Thread by @ChaseSurgical

EPONYMS:

Morrison’s pouch, sphincter of Odi,
Langer’s lines, cover the body,
Virchow’s triad, virchow’s node,
Scarpa’s fascia, should it be sewed?

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Angle of Louis, McBurney’s point,
Foramen of Winslow, Charcot’s joint,
Auerbach's plexus, keeps the gut well,
The long thoracic nerve of Bell,

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Meckel’s Diverticulum, Toldt’s Line,
Gerota’s fascia, Murphy’s sign;
Pouch of Douglas and Morrison’s Pouch,
Buerger’s test, the leg raise off the couch,

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Cooper’s ligaments, fascia of Camper,
Hartmann’s pouch, Ampulla of Vater,
Halsted’s operation, for hernia or breast,
Tredelenburg’s procedure for clots in the chest,

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Ivor Lewis, Heller and Dor,
Bilroth, Nissen, Courvoisier's law,
Hesselbach's triangle, looking at the groin,
Charcot’s triad, Cullen’s sign,

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Ladd’s procedure, Mayo repair,
Boerhaave’s syndrome, results in a tear,
Denonvillier, of fascial fame,
Calot’s triangle, keeps CBD in frame,

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And finally, appropriately, we end with Cheyne Stokes.
Seems the right time to say “That’s all, folks”
Eponym central, the brave and the bold,
A pain to remember or surgical gold?

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