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Def: diagnostic surgery

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Usually biopsy; take a sample of tumour but us. leave tumour in- establish if it’s benign or malignant.

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Prophylactic surgery

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Preventative of cancer actually happening in the future. Eg- Ovaries, visectomy, part of colon

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Palliation Surgery

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Not really to tx but to reduce suffering; compressions causing pain.

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Debulking Surgery

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Patient has multiple cancers/sites of cancer/multiple tumours; excise some of them and use a diff method/approach for the remaining tumours.

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Def: clear margins/negative margins

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No cancer cells around the periphery of the tumour. They will still leave a large margin when cutting cancer out, as not to leave any cancer cells remaining; cancer cells get activated when exposed to air; surgeons won’t cut through cancer.

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Absolute, general CIs to tx a patient post surgery? (3)

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Fever, certain/spec. drug combinations, very unstable vital signs

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What does good scar resolution look like? (6)

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Aesthetically pleasing
Collagen along fxnl lines of stress/ doesn’t impede ROM

Normal sensation ideal
No adherence to adjacent structures (nn’s, bones, viscera)

Scar tissue properly profused/drainage -> colour
No pain