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Genitourinary Surgery
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1. Incision - planned between the 11th and 12th rib - involves separation rather than resection.
Adrenalectomy
Orchiopexy
Intercostal incision
Gibson incision
2. Abdominal ultrasound and CT scans.
Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)
Renal cell carcinoma
Kidney - ureters - and bladder.
IVU
3. Surgical removal of the affected kidney is recommended and should be followed by radiation and chemotherapy. If treated prior to metastasis the 5-year survival rate is 90%.
4. Best for nonmalignant masses.
Flank incision
Endoscopic removal
Cryptorchidism
Renal cell carcinoma
5. Family history is probably the most important factor in diagnosing.
PKD/polycystic kidney disease
Renal cell carcinoma
Inherited - extremely rare - affects young children.
Endoscopic removal
6. May reduce or obstruct blood flow and produce ischemia or necrosis.
Pituitary tumors - surgical removal or radiation therapy. Benign adrenal tumors - removed endoscopically - malignant tumors - surgical removal.
Renal cell carcinoma
Addison's disease
Testicular torsion
7. 90% of the cases only one kidney is affected.
8. Three cavernous structures of the penis.
Inguinal incision
The two corpora cavernosa on the dorsal side that lie side by side. The corpus spongiosum which lies in the midline below the former structures.
Subcostal flank incision
An enhancement of KUB.
9. Incision - direct access provided to the adrenal gland - kidney - and proximal ureter.
Flank incision
Pituitary tumors - surgical removal or radiation therapy. Benign adrenal tumors - removed endoscopically - malignant tumors - surgical removal.
Wilms' tumor.
IVU
10. Commonly done in a cysto room
Scrotal incision
Polycystic kidney disease
Retrograde urogram
PKD/polycystic kidney disease
11. Pheochromacytoma
A tumor affecting the medulla of the adrenal gland causing an overproduction of adrenaline.
Adrenalectomy
Scrotal incision
Renal cell carcinoma
12. Incision used to access the lower portion of the ureter.
Gibson incision.
End-stage renal disease
Wilms' tumor.
Cryptorchidism
13. PKD
Wilms' tumor.
Polycystic kidney disease
Testicular cancer
When the parenchyma of the kidney is replaced by multiple fluid-filled benign cysts.
14. Radical nephrectomy recommended if it has not spread.
The surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands.
Renal cell carcinoma
Inguinal incision
Flank incision
15. Diagnosis accomplished with biochemical laboratory teste and radiological examinations.
16. IVU
Transcostal incision
Inherited - develops between the ages of 30 and 40 - 90% of all PKD fall into this category.
Renal cell carcinoma
An enhancement of KUB.
17. Why does the ureter run obliquely through the bladder wall?
It allows the bladder to prevent reflux through muscular contraction upon the ureter.
Nephrons
PKD/polycystic kidney disease
PKD/polycystic kidney disease.
18. Autosomal dominant PKD
Testicular cancer
Develops in patients with long-term kidney problems - symptoms occur later in life.
Inherited - develops between the ages of 30 and 40 - 90% of all PKD fall into this category.
Cryptorchidism
19. A condition affecting the prepuce/foreskin.
Phimosis
An anterior to posterior radiographic view of the urinary system.
Secretes steroid-type hormones essential to the control of fluid and electrolyte balance.
An enhancement of KUB.
20. Directly linked to cigarette smoking and heredity.
Renal cell carcinoma
Cushing's syndrome
Renal cell carcinoma/adenocarcinoma of the renal cells.
Wilms' tumor.
21. Severely decreased or no urine output.
Nephrons
More than one million.
End-stage renal disease
Epispadias.
22. Hormone replacement with corticosteroids is essential for life.
23. Incision - low lying kidney or mid to upper ureter
A condition that prevents the foreskin from retracting over the glans penis.
PKD/polycystic kidney disease.
The surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands.
Subcostal flank incision
24. The single most important laboratory examination.
Addison's disease.
Kidney - ureters - and bladder.
Cryptorchidism
Urinalysis
25. Urethral opening occurs in the vagina of the female.
PKD/polycystic kidney disease
Diabetic nephropathy/Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease.
Hypospadias
Testicular cancer
26. A malignance affecting the kidney that occurs in children primarily between the ages of 3 and 4.
27. Two treatment options for ESRD.
Urinalysis
Endoscopic removal
Dialysis and kidney transplant.
PKD/polycystic kidney disease
28. What is the treatment for Cushing's syndrome?
Pituitary tumors - surgical removal or radiation therapy. Benign adrenal tumors - removed endoscopically - malignant tumors - surgical removal.
Hypospadias
Tissue samples
Renal cell carcinoma
29. Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) may be used.
Gibson incision.
End-stage renal disease (ESRD)
Severe headaches - excess sweating - tachycardia-palpitations - anxiety - tremor - pain in the epigastric region - weight loss - and heat intolerance.
Cryptorchidism
30. Functional units of the kidney
PKD/polycystic kidney disease.
Endoscopic removal
Cryptorchidism
Nephrons
31. Treatment includes antibiotic therapy - medication for pain - there is no cure.
A tumor affecting the medulla of the adrenal gland causing an overproduction of adrenaline.
Scrotal incision
Intercostal incision
PKD/polycystic kidney disease.
32. Diagnosis for ESRD
Dialysis and kidney transplant.
Inguinal incision
When the kidneys are functioning at less than 10% of normal capacity.
Renal cell carcinoma
33. KUB stands for?
Kidney - ureters - and bladder.
Cortex and medulla
Intercostal incision
Postadrenalectomy
34. A malignant change to cells lining the renal tubule - producing hematuria - flank pain - the presence of a palpable mass - hypertension - fatigue - and weight loss.
Cryptorchidism
Diabetic nephropathy/Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease.
Renal cell carcinoma
Phimosis
35. Function of the cortex
Flank incision
Twisting of the spermatic cord
Secretes steroid-type hormones essential to the control of fluid and electrolyte balance.
End-stage renal disease
36. The developmental absence of the anterior wall of the urethra.
Autosomal dominant - autosomal recessive - acquired cystic kidney disease.
Scrotal incision
Epispadias.
Kidney - ureters - and bladder.
37. Usually strikes young men between the ages of 20 and 40.
Urinalysis
Develops in patients with long-term kidney problems - symptoms occur later in life.
Testicular cancer
Autosomal dominant - autosomal recessive - acquired cystic kidney disease.
38. Two portions of the adrenal gland
Tissue samples
Endoscopy
Cryptorchidism
Cortex and medulla
39. Two conditions that often lead to ESRD.
Polycystic kidney disease or diabetic nephropathy.
Cushing's syndrome
Diabetic nephropathy/Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease.
A nuclear medicine study that is designed to detect and locate pheochromocytoma.
40. Incision used to access the scrotal contents.
Addison's disease.
Scrotal incision
A tumor affecting the medulla of the adrenal gland causing an overproduction of adrenaline.
When the kidneys are functioning at less than 10% of normal capacity.
41. Follow-up care may include lifelong hormone replacement therapy.
Inguinal incision
Inherited - extremely rare - affects young children.
Transcostal incision
Postadrenalectomy
42. Orchiectomy is recommended and follow-up treatment with radiation or chemotherapy.
Testicular cancer
Cortex and medulla
Circumcision
Renal cell carcinoma
43. Incision - provides limited exposure - used for adrenalectomy - renal biopsy - or removal of a small low-lying kidney.
Lumbar incision
It allows the bladder to prevent reflux through muscular contraction upon the ureter.
Orchiopexy
Subcostal flank incision
44. Ultrasound - CT - and MRI will aid in diagnosing the extent of the tumor and any metastasis.
45. Another name for IVU
Urinalysis
Pituitary tumors - surgical removal or radiation therapy. Benign adrenal tumors - removed endoscopically - malignant tumors - surgical removal.
Intravenous pyelogram (IVP).
An anterior to posterior radiographic view of the urinary system.
46. Retrograde urogram
Wilms' tumor.
Urinalysis
Lumbar incision
Contrast medium is injected into the ureters with the use of a cystoscope because of an obstruction.
47. Incision used for implantation of a donor kidney.
Develops in patients with long-term kidney problems - symptoms occur later in life.
The surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands.
Gibson incision
Severe headaches - excess sweating - tachycardia-palpitations - anxiety - tremor - pain in the epigastric region - weight loss - and heat intolerance.
48. Acquired cystic kidney disease
The two corpora cavernosa on the dorsal side that lie side by side. The corpus spongiosum which lies in the midline below the former structures.
It allows the bladder to prevent reflux through muscular contraction upon the ureter.
Develops in patients with long-term kidney problems - symptoms occur later in life.
Emptying the bladder and closing the bladder orifice.
49. The only way to accurately determine the presence of malignancy and the exact cell type.
Adrenalectomy
Renal cell carcinoma
Biopsy
A nuclear medicine study that is designed to detect and locate pheochromocytoma.
50. What is phimosis?
Cryptorchidism
Addison's disease
A condition that prevents the foreskin from retracting over the glans penis.
Tissue samples