Iatrogenic Scars & Medical Devices Flashcards
identify operations performed to leave signs
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Axillary thoracotomy
Muscle sparring approach to lung
- pleurectomy
- Pneumothorax
- pulmonary resections
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Posteriolateral thoracotomy
Most common thorax approach
- pulmonary resections
- oesophogeal surgery
- chest wall resections
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Kocher Incision
inferior and parrallell to costal margin
- cholecystectomy
- biliary tract operations
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Chevron / rooftop incision
inferior costal margin bilaterally
- gastrectomy
- oesophagectomy
- adrenalectomy
- hepatic resections/ transplant
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Mercedes Benz modification scar
- diapragmatic hernias
- oesophagectomy
- gastrectomy
- liver resections/ transplant
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Loin
- renal surgery
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Midline Laparotomy
follows linea alba, most abdominal operations an be performed this way
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Paramedian Scar
- spleen
- kidney (transplant)
- adrenal
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Lanz (rutherford-morrison) Incision
at mcBurneys point
- Apendectomy
- Kidney Implant
- colonic resection
- signmoid colostomy / caecostomy (reversed)
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Pfannensteil
- Caesarean
- bladder
- gynae
- open prostate
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Median Sternotomy
- CABG
- valve
- heart transplant
- correction of congenital caridac defect
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Ileostomy
- Right Illiac Fossa
- “sprout” sticks out from skin
- liquid/mostly liquid stool
- autodigestion of skin
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Colostomy
- usually LEFT illiac fossa
- flush to skin
- solid / semi solid stool
Ascending colostomy be right illiac fossa
Temorary usually transvese colon- upper quadrant
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Fistula
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Great Saphenous Vein Harvest Scar
used for CABG
