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Behind the Knife ABSITE 2022 - high yield learning to help you DOMINATE the exam. Don't forget to check out our ABSITE Podcast Companion Book available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=behind+the+knife+podcast&qid=1639489872&sr=8-2 If you like the work that Behind the Knife is doing please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit behindtheknife.org to access podcasts, videos, CME, and more....
Behind the Knife ABSITE 2022 - high yield learning to help you DOMINATE the exam. Don't forget to check out our ABSITE Podcast Companion Book available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=behind+the+knife+podcast&qid=1639489872&sr=8-2 If you like the work that Behind the Knife is doing please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit behindtheknife.org to access podcasts, videos, CME, and more....
Behind the Knife ABSITE 2022 - high yield learning to help you DOMINATE the exam. Don't forget to check out our ABSITE Podcast Companion Book available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=behind+the+knife+podcast&qid=1639489872&sr=8-2 If you like the work that Behind the Knife is doing please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit behindtheknife.org to access podcasts, videos, CME, and more....
Behind the Knife ABSITE 2022 - high yield learning to help you DOMINATE the exam. Don't forget to check out our ABSITE Podcast Companion Book available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=behind+the+knife+podcast&qid=1639489872&sr=8-2 If you like the work that Behind the Knife is doing please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit behindtheknife.org to access podcasts, videos, CME, and more....
Behind the Knife ABSITE 2022 - high yield learning to help you DOMINATE the exam. Don't forget to check out our ABSITE Podcast Companion Book available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=behind+the+knife+podcast&qid=1639489872&sr=8-2 If you like the work that Behind the Knife is doing please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit behindtheknife.org to access podcasts, videos, CME, and more....
Behind the Knife ABSITE 2022 - high yield learning to help you DOMINATE the exam. Don't forget to check out our ABSITE Podcast Companion Book available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=behind+the+knife+podcast&qid=1639489872&sr=8-2 If you like the work that Behind the Knife is doing please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit behindtheknife.org to access podcasts, videos, CME, and more....
Behind the Knife ABSITE 2022 - high yield learning to help you DOMINATE the exam. Don't forget to check out our ABSITE Podcast Companion Book available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=behind+the+knife+podcast&qid=1639489872&sr=8-2 If you like the work that Behind the Knife is doing please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit behindtheknife.org to access podcasts, videos, CME, and more....
This high-yield ABSITE review episode covers essential topics about the stomach. Discussions include anatomy and classifications, gastric volvulus, GERD diagnosis and surgical management, hiatal hernia repair, peptic ulcer disease complications (bleeding, perforation, refractory ulcers) and their treatment, and post-gastrectomy syndromes. The episode concludes with a detailed review of gastric cancer, including risk factors, genetics, staging, and surgical principles.
In this ABSITE review episode from Behind the Knife, the hosts delve into high-yield esophageal topics. They cover essential anatomy, causes, diagnosis, and management of esophageal perforations, and review various motility disorders and diverticula. The episode also provides a comprehensive overview of esophageal cancer, including workup, staging, treatment principles, NCCN guidelines, surgical approaches, and adjuvant therapy, concluding with high-yield quick hits for exam preparation.
Behind the Knife ABSITE 2022 - high yield learning to help you DOMINATE the exam. Don't forget to check out our ABSITE Podcast Companion Book available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=behind+the+knife+podcast&qid=1639489872&sr=8-2 If you like the work that Behind the Knife is doing please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit behindtheknife.org to access podcasts, videos, CME, and more....
Behind the Knife ABSITE 2022 - high yield learning to help you DOMINATE the exam. Don't forget to check out our ABSITE Podcast Companion Book available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=behind+the+knife+podcast&qid=1639489872&sr=8-2 If you like the work that Behind the Knife is doing please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit behindtheknife.org to access podcasts, videos, CME, and more....
Preoperative Optimization Recurrences and complications following abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia repair are common challenges for the general surgery. In this episode, the Hernia and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction team discusses evidence-based approaches to preoperative optimization and prehabilitation. We review patient modifiable risk factors and multi-disciplinary strategies for risk, complication, and recurrence reduction. · Dr. Vahagn Nikolian is an Assistant Professor of Surgery a...
Why should a surgeon care about breast cancer chemotherapy trials? Join Drs. Michael Alvarado, Rita Mukhtar, and Alexa Glencer as they discuss the benefits of neoadjuvant chemotherapy over upfront surgery and the role of adjuvant chemotherapy for select patients who harbor residual disease at the time of surgery. Learning objectives: - Understand the benefits conferred by neoadjuvant chemotherapy compared to upfront surgery in certain patients with breast cancer - Learn about the study design an...
Has anyone else ever felt the anxiety of hearing the EMS radio call in a pregnant trauma patient, knowing you will soon be getting two patients in one? How do we prioritize our assessment, diagnostic work up, and treatment options for our patient when we have a second patient growing in her uterus? Join our Miami Trauma team including Drs. Urréchaga, Neeman, and Rattan as they discuss how to navigate the physiologic changes and management considerations for the pregnant trauma patient! Learning ...
Welcome to the first Surgical Palliative Care Journal Club, the second of a six-part series focused on the integration of palliative care into the practice of surgery. Join us as we discuss the first study of how to best integrate palliative medicine principles into the care of trauma ICU patients. We then tackle the question: Why are surgeons often unwilling to discontinue life-sustaining treatments in the post-operative period? We discuss a 2013 study about “surgical buy-in” and review alterna...
5 years of General Surgery residency? Check. Case numbers? Check. Ready for independent practice? Hmmm. Join Drs. John D. Mellinger, Jeremy Lipman, Judith French, and Amy Han as we discuss the past, present and future of operative assessment. Learning objectives: In this episode, we discuss the current practices of operative assessment in surgical training and the opportunities for improvement. We delve into evidence-based framework for operative performance assessment outlined in “A Proposed Bl...
Cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation are common in any ICU. But, adequately addressing additional perioperative considerations is key in the surgical ICU. In this Critical Care episode of Behind the Knife, Drs. Bankhead, Dumas, & Park will address how to approach a critically ill patient who presents with an arrythmia. Hemodynamically stable vs. unstable patients are discussed, as well as the current ACLS guidelines for management of a patient in cardiac arrest. Referenced Article...
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and what better way is there to spend your time than getting to know the recent advances in adjuvant therapy for early-stage lung adenocarcinoma? Learning Objectives - Review work-up and treatment of lung adenocarcinoma - Review evidence behind Osimertinib as an adjuvant therapy in EGFR mutation positive disease - Review recent advances in gene expression profiles for targeted application of adjuvant chemotherapy - Discuss future directions for research -...
Join Behind the Knife's very own Dr. Scott Steele, Chairman of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, for a high-level talk on the treatment of T2N0 rectal cancer. There is an associated video that goes along with this episode. Check it out at behindtheknife.org or YouTube. Please visit behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more....
Join Drs. Ashlie Nadler, Jordan Nantais and Graham Skelhorne-Gross as they tackle Cancer Emergencies. Case 1 - Learning Points: These are complex patients and multidisciplinary care should be provided with input from oncology. A step-up approach should be used, starting with medical management prior to considering surgery in appropriate patients. Highly selected patients may benefit from surgery, namely those with a high performance status, a prognosis of months if the bowel obstruction was reso...
In this episode from the Endocrine Surgery team at BTK we discuss the clinical applications of genetic testing for thyroid cancer. We walk through three cases of thyroid nodules and discuss why and how genetic testing can guide surgical and medical management. As usual we review key points such as imaging criteria for thyroid nodules, the Bethesda system for thyroid cytopathology, and MEN syndromes. We also go into a more nuanced discussion of how progress in genetic testing has led to more vari...
Adjuvant? Neoadjuvant? Short course? Long course? The treatment of rectal cancer treatment has come a long way. Tune in to learn more about Total Neoadjuvant Therapy (TNT) and the mysterious HOLY PLANE. Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the rationale for Total Neoadjuvant Therapy (TNT) for rectal cancer 2. Review the history of chemo and radiation therapy in treatment of rectal cancer 3. Describe total mesorectal excision References Bahadoer RR, Dijkstra EA, van Etten B et al. Short-course radiot...
The American Board of Surgery has a new family leave policy for surgery trainees: https://www.absurgery.org/default.jsp?policygsleave . What's new? Is it enough? And what does competency-based training have to do with it? Join Drs. Patrick Georgoff and Shanaz Hossain as they discuss the details with ABS president Dr. Jo Buyske. Please visit behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more....
Tick tock tick tock, 5 min is up! There is a plus sign on the testing stick. And you are…. Pregnant! Congratulations??? Join Drs. Erika Rangel, Eugene Kim, Yue-yung Hu, and Debbie Li as they discuss the challenges surgeons and trainees face as they navigate through pregnancy and parenthood. Learning objectives: In this episode, we learn about the personal experiences including the good, the bad, and the ugly behind pregnancy and parenthood. We discuss about the stigma faced and experienced by ma...
Post-operative pain is a challenging topic most surgeons would prefer not to have to think about, and post-inguinal hernia repair pain can be a particular pain in the…groin. Drs. Mike Weykamp, Andrew Wright, and Nick Cetrulo from the University of Washington provide a framework for approaching these challenging patients to help clarify when and how to best evaluate post-inguinal hernia repair pain and identify the patients who might benefit from surgical intervention. Referenced Articles and Vid...
The CODA trial is back – this time to shed light on long-term outcomes for antibiotics versus surgery for appendicitis! Dr. David Flum, lead investigator of the CODA trial, and Dr. Lillian Kao join us today to discuss the results after at least 1 year of follow-up in their patients. Read the full update here in the New England Journal of Medicine: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2116018 Utilizing the CODA trial results, Dr. Flum has created an innovative online tool for physicians to ...
It’s a brave new world people! There has been an extraordinary and historic change in the way society interacts with information. With the COVID pandemic raging misinformation and conspiracy theories have taken off like wildfire. But why? And what can we as providers do about it? Join Drs. Patrick Georgoff and Brian Southwell for this timely discussion. Dr. Southwell is Senior Director of the Science in the Public Sphere Program at the RTI International’s Center for Communication Science. He is ...
Journal Review in HPB – Surgical Outcomes of the SWOG S1505 Trial Description : Neoadjuvant chemotherapy remains a controversial topic for resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. This randomized trial examines surgical and clinical outcomes from peri-operative regimens, mFOLFIRNOX and gem-Abraxane. The HPB Behind the Knife team dives into the specifics of the trial design and findings, as well as sits down with the Principal Investigator Dr. Syed Ahmad himself to ask about the behind-the-scenes de...
Join BTK founders, Dr. Jason Bingham and Dr. John McClellan, as they discuss bariatric emergencies for the general surgeon. This is Part 2 of 2. Please visit behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.
Large diameter 26-32Fr chest tubes are the treatment of choice at many institutions for the treatment of traumatic hemothorax, but does the currently available data support that? Are there better options available? Join our team as we discuss the The Small 14-French (Fr) Percutaneous Catheter vs. Large (28-32Fr) Open Chest Tube for Traumatic Hemothorax (P-CAT): A Multi-center Randomized Clinical Trial by Dr. N Kulvatunyou et al to address this question. Hosts: Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD, a senior,...
