5 terms in surgery
Acute intestinal obstruction is a sudden blockage of normal intestinal flow (usually a mechanical blockage in the small or large bowel), lea…
Congenital full-thickness abdominal wall defect (usually just right of the umbilicus) that allows intestines (and sometimes other organs) to…
Protrusion of intra-abdominal contents through a weakness in the anterior abdominal wall of the groin (inguinal canal). It classically prese…
Abnormal bony remodeling of the otic capsule (especially around the stapes footplate) leading to fixation of the stapes and conductive heari…
Inflammation of the peritoneum (the serous lining of the abdominal cavity), most often due to a bacterial infection in the abdomen or a rupt…