Medicine Decoded

Ballance's  sign - Ballance's sign is dullness to percussion in the left flank LUQ and shifting dullness to percussion in the right...

Amyand's hernia :The term Amyand’s hernia refers to the presence of the appendix within the hernial sac, and has been variously defined...

    The most commonly utilized contrast materials for GI examinations include barium sulfate and Gastrografin.   Barium repres...

Saint, a South African surgeon, emphasized the importance of considering the possibility of multiple separate diseases in a patient whenev...

First we will deal with various common abdominal disease presentations, & history taking along with the important clinical findings t...

Different surgical positions: There are various type of positions in which the patient may be positioned during surgery include supine, pr...