Oral Boards Flashcards
RSI
- Preoxygenate
- Give roc (1 mg/kg) and ketamine (1 mg/kg)
- Use Mac blade, visualize the vocal cords, pass ETT past the vocal cords, check for color change on capnography, listen for BL breath sounds, secure ETT
- CXR to confirm placement
Cricothyrotomy (surgical airway)
*Bag mask ventilate prior
1. Extend neck
2. Palpate for cricothyroid membrane (inferior to thyroid cartilage, superior to cricoid cartilage)
3. Make 3cm vertical skin incision through skin
4. 1cm transverse incision over membrane
5. Place a bougie into trachea
6. Pass a lubricated 6mm cuffed ETT over the bougie, remove the bougie
7. Check capnography
8. Secure tube
Liver transplant
*A-line, central line (for CVP measurement)
1. R-sided hockey stick incision
2. Divide 4 ligamentous attachments of liver
3. Dissect hepatoduodenal ligament (divide hepatic artery branches, high ligation of common hepatic duct, isolate portal vein)
4. IVC
a. Caval replacement technique (classic):
Isolate and divide retrohepatic vena cava
Anastomose supra and infrahepatic vena cava
b. Piggyback technique:
Divide short hepatic veins with resection of liver off vena cava
Anastomose suprahepatic vena cava to recipient hepatic vein cuff, ligate infrahepatic vena cava
5. Portal vein anastomosis
6. Hepatic artery anastomosis
7. Bile duct anastomosis
8. Close
Kidney transplant
- Place 3-way foley to instill bladder
- Hockey stick incision R groin
- Divide inferior epigastric vessels
- Divide through abdominal wall, remain retroperitoneal by sweeping peritoneum medially
- Identify and dissect out external iliac vessels, ligating lymphatics
- End-to-side anastomosis to donor renal artery and vein with fine monofilament suture, reperfuse kidney
- Fill bladder, donor ureter to bladder anastomosis with absorbable suture over a ureteral stent
- Close detrusor muscle loosey with absorbable suture
- Check anastomosis and hemostasis
- Close incision in several anatomic layers
Awake tracheostomy (pre-laryngectomy)
- Administer local anesthesia
- 3cm vertical incision in midline below cricoid cartilage
- Dissect down to avascular plane of midline raphe b/w sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles, divide any overlying thyroid isthmus tissue to reach trachea
- Identify inferior border of cricoid cartilage and retract superiorly
- Place trach between second and third tracheal rings
Biochemical adrenal workup
- BMP (K)
- Aldosterone
- Renin
- Early AM cortisol (or can go straight to 1mg low dose dexamethasone suppression test)
- ACTH
- DHEA-S
- Plasma fractionated metanephrines
Laparoscopic left adrenalectomy
- Right lateral decubitus
- Ports along subcostal margin
- Take down splenic flexure of colon and lateral attachments to spleen, mobilizing both medially to reveal the adrenal gland
- Identify and ligate the adrenal vein (comes off L renal vein, stay close to adrenal gland to avoid injury to renal vein)
- Mobilize the adrenal gland, taking vessels with cautery
- Place specimen in endocatch bag, close
Laparoscopic right adrenalectomy
- Left lateral decubitus
- Ports along subcostal margin
- Mobilize R lobe of liver by taking down right triangular ligament, retracting R lobe of liver medially-anteriorly to reveal adrenal gland
- Dissect plane between adrenal gland and IVC
- Identify and ligate R adrenal vein
- Mobilize the adrenal gland, taking vessels with cautery
- Place specimen in endocatch bag, close
RNY hepaticojejunostomy
- Right subcostal incision
- Careful portal dissection to identify anatomy
- Careful dissection of bile duct, staying on anterior side to preserve remaining vasculature posteriorly (if needed, identify and expose the long extrahepatic portion of the left hepatic duct to find a healthy spot for anastomosis)
- Run jejunum from LOT and find a spot that easily reaches to the RUQ, divide bowel with a GIA stapler, make hole in transverse colon mesentery to the right of the middle colic vessels, bring roux limb up
- Make broad (2cm) enterotomy on roux limb and create end-to-side hepaticojejunostomy with absorbable fine monofilament suture in interrupted fashion
- Stapled JJ
- Leave drain
Elective open AAA repair
- Monitor w/ a-line, central line, foley
- Midline incision
- Reflect small bowel to right, lift T-colon, insert retractor
