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Genitourinary Surgery

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1. Severely decreased or no urine output.
Endoscopic removal
Adrenalectomy
Postadrenalectomy
End-stage renal disease

2. Why does the ureter run obliquely through the bladder wall?
It allows the bladder to prevent reflux through muscular contraction upon the ureter.
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease/diabetic nephropathy
Emptying the bladder and closing the bladder orifice.
Addison's disease

3. 90% of the cases only one kidney is affected.

4. Recommended for severe phimosis.
Circumcision
Adrenalectomy
Renal cell carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma

5. Diabetic nephropathy other names.
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease - and diabetic glomerulosclerosis.
Cryptorchidism
Adrenalectomy
Inherited - develops between the ages of 30 and 40 - 90% of all PKD fall into this category.

6. Central body obesity - glucose intolerance - hypertension - hirsutism - osteoporosis - kidney stone formation - emotional instability - menstrual irregularity.

7. PSA
Diabetic nephropathy/Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease.
Useful in determining cancer of the prostate.
Cryptorchidism
Twisting

8. Another name for IVU
A tumor affecting the medulla of the adrenal gland causing an overproduction of adrenaline.
Inguinal incision
Intravenous pyelogram (IVP).
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease - and diabetic glomerulosclerosis.

9. KUB stands for?
Retrograde urogram
End-stage renal disease
Kidney - ureters - and bladder.
Adrenalectomy

10. Incision often used to access the scrotal contents of an adult or child.
Inguinal incision
Contrast medium is injected into the ureters with the use of a cystoscope because of an obstruction.
Wilms' tumor.
Diabetic nephropathy/Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease.

11. Seen in patients with end-stage renal disease who are on dialysis.
Primary cause is a pituitary tumor (overproduction of ACTH) - tumor of the adrenal cortex (may be benign or malignant).
Wilms' tumor.
Endoscopic removal
Renal cell carcinoma

12. The developmental absence of the anterior wall of the urethra.
Renal cell carcinoma
Gibson incision
When the parenchyma of the kidney is replaced by multiple fluid-filled benign cysts.
Epispadias.

13. Two portions of the adrenal gland
Intercostal incision
When the parenchyma of the kidney is replaced by multiple fluid-filled benign cysts.
Autosomal dominant - autosomal recessive - acquired cystic kidney disease.
Cortex and medulla

14. Flank or lumbar incision
Adrenalectomy
More than one million.
Scrotal incision
Adrenal gland

15. What is phimosis?
Contrast medium is injected into the ureters with the use of a cystoscope because of an obstruction.
Subcostal flank incision
Hypospadias
A condition that prevents the foreskin from retracting over the glans penis.

16. Pheochromacytoma
Intravenous pyelogram (IVP).
A tumor affecting the medulla of the adrenal gland causing an overproduction of adrenaline.
Intercostal incision
Transcostal incision

17. Approximate number of nephrons in each kidney
Renal cell carcinoma
Phimosis
Renal cell carcinoma
More than one million.

18. Incision - low lying kidney or mid to upper ureter
Renal cell carcinoma
Cortex and medulla
Subcostal flank incision
Endoscopic removal

19. What is the treatment for Cushing's syndrome?
Pituitary tumors - surgical removal or radiation therapy. Benign adrenal tumors - removed endoscopically - malignant tumors - surgical removal.
Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)
Primary cause is a pituitary tumor (overproduction of ACTH) - tumor of the adrenal cortex (may be benign or malignant).
Forcefully removes tumor segments and blood clots from the bladder.

20. Ultrasound - CT - and MRI will aid in diagnosing the extent of the tumor and any metastasis.

21. Weight loss - weakness and fatigue - GI disturbances - low blood pressure - darkening of the skin - hair loss - and dramatic mood and behavior changes.

22. Family history is probably the most important factor in diagnosing.
PKD/polycystic kidney disease
Testicular cancer
Secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine.
Hypospadias

23. Ellik evacuator
Adrenal gland
Flank incision
Forcefully removes tumor segments and blood clots from the bladder.
Cushing's syndrome

24. Done endoscopically or via a traditional incision.
Intravenous pyelogram (IVP).
IVU
Adrenalectomy
An enhancement of KUB.

