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General Surgery
Appendix
Built from Skandalakis' Surgical Anatomy: The Embryologic and Anatomic Basis of Modern Surgery
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4 sections · 100 slides
Overview
- Scope of this topic
Embryogenesis and congenital anomalies
- Historical record of appendiceal anatomy and surgery
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Anatomic and Surgical History of the Appendix (continued)
- Normal development of the appendix
- Sequence of appendiceal development
- Medial migration of the appendiceal base
- Infantile and mature forms of the cecum and appendix
- Explanations offered for asymmetric appendiceal position
- Histological maturation of the appendiceal wall
- Late histological changes and luminal obliteration
- Congenital anomalies of the appendix
- Absence of the appendix
- Requirements before diagnosing appendiceal agenesis
- Ectopic appendix
- Causes of a left-sided appendix
- Reported frequency of left-sided appendix
- Operative approach when the cecum is not in the right iliac fossa
- Duplication of the appendix
- Cave and Wallbridge classification of appendiceal duplication
- Frequency of duplication and its operative implication
- Routine intraoperative check for duplication
- Diverticulosis of the appendix
- Congenital appendiceal diverticula and heterotopic mucosa
Surgical anatomy of the appendix
- Relations of the cecum and appendix
- Mobility of the appendiceal tip
- Topographic positions the appendix may occupy
- Clock-face schema of appendiceal position
- Wakeley's five typical positions of the appendix
- Ambiguity of the term retrocecal
- Comparative series of appendiceal position
- Survey of the Position of the Appendix, in Per Cent, in Various Materials
- Survey of the Position of the Appendix, in Per Cent, in Various Materials (continued)
- Anterior and posterior positions of the appendiceal tip
- In vivo distribution of appendiceal location
- Distribution of Locations of the Vermiform Appendix
- Fixed and mobile retrocecal appendices
- Puylaert's classification of appendiceal orientation
- Appendiceal position in an Indian series
- Showing Various Positions of Appendix and Their Percentage
- Geographic variation in appendiceal position
- Positional change and its relation to appendicitis
- Layers of the appendiceal wall
- Mucosal immune interface and appendicocutaneous fistula
- Mesentery of the appendix
- Morphology and dimensions of the appendix
- Average Dimensions of the Appendix from Various Sources
- Average Dimensions of the Appendix from Various Sources (continued)
- Average Dimensions of the Appendix from Various Sources (continued)
- Arterial supply of the appendix
- Arterial patterns supplying the appendix
- Accessory appendicular arteries and anastomoses
- Origins of the accessory appendicular arteries
- Showing Origin of Accessory Appendicular Arteries
- Venous drainage of the appendix
- Lymphatic drainage of the appendix
- Anterior view of appendiceal lymphatic drainage
- Posterior view of appendiceal and cecal lymphatic drainage
- Innervation of the appendix
- Distinguishing histological features of the appendix
- Physiology of the appendix
Surgical anatomy of appendectomy
- Placement of the appendectomy incision
- Appendectomy incision related to McBurney's point
- Discrepancy between McBurney's point and the appendiceal base
- Identification of the cecum and appendiceal base
- Operative sequence for locating the appendix
- Apparent absence of the appendix at operation
- Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy
- Diagnostic accuracy in acute appendicitis
- Anatomic complications of appendectomy
- Summary of Anatomical Complications of Appendectomy
- Vascular injury during appendectomy
- Organ injury and fecal fistula
- Motor nerve injury after a vertical incision
- Sensory nerve injury after appendectomy
- Inadequate procedures and how anatomy prevents them
- Interval appendectomy and appendiceal abscess
- Change in appendiceal position and direction during pregnancy
- Key points on development and position
- Key points on blood supply and operation
- References
- References (continued)
- Skandalakis' Surgical Anatomy: The Embryologic and Anatomic Basis of Modern Surgery
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