Large Bowel Obstruction from Colon Cancer

Most retroperitoneal sarcomas present by one of the following symptoms EXCEPT
Painless abdominal mass
Lower extremity swelling
Bowel obstruction
Leg weakness or pain
True or False: Large bowel obstruction is a surgical emergency
True
False
What factors must be present in order to offer a patient a self-expanding metal stent as a "bridge" to surgery.
Microperforation or focal peritonitis
Right-sided tumor
Evidence of at some lumenal patency
Patient with evidence of stage IV disease
Each of the following are blood tests to consider in a patient with a new retroperitoneal mass and associated underlying diagnosis EXCEPT:
CA 19-9 - Metastatic gallbladder cancer
AFP - testicular cancer
Beta-hCH - testicular cancer
Lactate Dehydrogenase - lymphoma
What percent of soft tissue sarcomas are found within the retroperitoneum
<5%
10-15%
35-40%
>75%
What is the leak rate for ileocolic anastomosis?
0.2%
2%
8%
22%
What is the reported risk of concomitant primary colon cancers?
0.5%
2%
6%
14%
All of the following are common types of retroperitoneal sarcoma EXCEPT:
Well-differentiated liposarcoma
De-differentiated liposarcoma
Leiomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
For metastatic retroperitoneal sarcoma, medical oncologists will often choose one of the following EXCEPT:
5-FU
Doxorubicin
Ifosfamide
Docetaxel
Which of the following is an essential component of urgent colectomy?
Bowel preparation
Intraoperative decompression
Nodal dissection along vascular pedicles
Hand sewn anastomosis
All of the following are surgical options for duodenal invasion of a colon cancer except.
Whipple
Partial D2 resection with longitudinal duodenal repair
Serosal "thal" patch
Segemental D3 resection with primary anastomosis
Each of the following are critical components of surgical resection of retroperitoneal sarcoma EXCEPT:
Identification/protection of ureters
En bloc resection of mass with adherent viscera
Bypass of major vessels adjacent tumor
Placement of fiducials to facilitate adjuvant radiation
What is the optimal interval for surveillance scans after resection of retroperitoneal sarcoma
Monthly for the first year, then every 6 months
Every 4 months for the first 2 years, then yearly thereafter
Yearly
You take a patient to the OR for a partially obstructing sigmoid colon cancer. Intraoperatively, you encounter a 6cm right-sided liver mass. Which of the following the most appropriate action.
Right hepatectomy and sigmoid colectomy with anastomosis
Microwave ablation of liver lesion and Hartman's operation
Biopsy liver lesion and resect sigmoid colon with anastomosis
Close abdomen, palliative care consult
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