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High Yield Surgery Flashcards

1
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Guarding and rebound case what is the next best step management

A

Exploratory laparotomy

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Widened mediastinum

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CT angiography

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Inability to abduct the arm
Injury site and nerves affected?

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Injury site: Surgical neck of Humerus
Nerves: aaxilla4y Nerve + Posterior circumflex humerus artery

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Inability to extend the elbow
Injury site and the nerves affected?

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Injury: midshaft of humerus
Nerves: Radial Nerve + deep brachual artery

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Motor and sensory damage of first three digits
Injury site and nerves affected?

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Injury to the supracondylar fracture of humerus
Median nerve and brachial artery

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6
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Weak grip and sensory damage of last 2 digits

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Injury to the medial epicondylar fracture of humerus
ULNAR nerve

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7
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RuQ pain after fatty meals and resolves within a few hours
Can have elective sholecystectomy

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BILIARY colic

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Constant RUQ pain + fever + inflammation of gallbladder
Usually requires cholecystectomy within 72 hrs

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ACUTE CALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS

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ICU patients + cholecystitits symptoms + no stones visualised
Tx: antibiotics + percutaneous cholecystectostomy (cholecystectomy later when stabilised)

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Acalculous cholecystitits

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Cholecystitis symptoms + creates in RUQ + air fluid levels
Tx: cholecystectomy

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Emphysematous cholecystitis

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Fever + jaundice + RUQ pain (chariots triad) .
Tx: antibiotics + ERCP drainage

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Acute Cholangitis

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12
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Claudication, pain while sleeping (rest pain hx of ACS
Tips of toes

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Eripheral Artery Disease

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Hyperpigmentatjoj of ankles
History of chronic LE edema
Medial malleolus

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Chronic Venous Insufficiency

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Painless ulcer usually at the sole of the 1st metatarsal

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Diabetic foot ulcer

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15
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Painful, palpable, cord like swelling of veins
Asso qith GI malignancy and Buerger Syndrome (thromboangitis obliterans

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Superficial thrombophlebitis

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Flat, painful streaks usually extending proximal from skin infection (cellulite, erysipelas

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Lymphangitis

17
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Ipsilateral paralysis and normal sensation and contralateral pain. Or temp loss
Half transection

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Brown square syndrome

18
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Bilater sensory loss of upper extremities
Loc: central cord , elderly person with neck whiplash injury

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Central Cord Syndrome

19
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Anterior 2/3 of cord
Burst vertebral fracture or surgical damage to aorta branches
Bilateral weakness + pain = temp loss, normal sensation spared

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Anterior cord syndrome

20
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Recent chest trauma with paradoxic movement of chest with breathing

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Flail chest

21
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Fall on outstretched hand with pain in anatomical snuffbox with normal xray

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Scaphoid fracture

22
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Elderly patient with history of alcoholism with recent head trauma and altered mental status

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Subdural haematoma

23
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High speed MBC + upper extremity hypertension + hoarse voice

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Traumatic aortic rupture

24
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Blunt rauma + left sided chest pain + NG tube in the pulmonary cavity

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Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia

25
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Paediatric patient with trauma 24 hrs ago with new onset epigastric pain and Vomiting

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Duodenal hematoma

26
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Head trauma with brief LOc, now has headache and nausea and Vomiting

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Epidural haematoma or rupture of the middle meningeal artery

27
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Patient with pancreatic surgery with new onset non-anion gap metabolic acidosis

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Pancreatic fistula

28
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Child with extremity pain, fever, leukocytosis with periosteal elevation and osteopathic lesions on MRI

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Osteomyelitis

29
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Full thickness extremity burn with pain on passive stretch and rapidly increased swelling

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Compartment syndrome from eschatology formation or escharotomy

30
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Sudden onset respiratory distress after remov of central.line, hypoxaemia, obstructive shock but normal breath sounds

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Venous air embolism.

31
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Tall, young patient who experiences sudden onset respiratory distress, jvd and hyperresonance on percussion

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Rimary spontaneous pneumothorax

32
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Rebound, guarding with free air under the diaphragm on Xray

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Erforated peptic ulcer

33
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Diffuse rash with a net like appearance

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Acute mesenteric ischaemia + lived reticularis

34
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RUQ pain that radiates to the back

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Acute pancreatitis

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