- Dissect duodenum from IVC and aorta, exposing proximal clamp site (just below renal arteries)
- Dissect aorta distally to iliac arteries, exposing distal clamp sites
- Choose appropriate graft size, heparinize (80u/kg), lasix, and mannitol
- Clamp iliac arteries and then aorta
- Open aneurysm sac opposite IMA, remove thrombus, oversew back-bleeding lumbar arteries
- Sew in graft starting proximally, then distally, with 3-0 monofilament suture
- Unclamp, give protamine, ensure hemostasis
- Close aneurysm sac and retroperitoneum over graft (prevent aorto-enteric fistula)
- Close, check distal pulses
Open ruptured AAA repair
- Midline incision
- Immediately gain supraceliac aortic control by dividing gastrohepatic ligament and R crus and bluntly dividing around R crus to place clamp around aorta
- Reflect small bowel to right, lift T-colon, insert retractor
- Dissect duodenum from IVC and aorta, exposing proximal clamp site (just below renal arteries)
- Dissect aorta distally to iliac arteries, exposing distal clamp sites
- Choose appropriate graft, heparinize
- Clamp iliac arteries
- Open aneurysm sac opposite IMA, remove thrombus, oversew back-bleeding lumbar arteries
- Sew in graft starting proximally, then distally, with 3-0 monofilament suture
- Unclamp (one iliac at a time to avoid profound hypotension w/ LE reperfusion), ensure hemostasis
- Close aneurysm sac and retroperitoneum over graft (prevent aorto-enteric fistula)
- Close, check distal pulses (consider leaving open bc high risk of ACS)
ABI
<0.9 = PAD
<0.5 = rest pain/critical limb ischemia
Common femoral artery exposure
- Feel for pulse
- Vertical incision ⅓ above inguinal ligament and ⅔ below it
- Open femoral sheath
- Dissect out femoral artery and its branches, control w/ vessel loops
Below-knee popliteal artery exposure
Frog leg position
1. Incision 1 cm medial to the posterior border of the tibia (be careful of GSV!)
2. Retract gastroc posteriorly, dissect soleus from the tibia
3. Identify popliteal artery medial to the popliteal vein and tibial nerve
Heparin dose for vascular cases
80u/kg
Open LE bypass
- Prep low abdomen and BL extremities
- Dissect out inflow and outflow target vessels FIRST before harvesting vein (gotta make sure you have adequate targets)
- Harvest ipsilateral GSV (or can do contralateral, or arm vein, or PTFE)
- Use tunneling device to create tunnel
- HEPARINIZE (80u/kg)
- Perform distal anastomosis, then proximal, being sure not to kink graft
- Intraop duplex to assess patency of graft
- LE pulse exam
PAD workup (vascular workup and preop workup)
Vascular workup:
1. ABI
2. Segmental pressures (ABI along whole leg) - can further evaluate with CTA w/ runoff
3. Toe pressures (in DM)
Preop workup:
1. Cardiac eval
2. Vein mapping
GSV harvest
- Expose saphenous vein [MEDIAL] of adequate harvest through skip incisions
- Ligate side branches
- Ligate and divide vein distally and at sapheno-femoral junction proximally
Post-op mgmt after LE bypass
- ASA 81 (or plavix) for everyone
- Surveillance duplex US at 1, 6, and 12 months, then annually
Open femoral endarterectomy
- Systemic heparin (bolus 80 u/kg, followed by drip 18u/kg/h w/ PTT goal 60-80)
- Prep abdomen, BLEs from groin to toes circumferentially
- Vertical incision over/below the inguinal ligament over the pulse
- Dissect down to femoral sheath, ligating lymphatic branches
- Identify common femoral, SFA, and profunda arteries and encircle with vessel loops
- Further systemic heparin to PTT 60-80
- Tighten vessel loops, open femoral artery transversely at bifurcation
- Pass 5Fr fogarty catheter proximally until it returns twice with no thrombus; repeat distally
- Flush with heparinized saline, close arteriotomy with 5-0 prolene suture interrupted
- Close incision in layers
- Check for distal pulses/signals
- Consider ppx 4-compartment fasciotomies if ischemia >6h
Indications for CEA
Asymptomatic with >70% stenosis
Symptomatic with >50% stenosis
CEA
- A-line for BP monitoring
- Position supine, arms tucked, neck gently extended and turned to contralateral side
- Incision along anterior border of SCM, divide platysma, retract SCM laterally
- Identify and open carotid sheath, identity and protect vagus and hypoglossal nerves, divide facial vein (it’s usually positioned just over the carotid bifurcation)
