Exam 11: Surgery of the Liver, Biliary Tract, Pancreas, and Spleen

The Whipple procedure is the removal of the head of the pancreas,the entire duodenum,a portion of the jejunum,the distal third of the stomach,and the as a surgical treatment for.

The liver,pancreas,and spleen share many similarities.Select the statement about these organs that is true.

The functional units of the liver are the lobules.The functional cells of the liver are the __ and they manufacture ___.

Luanne Williamson,a 39-year-old,248-lb mother of 4 children,is assisted with transfer from a transport vehicle to the OR bed for laparoscopic cholecystectomy,operative cholangiogram,and possible common bile duct exploration.The perioperative nurse determined that Luanne is at risk for positional injury related to her size and the positional requirements and OR bed manipulations required for this procedure.An appropriate nursing implementation for positioning this patient would be to: