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From the list below of surgery types, match them with their acute…
From the list below of surgery types, match them with their acute surgical intervention in the table below.
Surgery type: thoracic surgery, colon and rectal surgery, obstetrics, otolaryngology, maxillofacial surgery, vascular surgery, Plastic surgery – maxillofacial, gynaecologic oncology, Plastic surgery – hand surgery
Surgery type Acute surgical intervention
Ear, throat and nose specialist, Nasal fracture, nasal fracture reduction surgery.
Caesarean Section is the birth of the baby through a surgical abdominal incision.
Total hysterectomy for ovarian cancer.
Carotid stenting involves intravascular placement of a stent in an attempt to maintain patency of the artery
Pneumothorax, insertion of chest drains.
Mandibular fracture, surgery consists of immobilisation, usually by wiring the jaws. Internal fixation may be done with screws and plates
Anal fissure – surgical therapy involves a fistulotomy or a fistulectomy. In a fistulotomy, the fistula is opened, and healthy tissue is allowed to granulate. A fistulectomy is an excision of the entire fistulous tract.
Accidental amputated finger requiring microsurgery to reattach finger
Surgery to repair a cleft lip & palate
A 35-year-old-male returns to your ward from theatre following left leg Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery due to a sporting injury.
2. Discuss the five (5) elements to be inspected in the neurovascular assessment?
3. The Doctors orders a full blood count (FBC) for Ms Warral prior to surgery, Identify the steps required to collect a blood specimen (venepuncture) using the Venepuncture Vacuum-Extraction Method.
4. From the list below of surgery types match them with their acute surgical intervention in the table below.
Surgery type: Orthopaedic – hand surgery, Neonatal surgery, Prenatal surgery, Paediatric trauma /orthopaedic surgery, Spine surgery, Urology surgery, Orthopaedic oncology surgery, Paediatric oncology surgery, Paediatric surgery
Surgery type Acute surgical intervention
Surgical repair of an Inguinal Hernia in a baby boy who is 1 week old. A hernia happens when there is a weakness or hole in the wall of muscle that surrounds the internal organs. The organs can slip through this hole and may be cut off from their blood supply
Amputation of the left lower leg due to bone cancer in a 17year old female
Discectomy is a common surgical procedure that may be performed to decompress the nerve root in a spinal disc.
in-utero spinal surgery on a foetus with spina bifida.
Phalangeal Finger Fractures requiring Open Reduction with Internal Fixation surgery on a 28-year-old male
Nephrectomy surgery to remove a diseased kidney.
Displaced Ulna fracture in a 3year old boy due to a fall requiring surgery.
Cryptorchidism (undescended testes) is failure of the testes to descend into the scrotal sac before birth, requires surgical placement of the testes in the scrotum and is recommended before the second year of age to preserve sperm-forming cells.
Surgery to remove malignant brain tumour of a 5-year-old child
