surgery

Question 1

What does tumour operability depend on?

Answer 1

the organ and how much of it you can remove without effecting QoL

Question 2

what characteristics of the patient are important to consider before surgery

Answer 2

fitness, tolerability, choice

Question 3

polypharmacy

Answer 3

more than 5 meds on a daily basis can be an issue for any anaethetics or chemo

Question 4

what logistics need to be considered when thinking about surgery

Answer 4

1. centre dependent
2. skillset
3. patient wishes
4. travel
5. money (taking time off to recover will mean financial burden)
6. support
7. time
8. COVID

Question 5

what is removed with the cancer and why

Answer 5

lymph nodes, gives more info about cancer and allows you to consider survival

Question 6

what is prophylactic surgery

Answer 6

doing surgery before the event has occured e.g. before breast cancer develops

Question 7

pros of the use of robotics

Answer 7

1. operated by surgeon
2. targets things that human eye can’t see or hand can’t get to
3. robot assisted

Question 8

cons of the use of robotics

Answer 8

1. expensive
2. need to train surgeons
3. takes longer