Surgical Most Commons Flashcards
Most common indication for surgery with Crohn’s disease
Small bowel obstruction (SBO)
Most common type of melanoma?
Superficial spreading
Most common type of breast cancer?
infiltrating ductal
Most common site of breast cancer?
upper outer quadrant
Most common vessel involved with a bleeding duodenal ulcer?
gastroduodenal artery
Most common cause of common bile duct obstruction?
choledocholithiasis
Most common cause of cholangitis?
bile duct obstruction resulting from choledocholithiasis
Most common cause of pancreatitis?
EtOH
Most common bacteria in the stool?
Bacteroides fragilis
Most common cause of SBO in adults in the US?
Adhesions
Most common cause of SBO in children?
Hernias
Most common cause of emergency abdo surgery in the US?
Accute appendicitis
Most common site of GI carcinoids?
appendix
Most common abdo x-ray finding with SBO
air-fluid levels
Most common electrolyte deficiency causing ileus?
Hypokalemia
Most common cause of transfusion hemolysis?
clerical error
Most common cause of blood transfusion resulting in death?
clerical error (wrong blood types)
Most common site of distant metastasis of sarcoma?
Lungs
Most common cause of shock in a surgical patient?
Hypovolemia
Most common cause of esophageal perforation>
Iatrogenic
Most common position of anal fissure?
Posterior
Most common cause of large bowel obstruction?
colon cancer
Most common type of colonic volvulus?
sigmoid volvulus
Most common cause of fever < 48 post-op hrs?
atelectasis
Most common bacterial cause of urinary tract infection? (UTI?)
E. coli
Most common CXR finding with traumatic thoracic aortic injury?
widened mediastinum
Most common abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma?
Liver (not the spleen!)
Most common abdominal organ injured in penetrating abdominal trauma?
small bowel
Most common benign tumor of the liver?
hemangioma
Most common malingnancy of the liver?
Mets
Most common pneumonia in the ICU?
gram-negative bacteria
Most common cause of epidural hematoma?
middle meningeal artery injury
Most common cause of lower GI bleeding?
Upper GI bleeding
Most common hernia?
Inguinal hernia (right > left)
Most common cause of esophgeal laceration?
Iatrogenic instrumentation
Most common cancer in females?
lung cancer
Most common cancer in males?
Prostate cancer
Most common type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females?
Lung
Most common cause of free peritoneal air?
perforated PUD
Most common symptom with gastric cancer?
weight loss
Most common site of colon cancer hematogenous mets?
Liver
