Wertheim’s hysterectomy is a radical hysterectomy done in cases of invasive carcinoma The structure removed are – uterus, cervix, upper third of vagina, broad ligament, lymph nodes and
Burtonian line, also known as lead line is a clinical manifestation of chronic lead poisoning It is a stippled blue line seen in 50-70% of patients with chronic
Horder’s spots are reddish macular lesions found on the face in psittacosis They are similar to rose spots seen in typhoid fever Horder’s spots seen in a patient with
The kidney secretes a variety of hormones. They are: Erythropoietin It is produced by the peritubular capillary endothelial cells in response to hypoxia It acts on the bone marrow
Gastroileal reflex is one of the ways in which gastric motility influences intestinal motility When there is vigorous gastric peristalsis of increased secretion, it stimulates peristalsis in the
In an empty stomach, a wave of depolarisation starts in the proximal stomach every 90 minutes This proceeds distally till the end of the ileum This wave of
At high altitude, there is decreased levels of oxygen in the atmosphere So the oxygen uptake can be increased only to an extend with increasing intensity of exercise
William S Halsted of John Hopkins University put forward a set of principles (Halstedian principles) in the 1890’s for achieving the best results in surgery. Now, more than 100 years later,
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