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Surgical Eponyms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pickwickian Syndrome | Respiratory insufficiency of obesity (obesity hypoventilation syndrome + obstructive sleep apnea) |
| Stein-Leventhal Syndrome | Polycystic Ovary Syndrome |
| Petersen's defect | Defect in mesentary after completion of retrocolic gastroenterostomy (ie roux-en-y) |
| Sistrunk Procedure | surgery for thyroglossal duct cyst: removal of cyst, tract, and central portion of the hyoid bone |
| Plummer-Vinson Syndrome | Oral cavity CA glossitis cervical dysphagia (esophageal web) spoon fingernails, Fe-deficiency anemia (microcytic) |
| Frey's Syndrome | cross innervation of the auriculotemoral nerve with sympathetic fibers in in skin sweat glands gustatory sweating |
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