Colic is a form of pain that starts and stops abruptly. It occurs due to muscular contractions of a hollow tube in an attempt to relieve an obstruction by forcing content out. It may be accompanied by sweating and vomiting. Types include:
Aaron's sign is a referred pain felt in the epigastrium upon continuous firm pressure over McBurney's point. It is indicative of appendicitis.
Abadie's sign of tabes dorsalis is a medical sign of tabes dorsalis, a late consequence of neurosyphilis. It is elicited by compressing the Achilles tendon, which normally causes pain. A positive Abadie's sign is defined by the absence of pain. It may occur in any disease that damages the dorsal column–medial lemniscus pathway, which transmits sensory information from the periphery to the brain.
Tuberculous lymphadenitis is the most common form of tuberculosis infections that appears outside the lungs. Tuberculous lymphadenitis is a chronic, specific granulomatous inflammation of the lymph node with caseation necrosis, caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis or related bacteria.
Granulation tissue is new connective tissue and microscopic blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process. Granulation tissue typically grows from the base of a wound and is able to fill wounds of almost any size. Examples of granulation tissue can be seen in pyogenic granulomas and pulp polyps. Its histological appearance is characterized by proliferation of fibroblasts and new thin-walled, delicate capillaries (angiogenesis), infiltrated inflammatory cells in a loose extracellular matrix.
The psoas sign, also known as Cope's psoas test or Obraztsova's sign, is a medical sign that indicates irritation to the iliopsoas group of hip flexors in the abdomen, and consequently indicates that the inflamed appendix is retrocaecal in orientation.
Jean Marie Charles Abadie was a French ophthalmologist who was a native of Saint-Gaudens.
A pyloromyotomy is a surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the longitudinal and circular muscles of the pylorus. It is used to treat hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Hypertrophied muscle is cut along the whole length until the mucosa bulges out. If the mucosa is injured, it is sutured horizontally using interrupted vicryl or silk sutures. It is also known as Ramstedt's Operation, after Conrad Ramstedt who performed the procedure in 1911. However, Harold Stiles performed the procedure first, in 1910.
Maydl's hernia (Hernia-in-W) is a rare type of hernia and may be lethal if undiagnosed. The hernial sac contains two loops of bowel with another loop of bowel being intra-abdominal. A loop of bowel in the form of 'W lies in the hernial sac and the centre portion of the 'W loop may become strangulated, either alone or in combination with the bowel in the hernial sac. It is more often seen in men, and predominantly on the right side. Maydl's hernia should be suspected in patients with large incarcerated herniae and in patients with evidence of intra-abdominal strangulation or peritonitis. Postural or manual reduction of the hernia is contra-indicated as it may result in non-viable bowel being missed.
Cortisol ulcers are ulcers caused by long term application of cortisol (steroid) topical creams to certain skin diseases. These last for long time, may require excision and skin grafting.
Callous ulcer is a chronic nonhealing ulcer with hard indurated base and inelastic margins. It usually contains unhealthy pale granulation tissue. It may last for months to years and does not show any tendency to heal. These ulcers generally follows neurological problems like leprosy, peripheral nerve injury, or diabetic neuropathy.
James Sherren (1872-1945) was a British surgeon. Two medical terms related to appendicitis — a diagnostic sign and a conservative treatment regimen — bear his name.
Sigmoid colon volvulus, also known as sigmoid volvulus, is volvulus affecting the sigmoid colon. It is a common cause of bowel obstruction and constipation. It is common in Asia, India and especially South India because of the high fibre diet. It is a very common cause of large bowel obstruction in Peru and Bolivia due to high altitude.
Coopernail sign is a medical sign that denotes fracture of pelvis.
The Plan is a 2015 Indian Kannada suspense thriller film written and directed by Keerthi in his debut, and produced by Ashok Shetty. The cast includes Ananth Nag, Kousthubh Jayakumar, Hemanth, Sriram, Jagadish, Sanath, Gauthami, Harish Roy, and Ramesh Bhat. The film's background score is done by Surender Sodhi.
Millard criteria is a set of rules, which is to be fulfilled for undertaking elective surgery for children, and mostly used for reference in cleft lip surgery. The criteria includes these prerequisites:
Brown's vasomotor index is a test to assess the degree of vasospasm in peripheral arterial disease. The same test is also used to check if sympathectomy is a possible management option for peripheral arterial disease.
Mathe's sign is an ultrasonographic sign that suggests the existence of an abscess in the proximity of a kidney. Normally during inspiration when standing, the kidneys move distally to some extent. When one of them does not move at all or moves downwards scarcely, either in erect position or deep inspiration, the test is called positive. Along with fever, urinary symptoms, and costovertebral angle tenderness, this will almost always indicate a perinephric abscess.
Nimbehuli is a 2014 Kannada language comedy film written and directed by Hemanth Hegde and produced by veteran director Subhash Ghai. latters marked a maiden Kannada venture. After success of director's first venture Housefull collaborate with Subhash Ghai's production house Mukta Arts for new project. The makers of the 2015 Hindi movie Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon were sent legal notice for plagiarism. Initially Anupam Kher signed to the project for pivot role but later walked out of the movie.
