Appendix Flashcards
Used as landmark to identify the location of appendix
Anterior taenia
Most common location of appendix
Retrocecal
Spinal nerves involved in cutaneous hyperesthesia
T10-12
Most common extrauterine surgical emergency during prensncy
Appendicitis
Most important AP related infection
Bacteroides fragilis
Most common site of GI carcinoid
Appendix
Most common adenocarcinoma in appendix
Mucous
Cystic dilatatio of the appendix containing mucoid material
Mucocoele
Diffurs collection of gelatinous fluid and mucinous implants on peritoneal surfaces and omentum
Pseudomyxoma peritonei
Mgmt for pseudomyxina peritonei
Surgical debulking; appendectomy, omentectomy, TAHBSO
Laplace’s law
Tension is directly proportional to the radius of sphere
90% of all volvolus
Sigmoid
Staging for diverticulitis
Hinchey staging
Hinchey stage: localized pericolic abscess
I
Large mesenteric abscess
II
Hinchey stage: free perforation
III
Hinchey stage: free perforation causing fecal peritonitis
IV
Most common location of diverticulitis
Sigmoid
Management for right sided diverticulitis
Segmental ileocecal resection
Most common polyp of colon
Hyperplastic
Haggit’s classification of sessile polyps
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