Surgery
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Short 🧵regarding what it means when a needle driver has a gold handle. The gold handles are not just cosmetic: the needle drivers actually *are* better. To understand this, we h...
Continuing the series: This is a🧵on scalpel blades, including some of the kinds that exist, what they might be used for, a little of the history, and why there may be *more* to l...
Fibroids are Non-cancerous growths in the uterus. They develop during the reproductive years in females (13-45yrs) Let's discuss fibroids cause and treatment. Feel free to follo...
Medical removal practices that do more harm than good: Wisdom teeth Gallbladder Adenoids & tonsil Spleen Colon Stomach(stapling)
“Now, you’ve got an aneurysm in there as big as a grapefruit, and it’s about ready to burst. But you’re a strong boy, and I’m the best surgeon in the world, so if this had to happe...
1/ 🧵 21 yo F with neurofibromatosis is adm to ICU after a left suboccipital crani and C1-2 lami for resx of a neurofibroma at the cervicomedullary junction/C1-C2. No peri-op issues...
🔤s of ileocolic anastamosis with @HolubarStefan ✂️ #AIBD2021 @IBDConference #GITwitter #surgery #surgerytwitter @AshburnMd https://t.co/wJx0cmCpw3
Management of STOMA complications #AIBD2021 @IBDConference #GITwitter #surgery #surgerytwitter @pakotze
Time to talk about #surgery! ✂️ #AIBD2021 @IBDConference #GITwitter #surgerytwitter @AshburnMd @pakotze https://t.co/RytztOlNah
🔴Hepatology Bedside Pearls ✅Dupuytren's Contracture ("Hand of Papal Benediction) 🔶Guillaume Dupuytren(1777-1835) ✔fibroproliferative thickening of plamar fascia on ulnar side ✔A...
1/8 You are asked to preoperatively assess a patient with known primary severe mitral regurgitation for an hip replacement Which of the following new findings might result in you...
John is having elective surgery next month. He's referred to your perioperative clinic. He's on medications for diabetes and blood thinners. What would you do? Open this thread an...
In this thread, I'm writing a few instances related to Medicine and Surgery, mentioned in the Rigveda. Some of the methods discussed in these instances aren't a possibility yet....
A Thread On The Founding Father of Surgery Sushruta lived in India sometime between 600 to 1000 BC. His Sushruta Samhita is one of the most outstanding treatises in Indian medical...
#MayoIDQ #IDBR #outbreak #cluster 56M developed surgical site infection / vertebral osteomyelitis after spinal surgery where FiberCell, bone allograft, was used for repair. Other p...
There is nothing called "Avarna" categorization in any Vedas or other scriptures. We have word ‘Avarna’ But it’s called आवरण & not अवर्ण & is explained as below: A) Āyurveda...
Cardiac risk assessment for non-cardiac surgery. Understanding pre-operative risk factors, cardiac testing, and peri-operative medical interventions. Good review prior to an upcomi...
Here's a chest X-ray that made the radiologist gasp and reach for the phone. What could this thin grey line possibly be? The patient was a 30 yo male, no significant medical histor...
[1/18] Kicking off the new year with some tips of how I do a short cephalomedullary nail for an intertrochanteric fracture. The cases I use here are not all the same and aren’t alw...
27 years old male, presented to the ED after he was stabbed in his neck “zone 2”.. gasping for the air.. with exploding blood from his carotid artery filling his shirt and jeans.....
[1/11] JBJS March 2009: classic instructional course lecture titled: “intertrochanteric fractures: ten tips to improve results” by Haidukewych. I strongly urge anyone who hasn’t re...
💡Ostomy : Ostomy surgery is a life-saving procedure that allows bodily waste to pass through a surgically created stoma on the abdomen. 💡Ostomy:a surgical procedure used to create...
❇️ A chest tube (chest drain): is a flexible plastic tube that is inserted through the chest (lateral / mediastinal) into the pleural space. -The insertion of a chest tube is a m...
A 45 yr old male patient, presented to clinic with recurrent reducible right inguinal hernia which was repaired 10 years ago (open mesh repair). What is your advice? #USMLE #SMLE...