Endoscopy Flashcards
Whats cheirourgia?
cheir= hand & ergon= work - surgery
What are the struggles of surgery?
bleeding, pain, infection and death
What are three factors that surgery contain?
Science, handicraft and art
Whats the problem of pre-modern phase surgery contain?
-lack of anatomical knowledge
What caused surgery to develop?
Wars
What are features of modern surgery?
- easy accessibility to information
- evidence based learning
- use of science efficiently (Ct, MRI)
- high degree of specialization
What is an endoscopy used for?
To look at body cavities for visual evidence
What type of endoscopes are there?
rigid and flexible
True or false- endoscopy doesnt need anethesia
true
Where can you insert an endoscope?
mouth, anus or incision
What are 4 figures who played a role in the creation of an endoscope?
- hippocrates
- phillip bozini
- Adolf kussmaul
- Rudolph schnidler
What is the role of hippocrates on the endoscope?
400 BC- anus via speclum
What is the role of Philip bozzini on the endoscope?
1800- first endoscope for urethra, bladder and vagina
What is the role of Adolf kussmaul on the endoscope?
1800- first gastroscopy
What is the role of rudolph schnidler on the endoscope?
1900- made a gastroscope
Whats a laparoscope?
endoscope that needs abdomen to be filled with CO2- used for dissection
What is the best thing of laparoscopic surgery?
- small incision
- reduce: infection, blood loss + post op pain
- improved cosmetic
- return home quicker
True or false- robot surgery means robots do it
false- humans control robot
When was first robot surgery prototype?
1980 - US army
What are 4 figures who played a role in the discovery of blood transfusion?
- pope innocent the 7th
- richard lower
- james blundell
- karl landsteiner
What is the role of pope innocent the 7th on blood transfusion?
1300- drank blood