General Surgery — Flashcards

Patient had a AAA surgical repair and then presented with cramping abdominal pain & bloody diarrhoea, what is the diagnosis? _____

Hint: diagnosis

Describe the pathophysiology of postprandial abdominal pain in chronic mesenteric ischaemia? _____

_____ is ↓ bowel perfusion due to atherosclerotic narrowing of the mesenteric arteries leading to "intestinal angina"

Femoral hernias are _____ to the inguinal ligament and medial to the femoral vessels

Hint: position

Acute mesenteric ischaemia typically affects the _____ ~90%

Hint: vessel

Acute mesenteric ischemia may present with "_____" stool

Which regions of the colon are most vulnerable to hypoxia / ischemia? - _____ - Rectosigmoid junction

_____ is transient hypoperfusion to the colon leading to ischaemic damage

What is the management of symptomatic chronic mesenteric ischaemia? _____

Varicose veins typically affect superficial veins in the _____