life
Coarctation of aorta
-diff in dx between babies/adults
babies: echo
adults: CXR to see rib notching
premature baby with growths seen on retina
-think what
retinopathy of prematurity.
Also look for:
necrotizing enterocolitis
bronchopulm dysplasia
intraventricular hem
Peds brain tumor with cord lesions, think what
medulloblastoma
lesion suspicious for Melanoma:
how to dx
- suspicion low: punch bx
- small, or high suspicion: wide excisional bx
Looking for Breslow’s depth
always check for lymph nodes
central retinal a occlusion
-tx (3)
painless unilat vision loss in elderly
- hyperventilate in bag (vasodilate)
- push on eye to move clot downstream (compromise smaller area of vision)
- intraarterial tpa possible
- most common cyanotic defect of newborn
- most common cyanotic defect of children
- Transposition
- Tet Fallot
Cyanotic heart diseases
which ones important?
Truncus arteriosus Transposition of great arteries Tricuspid atresia Tet Fallot TAPVR
Transposition and Tet-Fallot are the 2 important ones
dupuytren’s contracture
- presentation
- pop (2)
- tx
can’t extend hand flat, fasica tight
- etoh
- scandinavian
surgery
BCC and SCC skin CA:
-mets?
BCC: no mets
SCC: rare mets
SCC and BCC skin CA: what tx (4)
small, not on face: excisional
large, not on face: wide excision
large aggresive, extremity: amputation
face: Mohs
When to suspect VUR (vesicoureteral reflux)
dx, tx?
Kid with
- pyelo
- recurrent UTI
Do a voiding cystourethrogram (dye should not enter ureters)
surgery or ‘grow out of it’ with empiric abx
SCC and BCC skin CA: what bx to do? (3)
small, not on face: excisional
large, not on face: incisional
on face: incisional
incisional: punch full thickness at ulcer edge
orbital vs periorbital cellulitis
extra-ocular paralysis,
get CT to confirm
amblyopia vs strabismus
- how to dx
- tx
amblyopia: permanent lazy eye
strabismus: lazy eye.
strabismus: light reflection is separate both eyes
If present at birth, surgery
If acquired, do glasses/patch.
Prevent amylopia!
Tet Fallot
Pulmonic stenosis
Overiding aorta
R Ventricle hypertrophy
VSD
Pt with painless vision loss, describes “veil/cloud” in vision. Think what?
Retinal detachment Amaurosis fugax (if comes/goes)