- Identify and encircle CCA, ECA, ICA w/ vessel loops
- Systemic heparin (80u/kg)
- Clamp ICA, then CCA, then ECA
- Assess stump pressure of ICA, if inadequate place shunt
- Longitudinal arteriotomy from CCA to ICA ending distal to clot, perform endarterectomy, place tacking sutures if needed, flush w/ heparinized saline
- Sew in patch with 5-0 prolene suture
- Backbleed ICA and ECA, forward bleed CCA; check hemostasis of patch; remove clamps from ECA, then CCA, then ICA
- Place subplatysmal drain
- Close neck in layers
- Completion US and check neuro status prior to leaving OR
When to perform CEA after CVA
In pts who have recovered neurologically: CEA 1-2 weeks after CVA
In pts who have not yet recovered: wait at least 3 weeks (the risk of operating too soon is conversion of an ischemic stroke to a hemorrhagic stroke)
Evolving stroke sx: CEA ASAP to prevent major stroke
Open pancreatic debridement
- Upper midline incision
- Divide gastrocolic ligament to access lesser sac and expose pancreas
- Drain any purulent material and debride any necrotic tissue, preserving as much healthy pancreatic tissue as possible
- Leave drains
- Consider placing feeding tube
- Ensure hemostasis and close
Pyloromyotomy
- Supine, general anesthesia, NGT
- Transverse RUQ incision over palpable pylorus
- Retract omentum down, deliver antrum and pylorus through incision
- Palpate entire length of pylorus, make incision along pylorus serosa onto gastric antrum
- Bluntly separate deep muscle fibers, looking for bulge of mucosa
- Leak test through NGT
Peds cases by age
- Newborn (<2 weeks) –> malrotation w/ midgut volvulus
- 1-2 months –> pyloric stenosis
- 1-2 yrs –> intussusception
- 2 yrs –> Meckel’s
Ladd’s procedure
- Upper transverse incision
- Herniate the small bowel, detorse small bowel counterclockwise, inspect small bowel (resect anything frankly necrotic, anything dusky leave to re-eval at the end)
- Divide Ladd’s bands (b/w R colon and R abd side wall)
- Appendectomy
- Broaden small bowel mesentery
- Place small bowel to the right, colon to the left
Open reduction of intussusception
- Transverse incision in RUQ
- Exteriorize intussusception
- Put gentle pressure on intussuscepiens (colon)
- After reduction, examine bowel for injury/viability and lead point
- If unable to reduce, do ileocolic resection
Resuscitation bolus for peds
Blood bolus for peds
Adequate UOP for resuscitation
20 cc/kg of NS
10 cc/kg blood
1.5-2 cc/kg/hr
Open Meckel’s diverticulectomy
- Transverse RLQ incision
- Inspect and assess the diverticulum
- Ligate any mesenteric vessels feeding the diverticulum
- Perform diverticulectomy (if Meckel’s is uncomplicated, has a narrow neck, no concern for ectopic tissue at the base) or segmental resection with primary anastomosis (if Meckel’s has a broad base, concern for ectopic tissue at the base, extensive surrounding ulceration)
- Incidental appendectomy
Trauma laparotomy
- Prep from chin to knees
- Midline incision from xiphoid to pubis
- Pack all 4 quadrants, systematically remove packs starting from area that does not appear to be bleeding
- Initial control of bleeding areas by manual pressure or clamp (communicate w/ anesthesia when clamping large arteries)
Kocher maneuver (steps & what it exposes)
Steps: incise peritoneum lateral to duodenal C-loop and mobilize the duodenum and pancreatic head medially
Exposes: first, second, and a portion of the third portion of the duodenum; pancreatic head; bile duct
Cattell-Braasch maneuver (steps & what it exposes)
Steps: incise white line of Toldt lateral to the right colon; rotate right colon, cecum, duodenum, and panc head medially; IDENTIFY & PROTECT RIGHT URETER
Exposes: entire right RP (IVC, R kidney & renal artery/vein), superior mesenteric blood vessels
Options for duodenal injury repair
-Simple repair, w/ or w/o debridement
1. Double-layer closure with inner absorbable and outer non-absorbable suture transversely
2. Buttress w/ omentum if possible
3. Leave drains!
-Pyloric exclusion
1. Repair of duodenal injury (or leave duodenostomy tube if can’t repair it)
2. Pyloric exclusion (w/ noncutting [TA] stapler)
3. Gastrojejunostomy
4. Leave drains!
-Duodenostomy tube
-Roux-en-Y duodenojejunostomy (Roux limb to duodenal injury)
-Whipple (last resort!!!)
