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Colorectal surgery Flashcards

1
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What is the 1st line of management for peri-anal abscess?

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Incision and drainage under local anaesthetic

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How many weeks does an anal fissure have to last for to be classified as ‘chronic’?

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> 6 weeks

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What are the 1st and 2nd line management options for chronic anal fissure?

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1st line: topical GTN/ dilitiazem/ nifedipine
2nd line (after 8 weeks): sphincterectomy
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4
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Which colorectal surgical procedure would leave someone with a transverse muscle splitting scar?

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Right hemicolectomy

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5
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Recall 2 colorectal procedures that will not leave someone with laparoscopic port scars

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Hartmann’s

Abdomino-perineal resection

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What does a Hartmann’s procedure involve?

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Sigmoid colectomy
Proximal bowel exteriorised as an end colostomy
Distal bowel oversewn to form a rectal stump

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If a Hartmann’s is reversed, how long after the initial surgery will this be attempted?

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3-6 months

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What are the indications for a Hartmann’s?

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Obstruction or perforation secondary to sigmoid tumour or diverticulitis

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9
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What is the main risk of a high output stoma?

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Metabolic acidosis and respiratory compensation

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10
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Recall 3 small bowel and 3 large bowel causes of obstruction

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SBO: hernia, adhesions, tumour
LBO: cancer, volvulus, strictures

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11
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Recall the Duke stages of colorectal cancer

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Duke’s A: tumour confined to mucosa
Duke’s B: tumour invading bowel wall
Duke’s C: LN mets
Duke’s D: distant mets

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12
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Which type of colorectal cancer is more likely to present with anaemia?

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Right sided

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13
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What is the current protocol for bowel cancer screening in the UK?

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Between ages 60 and 74, invited every 2 years to do faceal occult blood test

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What needs to be done in addition to a sigmoid colectomy to make it a cancer operation?

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Complete removal of inferior mesenteric artery as this supplies lymph

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How should post-op ileus be managed?

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NG and IV fluids

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16
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How does anastomotic dehiscence present, and how common is it?

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Day 6 with fever and sepsis, typically

10% of colorectal anastomoses

17
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How many colonic adenomas would you expect to see in FAP?

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> 100

18
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Which types of cancer does Peutz-Jegher’s syndrome predispose to?

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Colorectal (20%)

Gastric (5%)

19
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What is the schedule of colorectal cancer screening in people who have HNPCC?

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Colonoscopy every 1-2y from 25y

20
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What is the typical sign on x ray for each of sigmoid and caecal volvulus?

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Sigmoid: coffee bean sign
Caecal: embryo sign

21
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Which type of volvulus is strongly associated with malignancy?

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Caecal

22
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What is the best way to treat sigmoid volvulus?

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Sigmoidoscopy with air insufflation

23
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Recall 5 associations with sigmoid volvulus

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Age (older) 
Chagas disease
Schizophrenia
Chronic constipation 
Parkinson's
24
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Which sort of bowel obstruction is pregnancy associated with and why?

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Small bowel obstruction

Due to caecal volvulus which is associated with pregnancy

25
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What are the most important imaging investigations to request in a suspected bowel obstruction?

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AXR+CXR
CT AP (can't go to theatre w/o this)
26
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In what % of bowel obstruction cases caused by adhesions is conservative management (drip and suck) successful?

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65-85%

27
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What is Rigler’s sign, and what does it indicate?

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Air seen on both sides of bowel wall

Indicative of pneumoperitoneum

28
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What are the 2 most likley causes of pneumoperitoneum?

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Perforation of diverticulum or duodenal ulcer

29
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At how many cm is the colon pathologically dilated?

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> 6cm

30
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Where is an inguinal hernia in relation to the pubic tubercle

A

Superior and medial

31
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Which types of hernia carry the highest risk of strangulation?

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Femoral and paraumbilical

32
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What is a ‘mayo repair’?

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Surgical reparation of paraumbilical hernia

33
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In which demographic group are epigastric hernias most common?

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Men 20-30 years

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