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Incision for an injury to the left subclavian, left ventricle, descending aorta, left pulm artery, distal esophagus
Left posterolateral incision
If you cannot identify cystic duct, what do you do next
IOC through the infundibulum of the gallbladder
Vascular Injuries
- -Anterior tibial ligation can occur if needed
- -Brachial artery must be repaired to prevent hand ischemia
- -Primary repair or interposition graft should be done when possible
- -Injuries to both tibial arteries must be repaired to ensure there is at least a single vessel run off to the foot
- radial artery injuries can be safely lighted in pts with good ulnar flow
Pancreatic Leak
When fluid amylase levels are more than 3x higher than serum amylase levels
Embolectomy Size
Aortic Embolectomy- 6 or 7 french
Iliacs- 5 french
Femoropopliteal- 4 french
Tibial - 3 french
Reasons for Diagnostic Laparoscopsy
Gynecological evaluation
Oncalogic staging
Chronic abdominal pain
Hiatal Hernias
Type 1: most common, GE junction lies above the diaphragm (sliding hernia)
–can be treated non op with proton pump inhibitors
Type 2: paraesophageal hernia
- -ge junction is fixed and there is a true hernia sac in which the fundus of the stomach rises upward into the chest
- -should be electively repaired
Type 3: 2nd most common
Mixed hernia
GE junction lies above the diaphragm
Enlargement of the hernia allow the stomach and other organs to protrude through the hernia sac
Antidotes
Ethylene Glycol: fomepizole
Opioids: naloxone
Benzos: flumezanil
Methemoglobin: methalene blue
Hepatoblastoma
Tx with neoadjuvant chemo followed by surgrery
Gastroschesis
Abdominal wall defect located over the area where normal involution of the right umbilical vein occurs
True cause of gastroschesis is unknown
If intestine fails to return - protrusion through the umbilical ring- omphalocele
Omphalocele
By the 11th week of gestation, the midgut returns back into the abdominal cavity and undergoes normal rotation and fixation, along with closure of the umbilical ring. If the intestine fails to return, the infant is born with abdominal contents protruding directly through the umbilical ring, termed an omphalocele
Most common composition of nephrolithiasis?
Calcium Oxalate
Which of the following is the MOST common cause of this syndrome in Asia
Budd-Chiari syndrome
- venous obstruction
- at the level of the inferior vena cava, the hepatic veins, or the central veins within the liver.
The etiology of this syndrome has a geographical variation.
In the West, acute or chronic thrombosis and malignancy is the most common etiology.
In Asia, membranous webs are the major cause of obstruction of the vena cava and hepatic veins.
The most common causes of Budd-Chiari syndrome in the WEST are hypercoagulable conditions associated with polycythemia vera, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, myeloproliferative disorders and conditions associated with high estrogen levels such as pregnancy and use of contraceptive pills.
Bottom Line: In Asia, membranous webs are the major cause of obstruction of the vena cava and hepatic veins in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome.
TNM staging for thyroid cancer
T1, <2 cm; T2, 2-4 cm, >4 cm; T3, >4 cm; T4a, extrathyroidal extension; T4b, invades prevertebral fascia or encases carotid artery or mediastinal vessels.
N0, no nodal involvement; N1, regional nodal metastases; N1a, metastasis to level 6 lymph nodes; N1b, metastasis to unilateral, bilateral, or contralateral cervical or superior mediastinal lymph nodes;
M0, no distant metastases; M1, distant metastases
Therefore, the patient in this scenario is T2, N1a, and M1. However, Age is the most important component of the TNM staging for well-differentiated thyroid cancer. For patients younger than 45 years, all patients are classified to either stage I or stage II regardless of the tumor size and lymph nodes involvement. Thus, this patient has stage II thyroid cancer despite the distant metastasis.
Posterior laparoscopic retroperitoneal adrenalectomy
Posterior retroperitoneal laparoscopic approach is most ideal for patients with previous abdominal surgeries and bilateral adrenal lesions.
GIST
Submucosal mass C-kit positive Spreads hematogenouslyi Lymph node dissection not indicated Just negative margins Form from interstitial cell of cajal Imatinib--tyrosine kinase inhibitor
even for complete resection, NCCN and Europeans still recommend postoperative gleevag in high risk patients (tumor bigger than 10 cm or more than 10 mitotic count per HPF
Yethere’s overall survival and recurrence-free survival benefits and they recommend at least 36 months
CAGB
Internal mammary is the best conduit
Brown recluse spider bite in children
Treat with cold compress and elevation
Whipple’s triad
Dx of insulinoma
1) neuroglycopenic symptoms
2) low blood glucose
3) relief of symptoms with glucose administration
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
Soft tissue sarcoma (before 45)
Breast and brain neoplasms
*****p53 **
Aortoenteric fistula
First do an EGD to rule out an upper GI bleed as a cause of the bleeding
PEEP
Results in increased dead space ventilation and hypotension because of decreased preload
Magnesium
In icu pts you want magnesium to be >2
Hypomagnesemia: neuromuscular and CNS irritability, impairs parathyroid hormone excretion
appendiceal tumor:
1% of the time
Carcinoid most common
If <1cm–treat with appendectomy alone
If found to have appendiceal adenocarcinoma
–should then receivce right hemicolectomy and cytoredcuctive surgery of implants