ANATOMY 101
According to Strasberg, this method is the standard approach to avoid bile duct injury during cholecystectomy.
What is the critical view of safety?
This maneuver exposes the infrahepatic IVC and right renal vein
What is the Cattell-Braasch maneuver?
A hernia containing a Meckel diverticulum.
What is a Littre hernia?
The most common cause of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection.
What is Streptococcus pneumoniae?
This rule is used to calculate pediatric maintenance IV fluids.
What is the 4:2:1 rule?
This imaginary line separates the right and left hemiliver and corresponds to this hepatic structure.
What is Cantlie’s line?
(Corresponds to the middle hepatic vein)
This point at the rectosigmoid junction is a watershed area prone to ischemia.
What is Sudeck’s point?
The recurrent laryngeal nerve is most commonly injured at this structure during thyroidectomy.
What is the ligament of Berry?
The most commonly injured nerve during thyroidectomy and the associated symptoms.
What is the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve causing loss of voice projection and vocal fatigue?
These ventilator changes decrease pCO₂.
What are increasing respiratory rate and tidal volume?
Zone I of the neck extends from this structure to this structure.
What is the thoracic inlet to the cricoid cartilage?
This structure forms the inferior border of Hesselbach triangle.
What is the inguinal ligament?
On CT, this lesion demonstrates peripheral nodular enhancement with centripetal fill-in on delayed phases.
What is a hemangioma?
The two major risk factors for stress ulcers in ICU patients.
What are coagulopathy and prolonged mechanical ventilation (>48 hours)?
Name the Hinchey classifications for diverticulitis.
What are:
→ Ia: phlegmon
→ Ib: small pericolic abscess (<4 cm)
→ II: large abscess or pelvic abscess
→ III: purulent peritonitis
→ IV: feculent peritonitis
Name the structures of the thoracic inlet from anterior to posterior.
What are the subclavian vein, phrenic nerve, anterior scalene, subclavian artery, brachial plexus, and middle scalene?
This structure lies posterior to the neck of the pancreas and anterior to the uncinate process.
What is the portal venous confluence?
This syndrome describes gastric outlet obstruction caused by a gallstone impacted in the duodenum.
What is Bouveret syndrome?
The most common malignancy after organ transplantation.
What is cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma?
This is the earliest manifestation of lower leg compartment syndrome.
What is numbness in the first web space from deep peroneal nerve compression?
Foot drop after lithotomy positioning is most commonly due to injury of this nerve.
What is the common peroneal nerve?
This structure forms the medial border of the femoral canal.
What is the lacunar ligament?
Retching, epigastric pain, and inability to pass an NG tube make up this triad.
What is Borchardt triad?
The most common hepatic arterial anomaly.
What is a replaced right hepatic artery arising from the SMA?
A bleeding trauma patient has a TEG with R = 12 min, K of 2 min, α angle of 60, MA of 40, and LY30 < 3%. These blood products should be given.
What are FFP and platelets?