Surgery Flashcards
Achlorhydria
absence of hydrocholric acid in the stomach
Amaurosis fugax
transient visual loss in one eye
Bovie
Electrocautery
Celiotomy
surgical incision into the peritoneal cavity
Curettage
scraping of the internal surface of an organ or body cavity with a spoon shaped instrument
Gastropexy
surgical attachment of the stomach to the abdominal wall
Inspissated
thicken, hard
Leiomyoma
Benign tumor of smooth muscle
Ballance’s sign
constant dullness to percussion in LUQ and resonance to percussion in the right flank seen with splenic rupture
Battle’s sign
eccyhmosis over the mastoid process in the patients with basilar skull fractures
Beck’s triad
cardiac tamponade: JVD, decreased or muffled heart sounds, decreased blood pressure
Bergmans’ triad
fat emboli syndrome: mental status changes, petechiae, dyspnea
Blumer’s shelf
metastatic disease to rectouterine or rectovesical pouch creating a shelf that is palpable on rectle exam
Boas’ sign
right subscapular pain resulting from cholelithiasis
Borchardt’s triad
gastric volvulus: emesis followed by retching, epigastric distention, failure to pass an NGT
Carcinoid triad
carcinoid syndrome: flushing, diarrhea, right-sided HF
Charcot’s triad
cholangitis: fever, jaundice, RUQ pain
Cushing’s triad
increase intracranial pressure: hypertension, bradycardia, irregular respirations
Dance’s sign
empty RLQ in children with ileocecal intussusception
Homan’s sign
calf pain on forced dorsiflecion of the foor in pts with DVT
Kehr’s sign
severe left shoulder pain in pts with splenic rupture
Kelly’s sign
visible peristalsis of the ureter in response to squeezing or retraction- to identify ureter in surgery
Meckel’s diverticulum rule of 2s
2% of the pop have a Meckel’s diverticulum, 2% of those are symptomatic, and they occur within 2 feet of the ileocecal valve
Pheochromocytoma symptoms triad
PHE: palpitations, headache, episodic diaphoresis
