Paediatric Surgery Flashcards
6 weeks, projectile milk vomit, not urinating, lumps on abdomen…
Pyloric Stenosis
What is pyloric stenosis?
obstruction due to thickening of the muscle
6 months, vomiting, red currant jelly stools, sausage like mass in abdo, target sign/kidney on US…
Intussusception
What is Intussusception?
blockage due to bowel folding/telescoping
6 years, abdominal pain and vomiting, can’t tolerate bumps in road or jumping…
Appendicitis
Vomiting green (as opposed to yellow)
High risk of midgut volvulus
If suspect midgut volvulus, what investigations?
Emergency contrast x-ray
What is hypospadias?
absence of urethral opening for urination
What are the commonest causes of acute scrotum?
Testicular torsion
Partial torsion
Infection
Hernia
How do you treat hypospadias?
Circumcision
Where do the testes have to pass through during descent?
Deep inguinal ring
What other structure pass through the deep inguinal ring as well as the testes?
Vas deferens and testicular artery
