This connects the thyroid to the trachea.
Ligament of Berry
Syndrome associated with peptic ulcer disease and excessive gastrin secretion.
Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
120 days
Most common form of melanoma
Superficial spreading
First surgeon to advocate surgical gloves.
Halsted
Route of metastases for papillary thyroid cancer.
Lymphatic spread
Syndrome associated with hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia and hypophosphatemia
Refeeding syndrome
The blood type of universal donors.
0 Negative
Recommended margin for melanoma in situ.
0.5 cm
Father of American Neurosurgery.
Harvey Cushing
Calcitonin is secreted by this type of cell in the thyroid.
Parafollicular C cell
Most common bacteria associated with toxic shock syndrome.
Staphylococcus aureus
Most common inherited hypercoagulable state.
Factor V Leiden
Phase of wound healing associated with neovascularization and infiltration of myofibroblasts
Proliferative Phase
First successful liver transplant.
Starting dose for thyroid hormone replacement.
1.6 mcg/kg
Syndrome associated with claudication of the buttocks and thighs, impotence and leg atrophy.
Leriche's sydrome
Blood product of choice for low MA on TEG.
Platelets
Most common cell type in a wound for the first 48 hours.
PMNs (Neutrophils)
First carotid endarterectomy.
DeBakey
Lymph node group associated with the pyramidal lobe.
Delphian lymph nodes
Three of the four features associated with carcinoid syndrome.
Bronchospasm, Flushing
Diarrhea, Right-sided heart failure
First FDA approved Factor Xa inhibitor antidote.
Andexxa
Melanoma gene commonly targeted with immunotherapy.
B-RAF
Only surgeon to win the Pulitzer Prize.