Surgical Most Commons

• What is the most common:
  • Type of melanoma?
    • Superficial spreading:
      • 70% of the cases
  • Type of breast cancer?
    • Infiltrating ductal
  • Site of breast cancer?
    • Upper outer quadrant
  • Vessel involved with a bleeding duodenal ulcer?
    • Gastroduodenal artery
  • Cause of common bile duct obstruction?
    • Choledocholithiasis
  • Cause of small bowel obstruction (SBO) in adults in the United States?
    • Postoperative peritoneal adhesions
  • Cause of SBO in children?
    • Hernias
  • Cause of emergency abdominal surgery in the United States?
    • Acute appendicitis
  • Electrolyte deficiency causing ileus?
    • Hypokalemia
  • Cause of blood transfusion resulting in death?
    • Clerical error:
      • Wrong blood types
  • Site of distant metastasis of sarcoma?
    • Lungs:
      • Hematogenous spread
  • Position of anal fissure?
    • Posterior
  • Acute pancreatitis?
    • Gallstones
  • Chronic pancreatitis?
    • Alcohol
  • Cause of large bowel obstruction?
    • Colon cancer
  • Cause of fever less than 48 hours postoperative?
    • Atelectasis
  • Bacterial cause of urinary tract infection (UTI)?:
    • Escherichia coli
  • Abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma?
    • Liver:
      • Not the spleen
  • Benign tumor of the liver?
    • Hemangioma
  • Malignancy of the liver?
    • Metastasis
  • Pneumonia in the ICU?
    • Gram-negative bacteria
  • Cause of epidural hematoma?
    • Middle meningeal artery injury
  • Cause of lower GI bleeding?
    • Upper GI bleeding
  • Cancer in females?
    • Breast cancer
  • Cancer in males?
    • Prostate cancer
  • Type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females?
    • LUNG cancer
  • Cause of free peritoneal air?
    • Perforated peptic ulcer disease
  • Cause of death ages 1 to 44?
    • TRAUMA

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