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Signs in Surgery

  1. Seagull Sign -radio-opaque stone in imaging
  2. Mercedes Benz sign -radio-opaque stone in imaging
  3. murphy's Sign - Pressing on (RQ) hypochondrium —> Caches the breath.
  4. Boa's Sign - Hyperesthesia over the region of 12th rib.
  5. Kehr’s sign : refers to left shoulder pain caused by the irritation of the inferior surface of the diaphragm due to bleeding from a splenic rupture when a person is lying down and the legs are elevated
    • Rigler’s triad : in Gall stone ileus . Features of small bowel obstruction. Pneumobilia + Air in biliary tree, , Radiopaque shadow in iliac fossa.

  7. Charcot triad in choleo-docho-lithiasis- = intermittent jaundice , intermitten pain , intermittent fever

  8. Reynod's pentad = Charcot + altered mental status + shock/hypotension