25. Usually strikes young men between the ages of 20 and 40.
Wilms' tumor.
Diabetic nephropathy/Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease.
Testicular cancer
Biopsy

26. A normal part of aging affecting most men over the age of 50.
Addison's disease
Scrotal incision
Transcostal incision
Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)

27. Classic symptoms of Pheochromacytoma.
Useful in determining cancer of the prostate.
A tumor affecting the medulla of the adrenal gland causing an overproduction of adrenaline.
Severe headaches - excess sweating - tachycardia-palpitations - anxiety - tremor - pain in the epigastric region - weight loss - and heat intolerance.
Renal cell carcinoma

28. Usually performed because of a tumor - causes Cushing's syndrome or pheochromocytoma.
A nuclear medicine study that is designed to detect and locate pheochromocytoma.
End-stage renal disease
Adrenalectomy
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease/diabetic nephropathy

29. Incision - planned between the 11th and 12th rib - involves separation rather than resection.
Cushing's syndrome
Intercostal incision
PKD/polycystic kidney disease
Urinalysis

30. MIBG
Kidney - ureters - and bladder.
Wilms' tumor.
A nuclear medicine study that is designed to detect and locate pheochromocytoma.
Hypospadias

31. Autosomal recessive PKD
Inherited - extremely rare - affects young children.
Adrenalectomy
Secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine.
Calcium-based 75% - struvite or magnesium ammonium phosphate 15% - uric acid - cystine.

32. Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) may be used.
Intravenous pyelogram (IVP).
End-stage renal disease
Renal cell carcinoma
Cryptorchidism

33. Adrenalectomy
Primary cause is a pituitary tumor (overproduction of ACTH) - tumor of the adrenal cortex (may be benign or malignant).
Autosomal dominant - autosomal recessive - acquired cystic kidney disease.
Renal cell carcinoma
The surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands.

34. Injection of a contrast medium.
Tissue samples
IVU
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease/diabetic nephropathy
Renal cell carcinoma

35. Abdominal ultrasound and CT scans.
Renal cell carcinoma
Twisting
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease/diabetic nephropathy
Renal cell carcinoma/adenocarcinoma of the renal cells.

36. Retrograde urogram
Adrenalectomy
Contrast medium is injected into the ureters with the use of a cystoscope because of an obstruction.
Cryptorchidism
Flank incision

37. Functional units of the kidney
Inherited - develops between the ages of 30 and 40 - 90% of all PKD fall into this category.
End-stage renal disease (ESRD)
Biopsy
Nephrons

38. Radical nephrectomy recommended if it has not spread.
Renal cell carcinoma
Testicular cancer
Gibson incision.
Adrenal gland

39. Diagnosis for ESRD
Cortex and medulla
Addison's disease
When the kidneys are functioning at less than 10% of normal capacity.
Kidney - ureters - and bladder.

40. PKD
Cryptorchidism
Useful in determining cancer of the prostate.
Polycystic kidney disease
PKD/polycystic kidney disease

41. Incision - direct access provided to the adrenal gland - kidney - and proximal ureter.
Adrenalectomy
Polycystic kidney disease
Flank incision
Addison's disease

42. May reduce or obstruct blood flow and produce ischemia or necrosis.
An enhancement of KUB.
Forcefully removes tumor segments and blood clots from the bladder.
Cryptorchidism
Testicular torsion

43. Obtained using percutaneous - endoscopic - and open methods.
Tissue samples
Lumbar incision
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease - and diabetic glomerulosclerosis.
Addison's disease

44. Treatment of certain types of reproductive malignancies.
Twisting
Adrenalectomy
Phimosis
Renal cell carcinoma

45. Excessive thirst and edema.
Flank incision
Intercostal incision
Diabetic nephropathy/Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease.
A condition that prevents the foreskin from retracting over the glans penis.

46. Incision - provides limited exposure - used for adrenalectomy - renal biopsy - or removal of a small low-lying kidney.
Postadrenalectomy
Renal cell carcinoma
Lumbar incision
End-stage renal disease

47. Incision used to access the scrotal contents.
Dialysis and kidney transplant.
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease/diabetic nephropathy
Endoscopy
Scrotal incision

48. Two treatment options for ESRD.
Dialysis and kidney transplant.
Flank incision
Tissue samples
Contrast medium is injected into the ureters with the use of a cystoscope because of an obstruction.

49. The only way to accurately determine the presence of malignancy and the exact cell type.
Dialysis and kidney transplant.
Biopsy
Cryptorchidism
Twisting

50. Urethral opening occurs in the vagina of the female.
Hypospadias
Flank incision
Adrenalectomy
Cryptorchidism