𝙇𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙘 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝘿𝙪𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙐𝙡𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 & 𝙊𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝
Presentation:
🔵1 day history of sever upper abdominal pain
🔵Smoker and excess ETOH
🔵CXR
➡️Pneumoperitoneum
🔵CT
➡️Perforated duodenal ulcer
🔵Time from ED➡️theatre 3 hours
Operative Approach:
🔴Thorough peritoneal lavage
➡️Lap washout allows for thorough removal of intra-abdominal contamination
➡️Modern OR table tilting can provide better view then open in select cases
🔴If fragile tissue then omental patch only
➡️This approach is a modified version of Grahams patch repair
➡️When suitable, we prefer primary closure with patch after
🔴For large perforations kocherisation of duodenum may be indicated
🔴Convert to open if:
➡️Large ulcer
➡️Associated ulcer bleed
🔴H. Pylori eradication therapy on discharge
🔴OGD in 6-8 weeks to confirm healing
Key Points:
🟢Timely intervention critical
🟢Lap approach in EGS should be encouraged
🟢Compared to open, advantages of lap are:
➡️Reduced pain
➡️Reduced LOS
➡️Reduced incisional hernia rate
🟢Trainees should be exposed to lap EGS early to develop skills and confidence
#FOAMed #GITwitter #MedEd #SurgEd #EGS #SoMe4Surgery
Hat-trick hero 🔥
@ManUtd's Bruno Fernandes is your Player of the Matchweek for his match-winning performance vs Ipswich 🌟
Watch his highlights here 👉 https://t.co/kRcoQJeEGp
This week:
Bruno PFA player of the year
First win of the season
Bruno Fernandes Hattrick
Kobbie Mainoo masterclass
Baleba unveiling
I’m finally at peace
Today I caught my Medical Officer reading Davidson’s Principles of Internal Medicine instead of orthopaedic textbooks 😭😂
After all my motivational talks about fractures, joints, ligaments, arthroscopy, and the beauty of endoscopic spine surgery… he still chose medicine
I am considering disciplinary measures like tell him to write “bone is life” 500 times. 😆😆
Or should I forgive him?
#orthopaedics #medicine
Saw someone say “Casemiro has been better than Rice this season”
I don’t know why our fans do this everytime, Rice is in a UCL final and about to win the league.
If you think I’m going to sit here and say Casemiro has been better than Rice then you’re ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. CRY😂
@edwinsifuna Nairobi County mambo sio mzuri. Clinical Officers and Doctors are in their 28th days strike. This week nurses too are downing tools.
Wewe instead of trying to address this you're busy talking about Tanzania and national politics