GYN Flashcards
Modified Radical Mastectomy
- Removal of the breast, nipple-areolar complex (mastectomy) and axillary nodes (axillary dissection)
Axillary Dissection
- 90,000 annual procedures in US
- Removal of fatty tissue and lymph nodes in the axilla for staging of breast cancer
- Procedure is necessary if there is nodal spread
Total Abdominal Hysterectomy (TAH)
- Abdominal removal of uterus and cervix through an incision in the abdomen
- 400,000 annual procedures in US
Vaginal Hysterectomy
- Vaginal removal of uterus and cervix
- 165,000 annual procedures in US
Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy (LAVH)
- 75,000 annual procedures in US
- Removal of uterus and cervix to include salpingo-oophorectomy
- Above cardinal ligament / laparascopically ligated
- Below cardinal line / structures ligated through vagina (uterus)
Supracervical Hysterectomy
- 65,000 annual procedures in the US
- Removal of Uterus / Cervix is amputated but left in place
- May includesalpingo-oopherectomy
- Laparo or open approach
Sapingo-oophorectomy (SO)
- 450,000 annual open procedures in the US
- 60,000 annual Laparo procedures in the US
- Removal of ovary and fallopian tubes (uni- or bilateral)
- For ovarian tumors, torsion of ovary, ectopic pregnancy, or in conjunction w/ hysterectomy
Radical Abdominal Hysterectomy
Removal of the ovaries, oviducts, lymph nodes, and lymph channels along w/ cervix and Uterus
Adnexa
Appendages of the Uterus, namely the ovaries, the Fallopian tubes, and the ligaments that hold the uterus in place
Mesosalpinx
Part of the lining of the abdominal cavity; broad ligament that stretches from the ovary to the level of the uterine tube
Ligaments of the Uterus
TOP TO BOTTOM:- Infunibulopelvic- Ovarian- Round- Uterorosacral
Modified Radical Mastectomy
- 60,000 annual procedures in US
- Removal of the breast, nipple-areolar complex (mastectomy) and axillary nodes (axillary dissection)
Axillary Dissection
- 90,000 annual procedures in US
- Removal of fatty tissue and lymph nodes in the axilla for staging of breast cancer
- Procedure is necessary if there is nodal spread
Total Abdominal Hysterectomy (TAH)
- Abdominal removal of uterus and cervix through an incision in the abdomen
- 400,000 annual procedures in US
Vaginal Hysterectomy
- Vaginal removal of uterus and cervix
- 165,000 annual procedures in US