William Macewen
Scottish surgeon Sir William Macewen (1848–1924) pioneered neurosurgery, bone grafting, and antiseptic technique, transforming modern surgical practice
Category LITFL
Procedure: Haematoma Block
Emergency Procedure, instruction and discussion: Serratus Anterior Plane (SAP) Block; a technique most often used for rib fracture pain
Luer syringe
Lüer syringe (1894). Unique graduated all-glass hypodermic syringe. Invented by Jeanne Amélie Lüer; Patented by Wülfing-Lüer
Léon Bouveret
Léon Bouveret (1850-1929) was a French internal medicine physician. Eponymous terms Maladie de Bouveret (1889) and Bouveret Syndrome (1895)
History of the gallstone ileus
history of gallstone ileus: from early autopsy reports to surgical breakthroughs, tracing its clinical evolution from Courvoisier to Clavien
Ludwig Courvoisier
Ludwig Georg Courvoisier (1843-1918) was a Swiss surgeon, academic, and naturalist best remembered for Courvoisier’s sign / law (1890)
Bouveret Syndrome
Bouveret syndrome: gastric outlet obstruction following passage of a gallstone from gallbladder to duodenum/pylorus via bilioenteric fistula
Morell Mackenzie
Sir Morell Mackenzie (1837–1892), pioneer of laryngology, founder of the Throat Hospital, author of the ‘laryngologist’s Bible’, and royal physician
Mallory-Weiss syndrome
Mallory–Weiss syndrome: upper GI bleeding from gastroesophageal tears. History, key figures, first descriptions, diagnosis, and treatment.
Soma Weiss
Soma Weiss (1898-1942) was a Hungarian-born American physician. Mallory-Weiss Syndrome/lesion/tear and Charcot-Weiss-Baker Syndrome.
George Mallory
George Kenneth Mallory (1900–1986), American pathologist, co-described Mallory–Weiss syndrome and advanced cardiac, renal, and hepatic pathology
The Illusion of Perfection: Part 1
Illusion of Perfection. Medicine’s Most Dangerous Myth. Perfection is a lie. A neurological glitch wrapped in white coats and stitched into our stethoscopes.