Etymology

Waltman Walter syndrome

Today it means: A disorder characterized by accumulation of bile in the right subphrenic or subhepatic space, even when provision for drainage appears to have been adequate after a cholecystectomy. Full definition →

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The story

Named after abdominal surgeon Dr. Waltman Walters.

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