Colorectal Flashcards
Stoma on left side of abdomen - colostomy or illeostomy?
Colostomy
Stoma on right side of abdomen - colostomy or ileostomy?
Ileostomy
Ileostomy: location, appearance, output.
Right iliac fossa
Spouted
Liquid
Colostomy: location, appearance, output.
Varies, more likely to be on left side of abdomen
Flush
Semi solid
Ileostomy or colostomy?
Ileostomy
Ileostomy or colostomy?
Colostomy
If an ileostomy is spouted, what does this suggest?
It is a loop ileostomy
What procedure for a caecal, ascending or proximal transverse colon cancer?
Right hemicolectomy
What cancers might a right hemicolectomy be used to treat?
caecal
ascending colon
proximal transverse colon
What is the most commonly performed operation for rectal tumours, except in lower rectal tumours?
Anterior resection
What procedure for rectal cancer on the anal verge?
Abdomino-perineal excision of rectum
What procedure and anastomosis for cancer of the caecum, ascending or proximal transverse colon?
Right hemicolectomy
Illeo-colic
What procedure and anastomosis for cancer of the distal transverse, descending colon?
Left hemicolectomy
Colo-colo
What procedure and anastomosis for cancer of the sigmoid colon?
High anterior resection
Colo-rectal
What procedure and anastomosis for cancer of the upper rectum?
Anterior resection (TME)
Colo-rectal
