Surgery
52 Threads
🧵regarding the terminology of some common suture needle types. This is a revised version of a 🧵I did several months ago (I’ve been on vacation 😎, and it’ll be a bit untiI I have...
🧵Apotemnophilia In the 90s, Dr. Robert Smith, a surgeon at Falkirk Royal Infirmary, performed leg amputations on two men. Both men were perfectly healthy but suffering from apotem...
CAESAREAN SECTION - What is it? How is the procedure done? How to prepare for one? What are the indications? What are the complications? How to take care of oneself after surgery?...
One more redo🧵for the students... Here I will explain what is meant by 'French' when we are talking about Foleys and NG tubes and such. Also we will cover what the 'Gauge' of an...
🧵regarding some technical aspects of the needle holder and where to grip surgical needles, something you may not know about the packages they come in, and a comment about the ratch...
🧵regarding one of the most basic and commonly used instruments in surgery...the DeBakey forceps. DeBakey forceps were designed for vascular and cardiac surgery, but now are used b...
An elderly lady closely related to me had severe osteoporosis of knees. We did TKR for both her knees. She went back home in 4 days. Came back for follow up in a week completely a...
Neck surgery was done for ? https://t.co/Fx9Bjpda4Y
Hemostatic Forceps Tweetorial 🧵: A useful thermal alternative for when you can’t “push” (bipolar probe) and precision work. It’s not just for ESD (Coagrasper). Hot biopsy forceps...
Strange things found inside the Human body A THREAD https://t.co/208aVPBu3y
🧵regarding the principles of 'traction' and 'countertraction'. These are critical skills that you must master if you expect to become technically proficient in a surgical specialt...
HIGH OUTPUT ILEOSTOMIES - Output >1.5 -2.0 L/24 hrs leading dehydration & dys-electrolytemia - Occurs in 31% of small bowel stomas - Daily output⬆️with increasing small bowel resec...
The role of #surgery in inflammatory bowel disease with @IBDBen #MedTwitter #GITwitter #IBD #ACG2022 https://t.co/Ev4O84HD4C
Signs and Study Aries- Engineering, Metallurgy, Technology, Surgery Taurus- Agriculture, Economics, Geology, Law, Fine arts Gemini- Mathematics, Aviation, Journalism, Research in M...
This is a good case for #MedTwitter . 19-year old girl presenting with constipation (passes once in 7-8 days) intermittent abdominal distension since birth. Barium enema unremarkab...
The Da Vinci System is a surgical robot that costs $2m. It's been used in >10m procedures and is designed for one surgeon to do the job of many people. The robot works, but at a...
You may have seen the 🧵on nonurologic uses of Foley catheters - head/neck edition (link at the end)... Now let's finish it with nonurologic uses of Foley catheters - torso edition...
Surgical Courses for Core Surgical Training: 🧵 The self-assessment scoring guidance for candidates 2022 requires candidate to complete 4 surgical courses to access max points whi...
The non-urologic uses of Foley catheters - head and neck edition. A less serious 🧵. And yes, there are applications for the brain and the eyeball. In later editions, we'll cover...
1/ Want to be busy early on in your surgical career? Below is a 🧵 on how I was able to perform >1000 procedures in less than two years into being an attending. #MedTwitter
Dear New #surgery Attending Every new surgeon will have some of their worst complications in 1st year of independent practice, & at least 1-2 in 1st month Only way to not have comp...
🧵regarding the chromic suture: a 'classic' older suture material that still remains in use today. We'll go over some properties, a little history, and some of what each of the si...
🧵regarding the comparative ability of 3 different commonly used surgical drains to evacuate Italian salad dressing from a mason jar: a pilot study. (1/ ) https://t.co/DfepsUJRDb
In preparation for future 'instrument' threads, I've been going through some of the original works of Theodor Kocher (in German), looking for original diagrams of the many things t...