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Define the procedure: Billroth I
Antrectomy (remove antrum of stomach) with gastroduodenostomy (connect remaining stomach to duodenum)
Define the procedure: Billroth II
Antrectomy (remove antrum of stomach) with gastrojejunostomy (connect remaining stomach to jejunum)
How can you remember the difference between the Billroth I and II?
Billroth 1 has 1 limb
Billroth 2 has 2 limbs
Define the procedure: Roux-en-Y limb?
Jejunojejunostomy forming a Y-shaped figure of small bowel
The free end can then be anastomosed to a second hollow structure (eg, esophagojejunostomy)
Define the procedure: Brooke Ileostomy?
Standard ileostomy that is folded on itself to protrude from the abdomen about 2 cm to allow easy appliance placement and collection of succus
Define the procedure: CEA?
Carotid Endarterectomy
- Removal of atherosclerotic plaque from a carotid artery
Define the procedure: Bassini Herniorrhaphy?
Repair of inguinal hernia by approximating transversus abdominis aponeurosis and the conjoint tendon to the reflection of Poupart's (inguinal) ligament
Define the procedure: McVay Herniorrhaphy?
Repair of inguinal hernia by approximating the transversus abdominis aponeurosis and the conjoint tendon to Cooper's ligament (which is basically the superior pubic bone periosteum
Define the procedure: Lichtenstein Herniorrhaphy?
"Tension-free" inguinal hernia repair using mesh (synthetic graft material)
Define the procedure: Shouldice Herniorrhaphy?
Repair of inguinal hernia by imbrication (overlap edges) of the transversalis fascia, transversus abdominis aponeurosis, and the conjoint tendon and approximation of the transversus abdominis aponeurosis and the conjoint tendon to the inguinal ligament
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