General Surgery — Flashcards

What is the management of ischaemic colitis? _____

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

Varicose veins can be secondary to obstruction e.g. _____

Varicose veins are a result of _____ leading to incompetent valves

Ischemic colitis presents with sudden-onset _____ pain followed by hematochezia

Ischemic colitis can progress to _____ colon ischaemia

Chronic mesenteric ischaemia presents with the triad of _____, "food aversion", & weight loss

Acute mesenteric ischaemia has four main causes: _____ Arterial thrombi/atherosclerosis Non-occlusive mesenteric ischaemia Mesenteric venous thrombosis

Hint: most common

Ischaemic colitis is most commonly caused by _____ hypoperfusion

Hint: non-/occlusive

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

Hint: diagnosis