PUZZLES IN GENERAL SURGERY -  Hassan Bukhari

PUZZLES IN GENERAL SURGERY (eBook)

A STUDY GUIDE (2nd Edition)
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2020 | 1. Auflage
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Puzzles in General Surgery: A Study Guide Second Edition is more than a desk reference-it offers the critical analysis that is necessary before any surgical examination, and the concise yet thorough organization of information transforms the way surgical residents and surgeons prepare for any examination in General Surgery
Surgery is fun specialty in the entire medical filed. Books and literature are the main sources of knowledge. However, getting the knowledge from large textbooks or going through large numbers of papers is time consuming and exhausting. It is about time to change the way we get our information. The author digested tones of books, handbooks and papers and then he mixed them with his experience to produce this up-to-date and concise but thorough book. This mini textbook is a hybrid. It is thorough like a textbook, concise like a handbook, and up-to-date like an article. This book provides medical students, surgical residents, and junior surgeons all the important pieces of information they need for each surgical topic. It is easy to read and memorize. It discusses in depth all aspects of a disease in a systematic and to-the-point fashion. It provides a quick but thorough review before any surgical examination of all levels.

PUZZLE 2
HEAD AND NECK
DISEASES OF THE HEAD AND NECK
Infection
Nosocomial Sinusitis
Etiology
Staphylococcus (Staph) aureus, Streptococcus (Strept) and Gram negative
Risk factor: endotracheal intubation and NGT feeding
Immunocompromised patients, patient with nasal polyp
At high risk of fungal → Mucorales, Rhizopus or Aspergillus
Treatment: Antibiotics, drainage and treat complication
Complication
Ophthalmologic: orbital cellulites or abscess
CNS: abscess, meningitis, or venous thrombosis
Pharyngitis
Types
Peritonsillar abscess
Supraglottitis
Etiology: Strept., Staph. and respiratory anaerobes are common pathogens. Haemophilus influenzae (occasion)
Complication
Airway obstruction (muffled, hoarseness, drooling, stridor or sniffing position
Treatment: secure airway, antibiotics, and incision and drainage
Solitary Neck Mass
General
2/3 Rule
2/3 are malignant
2/3 are metastatic and one-third are primary tumor
2/3 of metastatic tumors are from supraclavicular primary
2/3 squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and 2/3 are adenocarcinoma followed by lymphoma
General Rule
Patient < 20: congenital then inflammatory etiology
20–40: inflammatory then congenital etiology
> 40: cancer then inflammatory etiology
Beware of cystic neck mass, it could be cancerous
Congenital: thyroglossal cyst, branchial cyst
B9 tumor: Warthin’s tumor
Malignant: SCC and thyroid cancer
Etiology
Congenital
Anterior triangle: branchial cleft (2nd branchial cleft cyst is the most common) abnormalities (duplicate, cyst, sinus, fistula) are the most common congenital lateral neck mass
Midline
Thyroglossal cyst: most common congenital midline neck mass
Epidermoid, dermoid and teratoma
Posterior triangle: vascular (hemangioma, lymphangioma) and lymphatic malformations (cystic hygroma)
Acquired
Inflammatory
Lymphadenopathy: most common acquired neck mass. Could be due to viral (reactive) or bacterial (Staph. and Strept.)
Granulomatous lesions: Tuberculosis (TB), sarcoidosis and fungal
Non-inflammatory
Neoplastic
Benign
Thyroid: most common site for benign tumor
Salivary glands: pleomorphic and Warthin’s tumor
Lipoma, schwannoma, paraganglioma and carotid body tumors
Malignant
Thyroid cancer, salivary gland cancer, sarcoma and lymphoma
Secondary: LN metastases is the most common
> 80% from SCC of upper aerodigestive tract, 50% from adenocarcinoma of salivary gland, thyroid and melanoma
Nonneoplastic (traumatic)
Hematoma, pseudoaneurysm and neuroma
Risk Factor for Neck Malignancy
Smoking, alcohol, virus like human papilloma (HPV), HIV and Epstein-Barr (EBV) viruses; and immunosuppression
History of neck cancer, radiation and autoimmune disease (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and Sjogren’s syndrome are associated with lymphoma)
Presentation
Detailed history and examination are crucial
Any persistent mass > 2 cm in adults is cancerous until proven otherwise
Diagnosis (Figure 2)
Always perform: ENT exam, check other LN, thyroid, salivary gland, scalp, entire skin, and abdomen for organomegaly
CXR, neck U/S, neck CT ± MRI
LN features of malignancy on CT are
Large size > 10 mm at level-II, central necrosis, indistinct margins and presence of coalescent nodes
FNA for tissue diagnosis with > 90% accuracy
Excisional biopsy: may be needed to diagnose granulomatous disease and lymphoma
Treatment (see Figure 2): Surgical Therapy
General principles
Always perform excision under general anesthesia
Posterior belly of digastric muscle
Main landmark in neck dissection
3 nerves emerge from beneath (lateral to medial): accessory, vagus and then hypogastric nerves
Nerves to watch during surgery in the neck
Facial nerve (XII) and its trunk
Located in the tympanomastoid fissure close to the junction of bony and cartilaginous ear canal about 1 cm anterior and deeper to tragal point at the level of posterior belly of digastric muscle
Might have to dissect it in a retrograde fashion
Marginal mandibular branch
Tips
Horizontal incision along skin crease 2 fingerbreadths below mandible
Create superior and inferior subplatysmal flaps
Preserve marginal branch (supply depressor angularis oris, quadratus labii inferioris and mentalis) of facial nerve as it courses superficial to facial vessels (ligate vessel then retract the stump to elevate the nerve with stump) beneath platysma but above deep cervical fascia
Lingual nerve
It has a spiral course around the salivary duct of the mandibular gland
Vagus nerve (X)
It courses within carotid sheath between the carotid artery and internal jugular vein
Spinal accessory nerve (XI)
Incise the deep cervical fascia along anterior border of SCM → identify posterior belly of digastric (landmark for carotid sheath, accessory, and hypoglossal nerves)
Emerges behind sternomastoid muscle 2 cm above Erb’s point (where great auricular and cervical plexus nerves emerge from deep tissue then up and over the midpoint of SCM)
Enters the trapezius muscle 2 cm below Erb’s point
Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
Courses through level I/II between external and internal carotid arteries; then passes beneath posterior belly of digastric and mylohyoid muscles. It courses beneath mandibular gland
Phrenic nerve
Courses through supraclavicular fossa anterior to anterior scalene muscle; then crosses over the middle scalene muscle from lateral to medial side
Special Considerations
LN metastases of unknown primary: If FNA showed
SCC
Neck and chest CT + panendoscopy → if still cannot find the primary → biopsy nasopharynx, tongue base and tonsillectomy → if cannot find it → you have 2 options
Radiation therapy (RT): usually for LN < 2 cm followed by surgery for residual disease
Neck dissection: usually for LN > 2 cm followed by RT
Adenocarcinoma
US of neck and neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis CT
Bilateral mammogram ± MRI
Endoscopy: EGD and colonoscopy
If cannot find the primary → neck dissection ± RT
It has very poor prognosis
Papillary cell: Thyroid, renal and breast are possible primary
Amyloid-like: could be medullary thyroid cancer or systemic amyloidosis
Melanoma
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Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.8.2020
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Chirurgie
ISBN-10 1-0983-1074-8 / 1098310748
ISBN-13 978-1-0983-1074-5 / 9781098310745
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