Sigmoid Vs caecal volvulus
◼️Caecal volvulus is more common in females, whereas sigmoid volvulus is more common in males.
◼️On plain radiograph caecal volvulus shadow appears like a human embryo, referred to as embryo sign whereas sigmoid volvulus shadow resemble a coffee bean.
◼️The twist in caecal volvulus is usually clockwise (to remember it easily, volvulus on the right has its clock going the right direction), whereas that of sigmoid volvulus it is anticlockwise.
◼️On erect films, there is a single air fluid level in caecal volvulus and two air fluid levels in sigmoid volvulus.
◼️In both conditions, a barium enema reveal a bird beak deformity.
N.B above fig demonstrate risk factors in sigmoid volvulus.
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◼️Caecal volvulus is more common in females, whereas sigmoid volvulus is more common in males.
◼️On plain radiograph caecal volvulus shadow appears like a human embryo, referred to as embryo sign whereas sigmoid volvulus shadow resemble a coffee bean.
◼️The twist in caecal volvulus is usually clockwise (to remember it easily, volvulus on the right has its clock going the right direction), whereas that of sigmoid volvulus it is anticlockwise.
◼️On erect films, there is a single air fluid level in caecal volvulus and two air fluid levels in sigmoid volvulus.
◼️In both conditions, a barium enema reveal a bird beak deformity.
N.B above fig demonstrate risk factors in sigmoid volvulus.
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PAIN
🔻Pain is an unpleasant sensation of varying intensity.
🔻It is one of nature’s ways of warning us that something is going wrong in our body.
🔻Pain is a commonest symptom which patient complains to a clinician, in surgery.
🔻It comes from Latin word ‘poena’ means penalty or punishment.
🔻The two most significant properties of an abdominal pain are its site and its character.
🔻Tenderness is pain induced by a stimulus, such as pressure from the doctor’s hand, or forced movement.
🔻Pain is the one patient feels, while tenderness (sign) is the one surgeon or clinician elicits.
🔻Tenderness can be both a symptom and a physical sign!
🔻Rebound tenderness:
-"Release Sign, Blumberg’s Sign": is an abrupt increase in pain when an examiner suddenly releases compression of the abdominal wall.
-Caused by irritation of the receptors in parietal peritoneum.
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🔻Pain is an unpleasant sensation of varying intensity.
🔻It is one of nature’s ways of warning us that something is going wrong in our body.
🔻Pain is a commonest symptom which patient complains to a clinician, in surgery.
🔻It comes from Latin word ‘poena’ means penalty or punishment.
🔻The two most significant properties of an abdominal pain are its site and its character.
🔻Tenderness is pain induced by a stimulus, such as pressure from the doctor’s hand, or forced movement.
🔻Pain is the one patient feels, while tenderness (sign) is the one surgeon or clinician elicits.
🔻Tenderness can be both a symptom and a physical sign!
🔻Rebound tenderness:
-"Release Sign, Blumberg’s Sign": is an abrupt increase in pain when an examiner suddenly releases compression of the abdominal wall.
-Caused by irritation of the receptors in parietal peritoneum.
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🔻Radiation of pain:
-It is the extension of the pain to another site while the initial pain persists.
-Radiating pain is of same character of original site.
-For example, penetration of duodenal ulcer posteriorly causes pain both in epigastrium and back.
-Pain of pancreatitis radiates to back.
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-It is the extension of the pain to another site while the initial pain persists.
-Radiating pain is of same character of original site.
-For example, penetration of duodenal ulcer posteriorly causes pain both in epigastrium and back.
-Pain of pancreatitis radiates to back.
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🔻Referred pain:
-It is pain that is felt at a distance from its source. It's not felt at the site of the disease.
-For example, inflammation of the diaphragm causes a pain experienced only at the tip of the shoulder.
-Hip joint pathology may cause referred pain in knee joint.
-Referred pain in the epigastrium from the heart; referred pain in the abdomen from pleura; referred pain over the testis from the ureter..etc
-Referred pain is caused by the inability of the central nervous system to distinguish between visceral and somatic sensory impulses.
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-It is pain that is felt at a distance from its source. It's not felt at the site of the disease.
-For example, inflammation of the diaphragm causes a pain experienced only at the tip of the shoulder.
-Hip joint pathology may cause referred pain in knee joint.
-Referred pain in the epigastrium from the heart; referred pain in the abdomen from pleura; referred pain over the testis from the ureter..etc
-Referred pain is caused by the inability of the central nervous system to distinguish between visceral and somatic sensory impulses.
