General Surgery — Flashcards

Risk factors for hernias include ↑ _____

Hint: risk factor

_____ hernias are worse

Hint: obstructed/strangulated

Anal fissures are described as tears in the anal mucosa _____ the dentate line

_____ disorders ↑ risk for hernias

What short-term management can be used for pain-relief in anal fissures? _____

What are the examination findings for reducible hernias? _____

Hint: 2

Indirect inguinal hernias herniate _____ to the inferior epigastric vessels

What is the management for (adults) asymptomatic/small inguinal hernias? _____

_____ are the protrusion of internal tissue and/or organs through an abnormal opening in the abdominal wall

Meniere's disease episodes typically last _____