Ron Barbosa MD FACS
Nonuniversity level 1 trauma/critical care/general surgeon. ECMO service. PGY-26. Father of 4. Surgical instrument threads. History enthusiast. Opinions own.
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@doc_on_the_run Yes, we have 12. There are 3-4 in the day, one at night. Resident cohort is 1–2 in the day, one at night, with a swing ER resident for some of the year.
Short🧵regarding 'toeing in', which is an important concept to be aware of when using surgical retractors, but is rather difficult to show in written or picture form. I'll try anyw...
🧵regarding bone wax: some of the things it's used for, some history, its characteristics, and (of course) one of my unorthodox experiments. https://t.co/9AZPM1eDJa
Short 🧵on the Shiley XLT ('extended length') tracheostomy tube (or as I like to call it, the 'extra long trach'), which comes in 2 different types, and in particular a small but im...
Different 🧵today... I looked at a large liver clamp that has been kept in our trauma OR since I got here in 2006. I've never used it, and neither has anyone else currently workin...
so Let us have a look at these Weck Hemolok clips you speak of. a 🧵 https://t.co/Z1O7XLIcKY
Short 🧵on the 'pointy' part of a chest tube and what happens when we don't cut it off. Note in the video that despite the ziptie, it's not very secure and is easily undone. (1/ )...
🧵of 🧵...we've done chromic and PDS (links at the end). Now we'll cover the Nickelback of suture material...silk. I use the analogy because silk has been around a long time: it's ir...
🧵regarding what we in the US often call 'suture scissors', but which are actually straight Mayo scissors; whether they are really deserving of our infatuation with them, and an exa...
Slow-motion video of a Veress needle going through a cardboard box. A short 🧵 https://t.co/0qhVACTFbw
Quick 🧵 showing what the “G2” Blue Rhino dilator looks like. For those that may not be familiar, the Blue Rhino is the dilator that you use to establish the tract during a week pe...
Short 🧵on ECMO dilators now that I've managed to piece together a whole set. Shown are Maquet dilators (left) and Opus dilators (right) with a 7 Fr central line in the middle for...