247. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

After listening to this podcast, learners will be able to: 1. Describe the anatomy and blood supply of the distal colon and rectum. 2. List what is resected and what is reconnected during a low anterior resection. 3. Describe the major differences between a low anterior resection ... Show More

After listening to this podcast, learners will be able to: 1. Describe the anatomy and blood supply of the proximal colon. 2. Outline the principles of resection for colon cancer. 3. List what is resected and what is reconnected during a right hemicolectomy. 4. Describe what is r ... Show More

After listening to this podcast, learners will be able to: 1. Describe different types of stomas, including ileostomy, colostomy, urostomy, and mucus fistula. 2. Explain the indications for a permanent versus temporary ostomy. 3. Evaluate the type of stoma a patient has based on ... Show More

Join us as we discuss surgical management options for the difficult gallbladder. Is it better to open or proceed with a laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy? If the latter, fenestrated or reconstituted? What's the difference?! This week on Rounds, we have several guest professor ... Show More

<p>As we continue our case series on these clinical episodes, we’re going to start out by talking about surgical procedures and pathology related to the endocrine system. Today’s episode will focus on a thyroidectomy, which is the surgical removal of all or part of the thyroid gl ... Show More

Gallbladders – bread and butter cases or underestimated challenges? Join Dr. Patrick Georgoff and Dr. Shanaz Hossain as they sit down with Dr. Eric Knauer to discuss difficult gallbladders. In this episode, we discuss the SAGES Safe Cholecystectomy program that were created in an ... Show More

This PedsCases podcast is designed to give you an understanding and management approach to an important pediatric surgery topic, pediatric inguinal hernias. This podcast was created by Kevin Verhoeff, a medical student at the University of Alberta, with Dr. Simon Byrns, a surgica ... Show More

Join BTK’s Dr. Scott Steele for a discussion with Dr. Tom Read on leadership opportunities outside of clinical medicine. They discuss Dr. Tom Read's role as the executive chairman for the American Board of Colorectal Surgery. Please visit https://behindtheknife.org to access othe ... Show More

Upon encountering a patient who develops an anastomotic leak after a straight-forward low anterior resection, you are taken aback, as the patient is healthy and has no apparent risk factors. This prompts you to consider whether the microbiota may have played a role in causing the ... Show More

English week: Dr Max talks to plastic surgeon Dr Wayne Smith about the importance of second opinions, how to find a surgeon you can trust, how careful planning makes operations safer, why people get depressed after massive weight loss and why they should consult a plastic surgeon ... Show More

<p>In this episode with speak with Alessandro Rabiolo, a glaucoma fellow from Cheltenham about his recent paper, 'Hypotony-associated Complications after Deep Sclerectomy: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Long-Term Outcomes’. In addition to his paper, we discuss what exactly deep scl ... Show More

<p>In this episode, board-certified plastic surgeon, Zol Kryger, enlightens us about the frighteningly loose laws regulating the industry of plastic surgery, paving the way for a majority of cosmetic procedures being performed by doctors that are not board-certified plastic surge ... Show More