book of yueng Flashcards
what do we want to avoid when putting in lap ports?
deep and superficial epigastrics
what is the origin of the superficial epigastric
femoral
what is the origin of the deep epigastric?
external iliac
how do you avoid the superficial epigastric
transillumination
in what layer is the deep epigastric?
rectus abdominus fascia
how do you avoid the deep epigastric
stay lateral to the rectus abdominus fascia (or lateral to the insertion of the round ligament at the inguinal canal)
what is endometriosis
ectopic endometrial glands and stroma
how do you diagnose endometriosis?
with a biopsy that shows endometrial glands and stroma
what does endometriosis look like
gun powder lesions
how do you find the ureter
at the pelvic brim (above the bifurcation of the common iliac into the internal and external iliacs–this is NOT water under the bridge)
where is the water under the bridge
where the ureter crosses under the uterine artery
how can you tell that it is a ureter
vermiculation
where can you find the uterine artery
at the level of the cervical os
what do you call the uterine artery traveling up the uterus?
ascending branch of the uterine artery
why is the ascending uterine artery tortous
so that it can expand with the uterus
triangle of doom
round ligament and medial umbilical fold (houses epigastric)
where does the round ligament attach
the round ligament goes into the deep ring of the inguinal canal
what artery is in the round ligament
Samson’s artery (branch of uterine artery)
does prevelance of endometriosis go up or down with obesity
prevelance of endometriosis goes down with obesity and most pts with endometriosis are normal weight
what type of estrogen comes from fat
esterone *made by aromatase*
what is the substrate for aromatase to make to estrone in fat?
androstendione
what is the substrate for aromatase to make estrodial
testosterone
does estrogen cause endo
no
is endo found in the uterus
no, it’s ectopic
why remove the uterus in endo cases?
to remove the suspected source of the endometriosis
why do we sometimes remove ovaries in endo cases?\ why remove the fallopian tubes
endometriosis can be estrogen responsive tubes can be a source of ovarian cancer
what ligament suspends the ovary?
IP ligament (infundibulopelvic)
which ligament attaches the ovaries to the uterus
uterine -ovarian ligament
what can damage the ureters (4 things)
ligation thermal injury kinking ischemia **kinking is most common**