Most Common Surgical Conditions Flashcards
Most common type of melanoma?
Superficial spreading
Most common type of breast cancer?
infiltrating cancer
Most common site of breast cancer?
Upper outer quadrant
Vessel involved with a bleeding duodenal ulcer?
Gastroduodenal artery
Cause of common bile duct obstruction?
Choledocholithiasis
Cause of SBO in children?
hernias
Cause of emergency abdominal surgery in the United States?
Acute appendicitis
Electrolyte deficiency causing ileus?
Hypokalemia
Site of distant metastasis of sarcoma?
Lungs (hematogenous spread)
Position of anal fissure?
posterior
Acute pancreatitis?
gallstones
Chronic pancreatitis?
alcohol
Cause of large bowel obstruction?
Colon cancer
Cause of fever <48 postoperative hours?
Atelectasis
Bacterial cause of urinary tract infection (UTI)?
Escherichia coli
Abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma?
Liver (not the spleen, as noted in recent studies!)
Benign tumor of the liver?
hemangioma
Malignancy of the liver?
metastasis
Pneumonia in the ICU?
Gram-negative bacteria
Cause of epidural hematoma?
Middle meningeal artery injury
Cause of lower GI bleeding?
Upper GI bleeding
Cancer in females?
breast cancer
Cancer in males?
prostate cancer
Type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females?
lung cancer
Cause of free peritoneal air?
Perforated peptic ulcer disease
Cause of death ages 1 to 44?
trauma
