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32 Cards in this Set
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Incision |
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Secretions of the liver that emulsifies fats, preparing them for further digestion and absorption in the small intestine |
Bile |
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This serous membrane that lines the abdominal cavity |
Peritoneaum |
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Incision used for trauma, most likely to herniate |
Median incision |
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Appendectomy |
Mcburney incision |
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Cholecystectomy |
Right subcostal/kocher |
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Esophagoduodenostomy |
Thoracoabdominal incision |
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Herniorraphy |
Ingunial oblique incision |
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Sigmoid surgery |
Paramedial incision (vertical) |
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Heals stronger |
Paramedial incision |
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Which incision has the least of developing a post operative hernia |
Longitudinal para median |
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Transverse incision |
used for access to the pancreas, for abdominal exploration, blunt trauma, access pelvic viscera |
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what is another name for the oblique incision? |
Kocher subcostal |
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Oblique incision |
access to specific structure especially those located laterally in the abdominal cavity |
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Groin |
inguinal & femoral areas |
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inguinal groin |
above the abdominocrural crease (>95% male) direct or indirect |
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femoral groin |
below the abdominocrural crease (97% female) |
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Ventral |
present on the anterior abdominal wall at any point other than the groin. may present along the linea alba (epigastric, umbilical, and hypogastric) or at the semilunar lines (Spigelian hernia) |
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Incisional |
hernias at sites of previous surgery and at stomal sites |
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Diaphragmatic |
hernias in the diaphragm, usually at the esophegeal hitatus |
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Reducible |
manunal manipulation can return the hernia contents to the abdominal cavity |
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Irreducible or Incarcerated |
manual manipulation can't return the hernia contents to the abdominal cavity |
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Strangulated |
hernia with luminal viscera entrapment that compromises the vascularity or the viscera |
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Richter's |
Incarcerated or strangulated bowl spontaneously reduces and the subsequent gangrenous portion of bowel may be overlooked during hernia repair |
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Sliding |
The abdominal viscera forms part of the hernia sac |
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Direct |
Inguinal hernia, acquired type, presents within the Hesselbach's triangle (bounded by the inguinal ligament, the inferior epigastric vessels, & the lateral border or the rectus abdominis) |
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Indirect |
Inguinal hernia, Congenital type, follows congenital defects that dilate the internal inguinal ring and pass through the deep inguinal ring to the scrotum. hernia sac is generally confined to the spermatic cord and the posterior inguinal wall remains intact |
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Pantaloon |
both direct and indirect hernias are present |
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Femoral hernia |
more common in females than males, prone to incarceration and strangulation |
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Epigastric |
midline hernias above the umbilicus |
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Hypogastric |
midline hernias below the umblilicus |
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Umbilical |
in children usually congenital, often spontaneously close. in adults usually acquired. consists of a peritoneal sac(s) & omentum or abdominal viscera contents protruding through the umbilical ring |
