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When the Gastric Bypass Patient Shows Up

Posted on August 17, 2012 by OnSurg

Patients who’ve undergone bariatric surgery sometimes present at emergency rooms far from their operating surgeon. The general surgeon on-call often manages these patients, with or without the help of the operating surgeon. OnSurg thanks Dr Reynoso for offering to discuss … Continue reading →

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When We Were Kings: Operating in Guatemala

Posted on April 13, 2012 by OnSurg

Spent a sweaty week operating in a hilltop Hospital Nacional in Guatemala a while back. A patient gave me a hat in thanks for her surgery. It’s a full-brimmed canvas safari number – I’m sure Hemingway shot a rhino in … Continue reading →

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Feds Cut Medicaid Payments for Preventable Conditions

Posted on June 11, 2011 by OnSurg

Treatment for conditions such as catheter-associated vascular infections, pressure ulcers, surgical site infections, providing the wrong surgery, wrong-patient surgery, or wrong surgical site will no longer be reimbursed by Medicaid, according to an article in ACS Surgery News – link … Continue reading →

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