Also known as: Bubble in the artery
A 14-year-old pregnant patient presents with abdominal pain and cough, discovered to have a splenic artery aneurysm that could rupture at any moment. The aneurysm eventually ruptures, requiring emergency surgery with splenectomy.
Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy
The 14-year-old patient is six months pregnant, which she has been hiding from her mother. The pregnancy complicates her treatment for the splenic aneurysm and creates ethical dilemmas about patient confidentiality.
Also known as: MS
A 34-year-old musician with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis develops persistent tremor in his right hand that threatens his music career. He undergoes deep brain stimulation surgery while awake.
Intractable tremor secondary to MS affecting the patient's ability to play guitar, treated with deep brain stimulation procedure.
Also known as: Brain bleed
During deep brain stimulation surgery, the patient develops a small hemorrhage in the brain causing facial droop and speech loss, which is controlled with irrigation technique.
Also known as: Dead bowel tissue
A patient requires bowel resection for necrotic bowel with complicated adhesions, performed by Richard Webber and Catherine Avery.
Also known as: Unplanned pregnancy
April's ongoing pregnancy is central to the custody conflict subplot with Jackson, though not a medical case in this episode.