The most common type of gallstones
What are cholesterol stones
During a very difficult lap chole, the IOC shoes good distal filling of the CBD but no filling of the proximal hepatic duct despite changes in the patient position. This is your next step and why
What is convert to an open procedure for concern of having accidently clipped the hepatic duct
Relaxation of this sphincter causes bile to enter the duodenum
What is the sphincter of Oddi
His "Pentad" can be a late finding in patients with biliary sepsis, and includes alterations in mental status, right upper quadrant pain, fevers, hypotension and jaundice
Who is Benedict Reynolds
The gallstone most associated with an infectious process
What are brown pigment stones
The most appropriate next step after identifying a hepatic duct transection
What is hepatico-jejunostomy
In addition to increasing gallbladder contraction, this GI hormone increases excretion of bile
What is CCK (cholecystokinin, secretin also increases bile excretion)
This German anatomist claimed to be the first to describe the main pancreatic duct. This claim later got him shot and killed!
Who is Johann Georg Wirsung
The location of the vascular supply to the common bile duct
What are 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock
The gallstones associated with hemolysis
What are black pigment stones
These are the 2 most common causes of shock post cholecystectomy
What is hemorrhagic shock from a clip falling off cystic artery, and later septic shock due to cholangitis from clipping of the common bile duct
This French Surgeon is credited with the description of the segmental anatomy of the liver in his seminal work Le Foie
Who is Clauid Couinaud
The most common bacteria associated with pigment stones
What is E. coli
POD 7 lap chole's RUQ U/S shows 8x8cm fluid collection and this is the appropriate course of action.
What is percutaneous drainage
These are the two breakdown products of conjugated bilirubin that give rise to the pigment in urine and stool
What are Stercobilin (in stool) and urobilin (in urine)
This German anatomist is credited with describing this biliary variant. Careful! Failure to recognize it can lead to bile in your surgical drain!
Who is Hubert von Luschka
Dissection ventral to this sulcus is another safety precaution takin when performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy because it can reliably simulate the plane of the right hepatic duct
What is Rouviere's Sulcus
An identified clip fell off the cystic duct post lap chole. this is the approriate management
What is ERCP, Sphincterotomy and temporary stent placement
This is the virus most commonly associated with acalculous cholecystitis
What is CMV
This American Surgeon, not yet deceased, first coined the term "The Critical View of Safety," for teaching safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Who is Steven Strasberg