Surgery Mnemonics

•CLINICAL PICTURE: Diverticula of the stomach are asymptomatic. However, complications have been reported and resulted in resection. Laparoscopic techniques are used effectively to resect the diverticula. •TREATMENT AND PROGNOSIS: No treatment is needed for diverticula unless the infrequent complication occurs. When bleeding, perforation from the manipulation, or the rare associated malignancy occurs, resection is performed laparoscopically. Small and most other diverticula are asymptomatic, & prognosis is excellent. 𝗚𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲: Prolapse of the gastric mucosa into the duodenum probably results from extreme mobility of the antral mucosa & submucosa. The mucosa of the antrum, which normally is thicker than the mucosa of other parts of the stomach and sometimes assumes a cushion like quality, is pushed through the pyloric ring to lie like a turned-back cuff of a sleeve within the duodenum. Although a fully developed prolapse is rare, partial prolapse is common but of little or no clinical significance. •Gastroduodenal prolapse is most often a radiologic curiosity, and the duodenal bulb can appear to be filled with a tuberous mass with irregular contours. Diagnosis is easy to make. Occasionally, however, it is difficult to differentiate a prolapse from a polyp or an acute ulcer from marked mucosal edema of the surrounding area. Endoscopists rarely report gastroduodenal prolapse. •The literature contains a report of a rare episode of strangulation of the mucosa with subsequent signs of pyloric obstruction or gastrointestinal bleeding that required surgical correction. 𝗥𝗲𝗳:Netter's gastroenterology.