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Mr. Revy Jones Case Summary

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Mr. Davy Jones is a 60-year-old man that presents incontinence, nocturia, difficulty urinating, and a weak stream when urinating. The patient visited the clinic on 03/01/2017 after experiencing these issues for approximately two months. He is experiencing fatigue with not being able to achieve adequate sleep during the night due to nocturia. He is complaining of bladder always feeling full after voiding. Patient has had multiple UTI’s that was treated with antibiotics and was successful with medicinal treatment.
Mr. Jones is in healthy condition and has family support to assist with recovery after surgery. He does not drink alcohol or smoke. The patient does have HTN and takes Cozaar 10 mg daily. He also takes one vitamin supplement per day. Mr. Jones walks 30 minutes daily with wife for …show more content…

Jones arrived at the operating room at 0745 hrs. Patient was transferred to OR table with arm boards at a 90-degree angle and shoulder braces. Anesthesia administered general anesthesia at 0800 hrs. Anesthesia intubated patient at 0810 hrs. Hair was removed from perineum prior to skin prep. A catheter is inserted into the urinary bladder, the bladder is irrigated. Skin was prepped with Chloraprep from nipple to mid-thigh, and allowed to dry for 5 minutes. He was draped with cuffed towel and an impervious sheet under the scrotum, folded towels, sheet with an aperture, laparotomy sheet and an individual drape sheet. First count with surgical technologist and circulator is accurate.
Time out was performed and all information was accurate and confirmed. Skin marker is used to mark incision line. A #10 knife blade on a #3 handle is used to make a vertical suprapubic incision is made through the skin and linea alba extending from below the umbilicus to the symphysis. The rectus muscles are retracted with Richardson retractors to develop the prevesical space. Blunt dissection by the surgeon’s finger is used to reflect the peritoneum superiorly away from the dome of the

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