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Case Files Surgery

Submitted by amerchea on November 3, 2006

Category: Science
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BREAST MASS:
- radiation therapy is indicated for pt with stage I dz tx with breast conservation therapy
- this reduces the rate of recurrence from 30% to 9%
- post-menopausal or non-lactating women with red/tender breasts should be assumed to have breast cancer until proven otherwise
- tamoxifen therapy assoc with uterine cancer
- systemic therapy is given when widespread mets is dx or when pt is high risk for distant mets

GERD:
- if hoarseness and wheezing, suggests pharyngeal reflux with silent aspiration
- if dysphagia and/or weight loss  think malignancy
- do endoscopy to evaluate for esophagitis, 24-hour pH monitoring can quantify severity
- H2 blockers may provide sx’atic relief, PPIs are superior for decr acid production
- ~50% of pts with GERD develop complications such as peptic strictures, Barrett’s esophagus, and extraesophageal complications
- when LES is abnormally located, as in hiatal hernia, anti-reflux mechanism may be compromised at the GE junct
- std workup prior to surgery = endoscopy, 24-hour pH, barium esophagography (evaluates for gastric outlet obstruction – fundoplication is contraindicated)
- pts with esophagitis or significant sx  PPI therapy
- std surgery = Nissen fundoplication
- diagnostic endoscopy when pts have long-standing GERD and when sx’s are refractory to medical tx
- pts with GERD may develop pulmonary and laryngeal sx
- adenocarcinoma of esophagus is a complication of barrett’s (from longstanding GERD)
- surgery is indicated if persistent sx’s while taking max PPI dose, can’t tolerate PPIs, does not wish lifelong medications

ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION:
- spontaneous esophageal perf = Boerhaave syndr; most are iatrogenic and in distal 1/3 of esophagus
- typically, have acute onset chest pain after an episode of vomiting; also may have shoulder...

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