General surgery terminology

Question 1

gallstones in the bile duct

Answer 1

Choledocholithiasis

Question 2

Inflammation of gallbladder

Answer 2

cholecystitis

Question 3

surgical removal of gallbladder

Answer 3

cholecystectomy

Question 4

inflammation of bile ducts

Answer 4

cholangitis

Question 5

presence of gallstones

Answer 5

cholelithiasis

Question 6

What operation is performed if a patient has pancreatic cancer?

Answer 6

Whipple procedure

Question 7

What operation is performed if there is a sigmoid volvulus?

Answer 7

hartmann’s

Question 8

Rectal cancer requires which procedure?

Answer 8

abdomino-perineal resection

Question 9

cancer of the descending colon requires…

Answer 9

left hemicolectomy

Question 10

caecal volvulus requires which procedure

Answer 10

right hemicolectomy

Question 11

What class of drugs are metoclopramide and domperidone?

Answer 11

dopamine D2 antagonists

Question 12

cyclizine is a

Answer 12

histamine receptor antagonist

Question 13

Which type of hernia is associated with Howship-Romberg sign?

Answer 13

Obturator hernia

Question 14

Which hernia occurs between rectus abdominis and linea semilunaris?

Answer 14

Spigelian hernia

Question 15

Only part of the bowel wall and lumen herniate through the defect in this hernia…

Answer 15

Richter’s hernia

Question 16

2 different loops of bowel are found in this hernia

Answer 16

Maydl’s