Emergency Surgery Glossary
100 terms total — 4 showing — Last updated 15 Sep 2026
Rovsing's sign
Physical examination finding where palpation of the left lower quadrant produces pain in the right lower quadrant, suggestive of appendicitis.
washout procedure
Surgical irrigation and cleansing of a body cavity or wound to remove debris and reduce infection risk.
Whipple procedure
A complex pancreaticoduodenectomy involving removal of the pancreatic head, duodenum, gallbladder, and distal stomach, p...
wound class
A standardized classification system rating surgical wounds as clean, clean-contaminated, contaminated, or dirty/infecte...
zone of injury
Anatomical classification system used to guide surgical approach and decision-making in penetrating trauma to specific b...