Flashcards in Surgical Categories/Procedure Classification Deck (8)
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Emergency sx
Life threatening
GDV
Severe thoracic injury (rupture; d.hernia)
Perforated bowel
Pyometra
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Urgent sx
Necessary but not immediately life threatening
Long bone fracture repair
Some GI sx eg. FB removal
Infected dew claw removal
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Elective sx
Patient usually young & healthy
No risk to life
Routine neutering
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Reasons for delay of emergency/urgent sx
Stabilisation eg. Shock
Investigation eg. Diagnostics
IVFT/transfusions
More pressing injuries
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Clean procedure
Sterile
Wound made aseptically
No break in aseptic technique
Ortho
OVH
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Clean-contaminated
Wound made aseptically
Entering oropharynx/resp. or alimentary tracts
No source of contamination
Tracheotomy
Gastronomy
Enterotomy
Lung lobectomy
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Contaminated procedure
Major spill of contaminated material
Break in sterile technique
Entry into viscera w/bacterial load
Colon/rectum/urogenital tract/oral sx
Colonic ex-lap
Cystotomy
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