BIRADS
- Negative - routine screening
- Benign - routine screening
- Low suspicion for malignancy - close f/u w/ repeat imaging 3-6 months
- Suspicious for malignancy - CNBx
- Highly suggestive of malignancy - CNBx
Lumpectomy with SLNBx
- Preoperatively send pt to rads for wire localization of tumor, and nuclear medicine for injection of radioactive colloid into the breast for radioactive localization during SLNBx
- Inject blue dye (isosulfan blue or methylene blue [but contraindicated in pregnancy]) into peri- and sub-areolar regions, massage for 5 minutes
- Make incision, follow wire down, use wire and palpation to core out lesion
- Place specimen on faxitron to ensure clip is in specimen, orient specimen in at least 2 locations prior to sending to path
- Aggressive hemostasis, close
- SLNBx: incision at edge of hair-bearing area of axilla, divide clavipectoral fascia, identify and remove any blue nodes, use gamma probe to detect node w/ maximum radioactive activity and remove that as well as all nodes with 10% or more of the sentinel node count
Laparoscopic splenectomy
Laparoscopic splenectomy
1. Right lateral decubitus, place ports inferior to L costal margin
2. Evaluate abdomen for accessory splenic tissue (MC splenic hilum, greater omentum, splenocolic regions)
3. Mobilize splenic flexure of colon
4. Divide short gastrics (gastrosplenic ligament), retracting stomach to patient’s right which exposes the splenic hilum
5. Mobilize the inferior pole of the spleen by taking down splenophrenic, splenorenal ligaments, identifying and protecting the tail of the pancreas
6. Divide splenic hilar vessels with vascular stapler
7. Take down superior attachments
8. Place in 15mm endocatch bag, deliver opening to port, morcelate with ringed forceps
9. Double check for hemostasis, close
Initial trauma evaluation
ABCDEs (check for patent airway, breath sounds, pulses, GCS/pupil, exposure), large bore IV access, and start blood transfusion in 1:1:1 ratio
VATS wedge resection
- Intubate w/ double lumen ETT for single lung ventilation
- Lateral decubitus position
- Bronchoscopy to confirm correct location of ETT, eval for other lesions
- Identify lesion, resect w/ endoscopic stapler
- Remove lesion w/ endocatch bag and send for frozen path if will change mgmt. (i.e. if will require lobectomy or LN dissection if positive for CA)
- Close, leave chest tube
Open extended right hemicolectomy
- Lithotomy, arms out, foley
- Midline incision, exploratory laparotomy (examine peritoneal surfaces, liver)
- Divide white line of Toldt, mobilize right colon from lateral to medial
- Enter lesser sac at hepatic flexure, remove greater omentum from stomach, mobilize splenic flexure
- Divide mesentery: high ligation of ileocolic, middle colic, and ascending branch of left colic artery pedicles
- Divide colon at healthy proximal and distal margins, perform ileocolic anastomosis
- Leave drain, close
Open L hemicolectomy
- Lithotomy, arms out, foley
- Midline incision
- High ligation of IMV at level of LOT
- High ligation of L colic artery at its origin from the IMA
- Complete medial to lateral mobilization of the splenic flexure
- Identify and protect L ureter
- Transect white line of Toldt
- Transect splenocolic and gastrocolic ligaments
- Transect colon at healthy proximal and distal margins
- Stapled colo-colonic anastomosis, leave drain
Open liver resection
- Monitoring w/ a-line and central line, keep CVP < 5, foley, supine position
- Upper midline incision, evaluate abdomen and liver, palpate the mass
- Mobilize the liver as necessary (depending on where the tumor is), get control of porta hepatis
- Intraop liver US to demarcate lesion
- Resect parenchyma with ultrasonic dissector, clipping/tying large vessels
- Assure hemostasis, +/- drain, close
VATS blebectomy and pleurodesis
- Intubate w/ double lumen ETT for single lung ventilation
- Lateral decubitus position
- Bronchoscopy to eval for correct ETT placement, as well as neoplasm, infx, or aberrant anatomy
- Resect apical bullae with reinforced, linear GIA stapler
- Perform pleurodesis (mech = w/ scratch pad, or chemical = w/ talc)
- Close, leave chest tube
Chest tube sizes
24 Fr
16 Fr for PTX pigtail catheter
28 Fr for thick pus
Open LAR
- Position lithotomy, foley, DRE & irrigation
- Low midline incision
- Evaluate for mets
- Lateral to medial mobilization of the L and sigmoid colon, starting by dividing the white line of Toldt
- Identify and protect L ureter
- High ligation of IMA
- Take down splenic flexure to mobilize L colon, ligate IMV at inferior border of the pancreas
- Divide mesocolon at site of proximal transection
- Perform total mesorectal excision by entering plane b/w visceral and parietal layers of endopelvic fascia
a. High tumors: dissect 5cm distal to tumor
b. For medium to low tumors: dissect to pelvic floor (where mesorectum ends) - Transect distal rectum
- Transect colon at proximal site ensuring good margins
- Create end-to-end anastomosis with EEA stapler, check for 2 donuts
- Air leak test
- DLI if needed
McVay repair
- Open inguinal floor
- Suture conjoint tendon to Cooper’s ligament, with transition stitch just medial to the femoral vein that incorporates conjoint tendon, Cooper’s ligament, and inguinal ligament (closes down femoral space)
- Relaxing incision on rectus sheath
Parkland formula
Give 4 cc/kg/%TBSA in first 24 hours (give 1/2 the volume in the first 8 hours)
Myopectineal orifice
Conjoint tendon, iliopubic tract, inferior epigastric artery, and pubic symphysis