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🔻Shifting/migration of pain:
-Origin of pain is in one site; later pain shifts to another site and pain at original site disappears.
-Pain when begins in viscera, is felt at the same somatic segmental area in the body; but once parietal layer is involved by inflammation/ pathology pain is felt at the anatomical site.
-Common example is that of acute appendicitis.
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-Origin of pain is in one site; later pain shifts to another site and pain at original site disappears.
-Pain when begins in viscera, is felt at the same somatic segmental area in the body; but once parietal layer is involved by inflammation/ pathology pain is felt at the anatomical site.
-Common example is that of acute appendicitis.
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-The normal appendix may not be visualized on US.
-The diameter of the appendix is usually less than 6 mm. When visible, the normal appendix compresses when pressure is applied with the transducer.
-The inflamed appendix is noncompressible (using a technique called graded compression).
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-The diameter of the appendix is usually less than 6 mm. When visible, the normal appendix compresses when pressure is applied with the transducer.
-The inflamed appendix is noncompressible (using a technique called graded compression).
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Pericardial tamponade
-Becks triad
•Hypotension
•Engorged neck veins (elevated JVP)
•Muffled heart sounds.
-Acue tamponade 👉🏼100 cc of blood
-Chronic tamponade 👉🏼700-1000 cc of blood.
(Chronic tamponade occurs in pericarditis due to TB, renal failure, liver failure, heart failure, tumor).
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-Becks triad
•Hypotension
•Engorged neck veins (elevated JVP)
•Muffled heart sounds.
-Acue tamponade 👉🏼100 cc of blood
-Chronic tamponade 👉🏼700-1000 cc of blood.
(Chronic tamponade occurs in pericarditis due to TB, renal failure, liver failure, heart failure, tumor).
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In Tension Pneumothorax:
Needle puncture or needle decompression (wide bore needle): in the 2nd intercostal space at the level of mid-clavicular line, converting it into open pneumothorax allowing air to escape into atmosphere thus temporarily relief the tension pneumothorax.
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Needle puncture or needle decompression (wide bore needle): in the 2nd intercostal space at the level of mid-clavicular line, converting it into open pneumothorax allowing air to escape into atmosphere thus temporarily relief the tension pneumothorax.
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You must be able to identify the visceral pleural line(Fig.10-1) to make the definitive diagnosis of a pneumothorax!
-Visualization of the visceral pleural line—a must for the diagnosis.
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-Visualization of the visceral pleural line—a must for the diagnosis.
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Recognizing acute cholecystitis on US:
-The presence of gallstones, possibly impacted in the neck of the gallbladder or cystic duct) (Fig. 21-5)
-Thickening of the gallbladder wall (>3 mm) (see Fig. 21-5, A)
-Pericholecystic fluid (fluid around the gallbladder) (see Fig. 21-5, B)
- A positive sonographic Murphy sign (A positive Murphy sign in this case is pain that is elicited by compression of the gallbladder with the US probe).
•In the presence of gallstones and gallbladder wall thickening, US has a positive predictive value for acute cholecystitis as high as 94%.
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-The presence of gallstones, possibly impacted in the neck of the gallbladder or cystic duct) (Fig. 21-5)
-Thickening of the gallbladder wall (>3 mm) (see Fig. 21-5, A)
-Pericholecystic fluid (fluid around the gallbladder) (see Fig. 21-5, B)
- A positive sonographic Murphy sign (A positive Murphy sign in this case is pain that is elicited by compression of the gallbladder with the US probe).
•In the presence of gallstones and gallbladder wall thickening, US has a positive predictive value for acute cholecystitis as high as 94%.
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Peau d’ Orange appearance:
-It is due to blockage of the lymphatics draining the skin—cutaneous lymphedema.
-The hair follicles are more firmly fixed to the subcutaneous tissue than the rest of the skin.
-The hair follicles appear to be retracted and the between areas swell giving the orange peel appearance.
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-It is due to blockage of the lymphatics draining the skin—cutaneous lymphedema.
-The hair follicles are more firmly fixed to the subcutaneous tissue than the rest of the skin.
-The hair follicles appear to be retracted and the between areas swell giving the orange peel appearance.
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•Why is indirect inguinal hernia more common in right side ?
Due to delayed descend of right testis , slower closure of a patent processus vaginalis on the right side compared to the left.
It's almost about one month difference.
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Due to delayed descend of right testis , slower closure of a patent processus vaginalis on the right side compared to the left.
It's almost about one month difference.
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•What's the difference between osteoporosis and osteomalasia ?
-In osteoporosis, bone mass decreases, but the ratio of bone mineral to bone matrix is normal.
-In osteomalacia, the ratio of bone mineral to bone matrix is low.
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-In osteoporosis, bone mass decreases, but the ratio of bone mineral to bone matrix is normal.
-In osteomalacia, the ratio of bone mineral to bone matrix is low.
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Examination of an Incision
By inspection:
Site, side, length, direction, the healing by primary or secondary intention, relation to deep structures any signs of complication of incision as hematoma, discharge, swelling, redness..etc
-If there's dressing, comment on:
Site, side, dry or wet, clear in colour or red, yellow...
-Do not forget to say to the examiner:
"I shoud to expose the dressing".
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By inspection:
Site, side, length, direction, the healing by primary or secondary intention, relation to deep structures any signs of complication of incision as hematoma, discharge, swelling, redness..etc
-If there's dressing, comment on:
Site, side, dry or wet, clear in colour or red, yellow...
-Do not forget to say to the examiner:
"I shoud to expose the dressing".
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Note
When bile duct system is strictured due to a known cause it is called secondary sclerosing cholangitis, the causes can be divided into iatrogenic and non iatrogenic:
Iatrogenic causes:
1) Bile duct surgery.
2) Infusion of 5 flourodeoxyuridine in treatment of hepatic metastasis.
3) Formalin injection into a hydatid cyst.
4) Injection of alcohol into a hepatic tumour.
Non iatrogenic causes:
1) Bile duct stones leading to cholangitis.
2) Parasitic infestation of biliary system especially clonorchis sinensis infection.
3) Cholangiocarcinoma.
4) AIDS, probably because it promote infection of biliary system with CMV or cryptosporidiosis.
5) IgG4 associated cholangitis (this is a newly recognised disease associated with autoimmune pancreatitis).
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When bile duct system is strictured due to a known cause it is called secondary sclerosing cholangitis, the causes can be divided into iatrogenic and non iatrogenic:
Iatrogenic causes:
1) Bile duct surgery.
2) Infusion of 5 flourodeoxyuridine in treatment of hepatic metastasis.
3) Formalin injection into a hydatid cyst.
4) Injection of alcohol into a hepatic tumour.
Non iatrogenic causes:
1) Bile duct stones leading to cholangitis.
2) Parasitic infestation of biliary system especially clonorchis sinensis infection.
3) Cholangiocarcinoma.
4) AIDS, probably because it promote infection of biliary system with CMV or cryptosporidiosis.
5) IgG4 associated cholangitis (this is a newly recognised disease associated with autoimmune pancreatitis).
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Partial cholecystectomy
◼️This operation was first described in the 1950's and is considered a safe alternative to complete cholecystectomy with fairly good outcomes.
◼️The procedure entails drainage of gallbladder contents, and removal of a part of the gallbladder leaving the neck insitu, and in some cases leaving the posterior gallbladder wall insitu.
◼️The procedure is indicated in severe acute cholecystitis and gangrenous/necrotizing cholecystitis where inflammation is extensive and biliary structures are not adequately visualised.
◼️It is still considered less than ideal, as complications such as recurrence of gallstones, recurrence of biliary symptoms, and occurence of persistent biliary fistula has been reported.
◼️The above figure is an ERCP after partial cholecystectomy, showing recurrence of biliary stones in the common bile duct which appear as filling defects (white arrow) and the remnant of the cystic duct (Black arrow)
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◼️This operation was first described in the 1950's and is considered a safe alternative to complete cholecystectomy with fairly good outcomes.
◼️The procedure entails drainage of gallbladder contents, and removal of a part of the gallbladder leaving the neck insitu, and in some cases leaving the posterior gallbladder wall insitu.
◼️The procedure is indicated in severe acute cholecystitis and gangrenous/necrotizing cholecystitis where inflammation is extensive and biliary structures are not adequately visualised.
◼️It is still considered less than ideal, as complications such as recurrence of gallstones, recurrence of biliary symptoms, and occurence of persistent biliary fistula has been reported.
◼️The above figure is an ERCP after partial cholecystectomy, showing recurrence of biliary stones in the common bile duct which appear as filling defects (white arrow) and the remnant of the cystic duct (Black arrow)
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