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Reconstruction of the Severely Damaged Female Urethra | Urology Surgery
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Closure of Bladder Neck in the Male and Female. Reconstruction of the Severely Damaged Female Urethra. January 17, 2010. Rarely, indwelling urethral catheters may cause pressure necrosis of the urethra, and even more rarely, trauma to the pelvis may result in fracture or separation of the symphysis pubis, which lacerates the urethra and/or vesical neck. Finally, there may be local invasion of these tissues from carcinoma of the cervix or damage from radiation treatment. Urethral reconstruction is technic...
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THE ADRENAL GLANDS
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008. KEY POINTS: THE ADRENAL GLANDS. Embryologically the adrenals are distinct from the kidney. Developmental abnormalities of one do not affect the other. The adrenal is divided into the medulla and the cortex. The adrenal medulla receives preganglionic sympathetic input that stimulates the release of catecholamines from medullary chromaffin cells. The adrenal cortex is composed of three distinct areas: the zona glomerulosa, zona fasciculata, and zona reticularis. Left inferior phre...
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THE URETERS
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008. KEY POINT: THE URETERS. The course of the ureter begins posterior to the renal artery and continues along the anterior edge of the psoas muscle. The gonadal vessels cross anterior to the ureter in this region. The ureter next passes over the iliac vessels, generally marking the bifurcation of common iliac into internal and external iliacs. The ureters are bilateral tubular structures responsible for transporting urine from the renal pelvis to the bladder (see Fig. 1-1. Transvers...
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Multiple and mass casualties « Surgery Online
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Surgery and Surgical Procedure. Multiple and mass casualties. Patient numbers may for a time exceed the capacity of medical teams to render normal care. Under these circumstances, it is necessary to sort casualties on the basis of need so that available resources and personnel can render the ‘most for the most’, to quote an American military surgeon. This is ‘. And it is outlined below. A quick survey is made to separate the dead and the walking from the injured. Optional) heavy manpower demands. You are...
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2009 May 24 « Surgery Online
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Surgery and Surgical Procedure. 1 To understand a simple system for examining the musculoskeletal system. 2 To learn the specific features to be sought in each area of the body.Musculoskeletal examination works on a simple system originally designed by Apley. It consists of four-letter words divided into threes. The first stem is:. The second stem branching off from each of these first two stems is:. Finally, ‘move’ is divided into:. It is not always necessary to lay the patient down for an orthopaedic e...
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WOUND TISSUE REPAIR and SCARS « Surgery Online
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Surgery and Surgical Procedure. WOUND TISSUE REPAIR and SCARS. A wound can be caused by almost any injurious agent and can involve almost any tissue or structure. The most useful classification of wounds from a practical point of view is that of Rank and Wakefield into tidy and untidy wounds. Bruise, contusion and haematoma. Puncture wounds and bites. Abrasions and friction burns. September 20, 2008. WOUND TISSUE REPAIR and SCARS. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Follow “Surgery...
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Technique of saphenopopliteal junction ligation « Surgery Online
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Surgery and Surgical Procedure. Technique of saphenopopliteal junction ligation. A pin-stripper (Oesch) is passed down the short saphenous vein as described above for the long saphenous vein. This is recovered through a 2-mm incision made at the mid-calf level. A heavy suture is used to attach the vein to the upper end of the stripper and gentle traction applied to the stripper. The inverted vein appears in the calf incision. Complications of varicose vein surgery. Bruising and discomfort are common foll...
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Warfare injuries « Surgery Online
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Surgery and Surgical Procedure. Penetrating missile wounds, injuries from blast phenomena and burns are the typical features of modern conventional war. This chapter is concerned only with missile wounds and blast injury. Missile wounds are caused by bullets or by fragments from exploding shells, mines or bombs. Exposure to blast phenomena may result in unique and complex injury patterns, and these will be described. Wound ballistics and mechanisms of Injury. KE – = 1/2M (v12-v22). The extent of cavitati...