Med Surg: Oncologic Surgery Flashcards
How do you diagnose Cancer for surgery?
Biopsy: sampling of tissue to determine histology and grade of the tumor
Fine-needle aspiration-aspirate cells from a tumor using a needle and syringe
Core-needle biopsy-use a large bore needle into retrieve a small piece of intact tumor tissue
Open biopsy-may remove part or all of the tumor
What is the primary treatment of surgery?
Removal of tumor and a margin of adjacent tissue
Local-simple excision of a tumor and a small margin of normal tissue
Wide-includes removal of the promary tumor, regional lymph nodes and neighboring structures
What is adjuvant treatment?
removal of tissues to increase chances that other therapies can be successful
Debulking-removal of the bulk of a tumor
What is pallative treatment?
attempts to relieve the complications of cancer, improve quality of life
feeding tube, port, ways to elimiate and get nutrition needs
What is reconstructive treatment?
repair of defects from previous radical surgical resecion
breast restruction
What is preventive treatment?
removal of lesions that if left in the body are at risk of developing into cancer
polyps
masectomy
What are the side effects of surgery?
Loss of function of a body part
reduced function as a result of organ loss
scarring or disfigurement
grieving about altered body image or imposed change in lifestyle (loss limb, feel cant go in pubic)
