Anterior Abdominal Wall and Hernias Flashcards
1
Q
Preferred incision for newborns and infants
A
transverse incision
2
Q
Fothergill’s sign: palpable abdominal mass that __ with contraction of the rectus muscles
A
REMAINS UNCHANGED
3
Q
Ormond disease
A
primary retroperitoneal fibrosis
4
Q
multilayer repair
A
Shouldice
5
Q
conjoined tendon is sutured laterlaly to the Cooper’s ligament
A
McVay
6
Q
repair of femoral hernia
A
McVay
7
Q
medications associated with retroperitoneal fibrosis
A
methylsergide, ergotamine, hydralazine, methyldopa, beta-blockers
8
Q
most definitive non-invasive diagnostic test for retroperitoneal fibrosis
A
intravenous pyelography
