Discuss Medical Cases (For General Surgeons)

Tapping of Ascitic Fluid in a Portal Hypertension Patient, posted by Dr. Dinesh Malhotra under General Surgery

A middle-aged patient with a chronic alcohol drinking history suffered from hypoproteinemia ascites. Treatment: I did ascitic fluid tapping. Investigation: 3 liters of fluid taken out and sent for the examination accordingly. Medication: IV fluid ... View thread »

Hemorrhoids - How to Diagnose and Treat?, posted by Dr. Selvaraj Balasubramani under General Surgery

A 30 years old female patient, C/O bleeding from rectum on and off for the past year. Bleeding was painless—no history of intake of drugs like blood-thinning agents. Proctoscopy revealed third-degree hemorrhoids. The patient underwent Milligan and ... View thread »

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C/C Retention of Urine, posted by Dr. Sanya Dhingra under General Surgery

55-year-old male patient with c/o retention of urine and lower abdominal pain. On USG, enlarged prostate and median lobe of prostate pressing on the bladder seen. The patient was started on Flotral tablet (1 tablet daily). The patient develops ... View thread »

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All type of surgical cases, posted by Dr. Surees Kumar, Subramanian under General Surgery

Difficult surgical situations cand all types of complicated diabetic foot conditions ... View thread »

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Acute Abdominal Pain, posted by Dr. Toleti Satya Lalitha Tejaswini under General Surgery

A 10-year-old child paid a visit to my clinic with complaints of abdominal pain for the past 2 hours and one episode of vomiting. On palpating, the child had right iliac fossa tenderness and scrotal pain as well, but there is no fever ... View thread »

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Can Inguinal Hernia Cause Stomach Bloating and Incomplete Bowel Movement?, posted by Dr. Sheetal Kamble under General Surgery

35-year-old male complaints of unsatisfactory stool and constant bloating of the stomach for the last couple of weeks. The patient feels that he is not able to pass an adequate amount of stool without straining and feeling gas in the stomach as soon ... View thread »

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Patient with prolonged erection for more than four hours, posted by Dr. M. A. Toyeb, Nazma Parveen under General Surgery

What is the condition in which a person has erection for more than four hours. It is not painful and only happens when the patient is aroused. I don't think it's priapism. Any ideas ... View thread »

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Patient with abdominal pain, alternating diarrhea and constipation, without any visible blood, slight weight loss, and fatigue for three weeks., posted by Dr. Adnan A Al Aloul under General Surgery

A 74 year old female patient with no prior medical illness presents to a general practitioner with abdominal pain, alternating diarrhea and constipation, without any visible blood, slight weight loss (3 kg in two months), good appetite, and fatigue ... View thread »

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What does the white shadow in the X-ray indicate? , posted by Dr. Udaya Nath Sahoo under General Surgery

Patient aged 43 with past injury history on neck but no clinical sign present and activity normal.Please check this image. What is this white shadow ... View thread »

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