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Surgery 2

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Anesthetic MOA   small sensory fibers selectively blocked (shorter distance, longer action potl); mem-stabilizing drugs (dec rate of depolarization); block Na influx  
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Order of loss of nerve fn with anesthetic   Loss of pain, temperature, touch, proprioception, and then skeletal muscle tone.  
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Anesthetic: order of fibers blocked   small, slow, unmyelinated first; C-fibers (pain) before A fibers (motor); unprotonated molecule passes into nerve  
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Esters =   Procaine (Novocaine) (dental); Benzocaine (Americaine) (topical); Cocaine; prone to cause “allergic” rxn; metabolized by pseudocolinesterases  
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Amides =   Lidocaine (Xylocaine) (peripheral infiltration); Bupivacaine (Marcaine) (long acting peripheral infiltration); metabolized in liver  
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Local anesthetic: tox: early neuro sx   lightheaded/dizzy, visual disturbance, tinnitus  
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Local anesthetic: tox: late neuro sx   peri-oral numbness, mx twitches/ tremors, seizure  
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Local anesthetic: tox: cardiac sx   Hypotension (vasodilation), cardiac arrhythmia  
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Use punch biopsy for:   all pigmented lesions  
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Excisional biopsy   Fusiform excision. Length to width ratio of 3:1 & angles in the corners should be ≤ 30 degrees  
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Suture for soft tissue lesions   inverted mattress  
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Most common, benign epithelial skin tumor =   Seborrheic keratosis  
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Seborrheic keratosis: common locations   Predilection toward face, trunk, and extremities  
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Single or multiple, discrete, dry, rough, adherent scaly lesions =   actinic keratosis  
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Actinic keratosis: Tx   skin bx / excision; liquid N2; topical 5% 5-FU cream  
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Skin ca   BCCA 90% of all skin ca; SCCA more aggressive  
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Skin ca: Tx   excision w/ > 0.3cm radial margins; Mohs micrographic surgery; radiation therapy  
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Melanoma Tx   punch/excision bx (NOT shave bx); wide local excision with 1-2 cm radial margins; specimen including all subQ tissue down to fascia; refer pt to surg oncologist?  
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Do not close a wound that is:   >24 hrs old  
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Absorbable suture (Vicryl) utilized where:   below the skin, inside mouth, or where suture removal is difficult  
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Use non-absorbable suture where:   in most skin closures  
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Staples may be used for:   scalp, trunk, some extremity wounds  
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Suture size:   5-0 or 6-0 face, 3-0 or 4-0 on trunk or extremity  
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Pt w/tetanus-prone wounds (>6 hrs old, contaminated, devitalized) should receive:   tetanus toxoid if last booster was >5 yrs before injury; tetanus toxoid plus tetanus Ig if no prior vax  
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Pts w/ non-tetanus-prone wounds should receive:   tetanus toxoid alone if last booster was >10 yrs ago  
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Dirty wounds (or >8 hrs old) should be:   thoroughly debrided and allowed to heal by secondary intention  
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Puncture wounds should be considered:   dirty (stab, bullet)  
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Defn Abscess:   localized collections of pus; fluctuant (soft, fluid-like) or indurated (hard) (if cellulitis)  
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Defn Boils   staph infections of follicular or sebaceous glands  
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Defn Furuncles   acute, single-loculated abscesses; may suppurate & necrose or regress / be reabsorbed (warm, moist compresses may quicken localization of small abscesses)  
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Defn Carbuncles   larger, often multi-loculated abscesses, which usually require I&D  
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Paronychias:   occur at the nail base due to trauma  
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Felons:   abscesses of the pulp of the finger  
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Animal bites: tx   Wounds should be left open initially; broad-spectrum Abx; rabies watch  
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Pigmented lesions: look for:   Asymmetry; Borders (irregular); Color (variegated); Diameter (increasing)  
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Local anesthetic:   topical or intradermal/subcutaneous infiltration at the wound site  
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Field block:   infiltration of local anesthetics circumferentially around the wound; for irregular wounds or in areas w/thin or difficult-to-handle skin  
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Peripheral nerve block:   injection of local anesthetics adjacent to appropriate peripheral nerve (usually digital)  
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tetanus prophalaxis for a tetanus prone wound, never immunized previously or unknown   tetanus toxoid plus tetanus immune globulin at separate site  
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tetanus prophalaxis for a non-tetanus prone wound, last booster >10 years ago   tetanus toxoid alone  
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infection of hair follicle cuased by obstruction   furuncle  
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infection of the terminal phalanx or pulp of the finger   felon  
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infection involving the subepithelial folds of tissue around the nailbed   paronychia  
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technique for fusiform excision   length to width ratio of 3:1 with corner angles at approximately 30 degrees  
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most common benign epithelial skin tumor   seborrheic keratosis  
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most common type of skin cancer   basal cell carcinoma  
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characteristic appearance of a basal cell carcinoma   pearly lesion  
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treatment for all pigmented lesion   punch biopsy or excision biopsy  
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