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Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Gangrenous cholecystitis with perforation β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

A 52-year-old woman, Adwoa, is seen on the surgical ward at a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo. She was admitted 48 hours ago with acute cholecystitis confirmed on ultrasound (gallbladder wall thickne…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Sickle cell disease and acute cholecystitis β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

A 60-year-old man, Mensah, with known sickle cell disease (HbSS) is admitted to the Korle Bu surgical unit with a 2-day history of acute right upper quadrant pain, fever (38.9Β°C), and vomiting. He has…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Operative safety in laparoscopic cholecystectomy β€” critical view of safety β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

During an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Korle Bu general surgical theatre, the registrar is performing dissection in Calot's triangle. The operating consultant asks her to identify the …

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Tokyo Guidelines grading and early cholecystectomy β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 42-year-old market trader from Kumasi, presents to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 3-day history of right upper quadrant pain radiating to the right shoulder tip, associated with fever a…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute cholecystitis in sickle-cell disease β€” peri-operative haematological optimisation β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

Yaa, a 35-year-old woman with known sickle-cell disease (HbSS), is admitted to the Korle Bu surgical unit with a 36-hour history of right upper quadrant pain, nausea, and low-grade fever. She has had …

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute calculous cholecystitis β€” Tokyo Grade I management β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 42-year-old market trader from Kumasi, presents to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 3-day history of right upper quadrant pain radiating to the right shoulder tip, fever, and vomiting. Sh…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute calculous cholecystitis β€” Tokyo grading and early surgery β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 45-year-old market trader, is brought to the Komfo Anokye emergency department by her husband with a 3-day history of right upper quadrant pain radiating to the right shoulder tip, fever, and …

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute suppurative cholangitis β€” Reynolds' Pentad and Grade III management β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

Kwame, a 58-year-old civil servant, is referred from a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region to the regional hospital with a 5-day history of right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, and high-grade …

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute cholecystitis in sickle-cell disease β€” peri-operative management β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

Yaa, a 35-year-old woman with sickle-cell disease (HbSS), is admitted to the Tamale Teaching Hospital surgical ward with a 2-day history of right upper quadrant pain, nausea, and low-grade fever. She …

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute cholangitis β€” Reynolds' pentad and urgent decompression β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

Kwame, a 58-year-old retired teacher, is admitted to the Korle Bu general surgical unit with a 5-day history of right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, and high-grade fever with rigors. His wife reports …

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Operative anatomy β€” critical view of safety in laparoscopic cholecystectomy β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

A surgical registrar at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on Ama, a 38-year-old woman with acute calculous cholecystitis. The procedure is technically demandi…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Operative anatomy β€” critical view of safety in laparoscopic cholecystectomy β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

Yaw, a 55-year-old farmer, is on the operating table at Komfo Anokye teaching hospital for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis. At the critical view of safety step, th…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Grade III acute cholangitis β€” Reynolds' pentad and emergency biliary decompression β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

Kofi, a 58-year-old retired teacher, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a 5-day history of right upper quadrant pain, high-grade fever with rigors, and progressive jaundice. He i…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Severe acute cholangitis β€” Grade III β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

A 38-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the regional hospital surgical unit in Ashanti with a 5-day history of right upper quadrant pain, spiking fevers to 39.8Β°C, and rigors. He is jaundiced and appe…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Bile duct injury prevention β€” critical view of safety β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

During an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, a 46-year-old woman (Ama) with chronic calculous cholecystitis is found to have significant pericholecystic adhesions obs…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute cholangitis β€” Tokyo grading and biliary decompression β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 45-year-old market trader, is brought to the regional hospital in Kumasi with a 3-day history of right upper quadrant pain, fever, and jaundice. She describes two prior episodes of colicky rig…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute cholecystitis severity grading (Tokyo Guidelines) β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 42-year-old market trader from Kumasi, presents to the Komfo Anokye emergency unit with a 3-day history of right upper quadrant pain radiating to the right shoulder tip, fever, and vomiting. S…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute cholecystitis β€” sickle cell peri-operative management β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

Yaa, a 35-year-old nurse with sickle cell disease (HbSS), is referred from a district hospital in the Ashanti Region to the Komfo Anokye surgical unit with a 48-hour history of right upper quadrant pa…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Sickle-cell disease and acute cholecystitis β€” peri-operative haematological optimisation β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

Yaw, a 34-year-old man with known sickle-cell disease (HbSS), is admitted to the Tamale Teaching Hospital surgical ward with a 2-day history of right upper quadrant pain, nausea, and low-grade fever. …

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Laparoscopic cholecystectomy β€” intraoperative anatomy and Critical View of Safety β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

A 67-year-old man is admitted to the Korle Bu surgical unit with a 6-hour history of severe right upper quadrant pain, nausea, and fever. He is on amlodipine for hypertension and has no other signific…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Tokyo Guidelines severity grading β€” acute cholecystitis β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 42-year-old market trader from Kumasi, presents to the Komfo Anokye emergency department with a 3-day history of right upper quadrant pain radiating to the right shoulder tip, fever, and vomit…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute calculous cholecystitis β€” clinical signs and timing of cholecystectomy β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

Kwabena, a 38-year-old schoolteacher, presents to the surgical ward of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region with a two-day history of right upper quadrant pain radiating to the right shoulder tip…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute cholecystitis β€” grading and initial management β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 42-year-old market trader from Kumasi, is brought to the Komfo Anokye emergency department with a 3-day history of right upper quadrant pain radiating to the right shoulder tip, fever, and vom…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute cholangitis β€” Tokyo Grade III (severe) β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

Kwame, a 58-year-old civil servant, is brought to the emergency department of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region with a 2-day history of right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, and high-grade feve…

Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis · Acute cholecystitis in sickle-cell disease β€” peri-operative management β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

Ama, a 35-year-old woman with sickle-cell disease (HbSS), is referred from a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. She has a 5-day history of right upper quadr…

Acute Mastoiditis and Complications of Otitis Media · ENT β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

A 28-year-old man, Kofi, is admitted to the Korle Bu neurosurgical unit with a 1-week history of fever, severe headache, and right-sided facial weakness. He has a 5-year history of right-sided CSOM wi…

Acute Mastoiditis and Complications of Otitis Media · ENT β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

During a cortical mastoidectomy being performed at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for acute coalescent mastoiditis in a 10-year-old boy named Kofi, the registrar is identifying the key anatomical boun…

Acute Mastoiditis and Complications of Otitis Media · ENT β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

A 28-year-old man named Yaw is referred from a district hospital in the Volta Region to a regional hospital with a 10-day history of left ear pain, fever, and a painful swelling in the left upper neck…

Acute Mastoiditis and Complications of Otitis Media · ENT β˜… HY difficulty 3/5

A 7-year-old boy named Kwame is brought by his mother to the paediatric surgical unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 5-day history of left-sided ear pain, fever, and progressive swelling beh…

Acute Mastoiditis and Complications of Otitis Media · ENT β˜… HY difficulty 4/5

A 35-year-old woman named Akua presents to the emergency department at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital with a 3-day history of severe headache, photophobia, neck stiffness, and high-grade fever. Her husban…