General Surgery — Flashcards

Surgical site infections can cause _____ & wound dishiscence

Hint: systemic

Patient recovering from a right hemicolectomy for colon cancer with erythema, fever, and purulent exudate at the midline laparotomy incision → _____

Hint: what organism?

Patient post-hysterectomy presenting with fever, pelvic pain, and a superficial wound infection showing erythema and serous drainage → _____

Hint: what organism?

What imaging should be considered in deep surgical site infections? _____

What layers of bowel are affected in acute mesenteric ischaemia? _____

Varicose veins in women ↑ during _____

What is the management of ischaemic colitis with signs of severe disease, peritonism, perforation, non-resolving? _____

Chronic mesenteric ischaemia affects the _____ and patients with ↑ high cardiovascular risk

Hint: age demographic

What is the strangulation risk vs inguinal hernia type? _____

Acute mesenteric ischemia may present with "_____" stool