May 12, 2011

marsupialization

have you ever heard of that word?
yesterday in dr mahmood salem's class, he described about ovarian tumor.
one of the complications of an ovarian cyst or tumor is infection...
if the infected stuff adheres to the colon, it would be very difficult to remove it as the colon contains feces...(incase you accidentally cut the colon, the feces will spill all around the peritoneum...no no!)
so what surgeons would do is...marsupialization.

Marsupialization is the surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing the edges of the slit to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst. Sutured in this fashion, the cyst remains open and can drain freely. This technique is used to treat a cyst when a single draining would not be effective and complete removal of the surrounding structure would not be desirable.
-from prof wikipedia

and in dr adel farouk's class yesterday's afternoon, he also mentioned marsupialization in treatment of bartholin's duct cyst

plus, dr adel added...marsupialization came from a latin word 'marsupial', which means pouch...
'zai kongga!"...
konnga?...wut's kongga?...
i googled it up...and found out it is a kangaroo...hehe...

and my search also led me to this very beautiful video...



subhanallah...can you imagine an embryo climbing up it's mother's belly?...like an actual embryo!...it's a fetus already if am not mistaken...but seriously...pinkish and almost lucent...
this world is magnificent!

why havn't i knew this information before?...god i can't believe it!
adeeq, if ever you are reading this...owh, please bring me back a kangaroo!...:D
*i'll make sure u'll read it anyway...hehe

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