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Lovely Transfer
From the Buckeye Surgeon archive, original post date 8/10/07 This little, old lady arrived in our ER febrile, malnourished and anemic. Her history was sort of interesting. Two weeks ago she had an open left colectomy performed at another hospital … Continue reading
She Killed Her Caregiver and Almost Killed Herself
From the Surgeonsblog archive, original post date 7/29/06 She was a Korean woman, spoke passable English. We always exchanged pleasantries, and she called me “doctor” when I picked up my laundry. This time she was notably quiet, distant. I didn’t … Continue reading
When My Partner Got Sick
From the Surgeonsblog archive, original post date 7/26/06 “Musta been the ham sandwich,” he said as he leaned onto the operating table and belched a couple of times. We were half-way through a thyroid operation and Doug, my partner, didn’t … Continue reading
The Most Stool I’ve Ever Seen in a Belly
From the Surgeonsblog archive, original post date 7/25/06 I got the call from the ER because I was the “no-doc” surgeon, meaning I was the guy to call when a patient showed up needing a surgeon, and who had no … Continue reading
Midnight Ramblings
From the Buckeye Surgeon archive, original post date 7/12/07 It’s midnight and I just got home from a laparotomy for a bowel obstruction. One band, one snip, ten minute case. I love bowel obstructions. What I don’t like is doing … Continue reading
How To Write An Abstract
From Professor Steve Wigmore, Original post date 7/4/12 So I am currently in Paris with 3000 other liver surgeons. I gave a talk yesterday in the “Meet the Editors Sessions” which have been a great success based on the fact … Continue reading
Don’t Think
From Heard in the OR, originally posted 8/14/10 I read a missive from hospital administration recently, posted on the wall in the physicians work area at one of the hospitals. The message read something along these lines: “Per JCAHO* regulations … Continue reading
Is it Really Best to Take Out a Gallbladder in the Daytime?
From Skeptical Scalpel, originally posted 5/22/13 Under the headline “Best to take out gallbladder in daytime,” MedPage Today reports on a study that says people who have laparoscopic cholecystectomies at night have more complications. The work was presented at Digestive … Continue reading
Is Robotic Surgery the “Laser” of the 21st Century?
From Skeptical Scalpel, originally posted 12/7/12 An OR nurse with 40 years of experience told me that she thinks robotic surgery might go the way of the laser. Like many good observations, it’s simple and I wonder why I didn’t … Continue reading
Anger Management for Doctors
From Skeptical Scalpel, originally posted May 10, 2013 A recent Washington Post/Kaiser Health News story about anger management led with an anecdote about a surgeon who broke a scrub tech’s finger by slamming down an improperly loaded instrument. The surgeon … Continue reading
