Rovsing sign
Rovsing sign (1907): In acute appendicitis, palpation of the left lower quadrant may elicit pain in the right lower quadrant. Niels Rovsing and Emil S Perman (1904)
Category General Surgery
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December 2021 Adult Abdominal imaging cases and interpretation with Raza Ahmad, Morgan Penzler, Ansley Ricker, Brent Matthews and Kyle Cunningham
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November 2021 Adult Abdominal imaging cases and interpretation with Raza Ahmad, Morgan Penzler, Ansley Ricker and Kyle Cunningham
Network Five: General Surgery
Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 10 - General surgery reviewing antibiotics with appendicitis, diverticulitis and appendectomy
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October 2021 Adult Abdominal imaging cases and interpretation with Raza Ahmad, Morgan Penzler, Ansley Ricker and Kyle Cunningham
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August 2021 Adult Abdominal imaging cases and interpretation with Raza Ahmad, Morgan Penzler, Ansley Ricker and Kyle Cunningham
Jacob Moritz Blumberg
Jacob Moritz Blumberg (1873 - 1955) was a Polish-German surgeon and gynaecologist. Blumberg sign (1907); Blumberg glove (1900)
Blumberg sign
Rebound tenderness test (Blumberg sign) initially described in 1907 by Jacob Moritz Blumberg (1873 – 1955), German surgeon and gynaecologist.
Ultrasound Case 109
A 6 year old boy presents with lower abdominal pain and vomiting. He has had intermittent pain for a week thought to be due to mesenteric adenitis.
George B. Markle IV
George Bushar Markle IV (1921 - 1999) was an American surgeon. Markle Sign (1973) or Heel Drop Jarring Test in patients with intraperitoneal inflammation
J. Englebert Dunphy
John Englebert Dunphy (1908-1981). Dunphy sign [*cough test for appendicitis] increased pain, localised to the right lower quadrant.
Emil Perman
Emil Samuel Perman (1856 - 1946) was a Swedish general surgeon. Eponymsously associated with the Perman-Rovsing sign