Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Surgery mnemonics

I'm planning to make this section of things from surgery that are so very hard to remember. Mostly, names of surgeries and stuff.

Surgical treatment of Achalasia cardia mnemonic
acHALasia has a HAL & it reminds me of HELler's operation. 
Heller's operation is esophagocardiomyotomy. 

Similar to Heller's operation is Ramstedt's operation for pyloric stenosis. Ramstedt's operation is pyloromyotomy.
How I remember Ramstedt's operation is done for congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis:
The hint is in the last two words, pyloric stenosis.
pyloRic STEnoSis: R _ _ STE_ _ S. Fill in the blanks!
RamSTEdtS!

How I remember the tube used for Balloon Tamponade in esophageal varices:
Tamponade Balloon - Sengstaken  Blakemore. Just stare at the letters in common & somehow you'll get it.

That's all for now!

I'll update it as and when I come up with more :)

-IkaN 
Posted by

5 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2014 at 9:23 AM

    Please include mnemonics to remember the syndromes with intestinal polyps.!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. IkaN (Nakeya Dewaswala, M.D.)September 22, 2014 at 11:24 AM

      I'll update it once I am done with exams!

      Delete
    2. AnonymousOctober 9, 2014 at 3:40 AM

      Have you forgotten me? :(

      Delete
    3. IkaN (Nakeya Dewaswala, M.D.)October 9, 2014 at 1:21 PM

      Of course not, sweetheart. I took a vacation as soon as exams got over which caused a delay in my "To do" list.

      There you go:

      http://medicowesome.blogspot.ae/2014/10/tumors-of-colon-and-of-polyposis.html

      Delete
    4. UnknownMay 1, 2019 at 11:36 AM

      Can I get a complete compiled list of ur mnemonic

      Delete

This is express yourself space. Where you type create something beautiful! <3
Wondering what do I write? Well...
Tell us something you know better. You are a brilliant mind. Yes, you are! ^__^
Ask about something you don't understand @_@?
Compliment... Say something nice! =D
Be a good critic and correct us if something went wrong :|
Go ahead. Comment all you like here! (:

PS: We have moderated comments to reduce spam. ALL comments that are not spam will be published on the website.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)