High Yield Tips for the Practical Section of the Surgery State Exam at MU Pleven.

Acute Appendicitis is the inflammation of the appendix and is a surgical emergency. Early recognition and prompt surgical management are essential to preventing serious consequences of appendicitis, especially perforation and peritonitis.

Calot's triangle is a small triangular space at the porta hepatis of surgical importance as it is dissected during cholecystectomy. Its contents, the cystic artery and cystic duct, must be identified before ligation and division to avoid intraoperative injury.

The Carnett’s Sign is a clinical examination sign used to distinguish between abdominal wall pain (Pain arising from the abdominal musculature) and pain arising from within the abdomen (Visceral pain from abdominal/pelvic organs).