A 59-year-old patient has been diagnosed with endometrial cancer and admitted for a radical hysterectomy with bilateral lymphadenectomy. The procedure will be performed through a midline incision and is expected to take 3 hours.
1. What anatomical structures will be sent for pathology?
1 Ans. Lymph nodal tissue specimens from common iliac, external iliac, internal iliac and from the obturator fossa are sent for pathology in separate labelled containers.
A 59-year-old patient has been diagnosed with endometrial cancer and admitted for a radical hysterectomy with...
CASE STUDY A 59-year-old patient has been diagnosed with endometrial cancer and admitted for a radical hysterectomy with bilateral lymphadenectomy. The procedure will be performed through a midline incision and is expected to take 3 hours. 1. What anatomical structures will be sent for pathology? 2. What specific patient care is required between the time the patient is transported to the OR and the patient is anesthetized? Guacolonical and o3. Which abdominal self-retaining retractors might be ing retractors might be used in this...
A 59 Year Old Patient Has Been Diagnosed With Endometrial Cancer And Admitted For Radical Hysterectomy With Bilateral Lymphadenectomy. The Procedure Will Be Performed Through A Midline Incision And Expected To Take 3 Hours. Questions: 5. how will the lymph nodes be managed on the backtable? how will they be identified and labelled? 6. will tghe retroperitoneum be entered during this procedure? 7. what instrument sets will be required for this procedure? 8. will a vaginal prep be necessary for the procedure? please provide a rationale...
The patient is a 75 year old female who has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. Her health history includes breast cancer 15 years ago and osteoporosis. 1. What diagnostic tests could have been used to diagnose the cancer. 2. Discuss the different treatments that the patient experience, including advantages and disadvantages of each type and overall prognosis. 3. Explain why the lung is a common site for secondary cancer. 4. What signs and symptoms related to the pulmonary system...
what is the ICD-10-CM codes Chapter 2 Neoplasms 14 The patient is a 69-year-old period was 15 years ago. She originally came to t postmenopausal bleeding. As ano 69-year-old gravida 3, para 2, AB 1, female whose last menstrual She originally came to the gynecologist's office complaining of oeding. As an outpatient, she had an endometrial biopsy that revealed rcinoma with clear-cell features of the endometrium. Today the worly differentiated adenocarcinoma with clear-cell features bitted to the hospital for an...
A 82 year old female with a history of uterine cancer was admitted to the hospital. At that time, she went through hysterectomy, followed by radiation. Since then, she has been relatively healthy until now. She has developed abdominal pain, fatigue, and loss of energy. All tests were negative. Occasional vomitting developed, and weight loss occurred. Still all tests were negative. A colonscopy was performed, and a malignant tumor was located. Only a small portion of the tumor was able...
nutrition 8. A 52-year-old male has been diagnosed with bladder cancer that has metastasized to his bones. He has significant back pain that is being treated with narcotic analgesics and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. He is admitted to begin his first course of cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan). What are the fluid and nutrition aspects of care the health care worker will provide?
A two-year-old has been diagnosed with aganglionic megacolon. Explain the anatomical structure that is problematic and why. Using the normal histology picture attached indicate where in the normal photo you should see the missing structure in the patient with aganglionic megacolon. Downloadable colon photo
Jean Fields is a 72-year-old client who has been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism due to Graves’ disease. Her husband of 52 years died of lung cancer 2 weeks ago, and she has been dealing with extreme emotional upset and grief. She has been admitted to the hospital with fatigue, weakness, fever, tachycardia, and dehydration. 2. Ms. Fields is prescribed propylthiouracil (PTU) every 8 hours. What should the nurse include in teaching Ms. Fields about this drug?
The patient is a 60 year old man who has just been diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer. He smoked cigarettes for about 25 years starting when he was 16 years old and quit when he was 41 years old. His lung cancer is at stage I in the left lower lobe. He is distraught, saying that he can’t die now because he has one child in college and two in high school. He also fears chemotherapy and seems bitter...
After admission to the hospital, the patient is a 21-day-old male who is brought to the operating room and general anesthesia induced. The child had been previously diagnosed with Hirschsprung's disease by a rectal biopsy that showed no ganglion cells. A left lower quadrant oblique incision was made and dissection continued with electrocautery until the peritoneal cavity was entered. A stool-filled sigmoid colon was identified and delivered into the wound, A small biopsy was taken from the sigmoid portion of...