TeachMeSurgery
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What are your top tips for passing the MRCS Part A? Check out TeachMeSurgery for some helpful resources https://t.co/K8JWTdRS9U
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TeachMeSurgery is a comprehensive encyclopedia on surgery, presented in a visually appealing, easy-to-read format. Created by a team of doctors and medical students, each topic combines structured...
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The latest paper from the @GOALTrauma Study has now been published in @GlobalHealthBMJ 📖 This study unpicks how trauma care develops and is run globally, and its stages of development 🌍🌎🌏 Read the full article here https://t.co/3y1mQOGMWW Summary 🧵 below:
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Redo🧵(originally from 2023) for students about using forceps to 'set down' the suture threads in a running suture, so that they are evenly spaced (L picture) instead of irregular (R picture). We'll see a simple way to do this, and what may happen if it isn't done. (1/)
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Is time to operation more important than starting antibiotics - designing systems to get patients to theatre as soon as possible? @Dukes_Club @roux_group @ASGBI_MA @asgbi @ACPGBI @alligator_study @NIHR_GSU @JAMA_current
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Interesting paper in @JAMASurgery on role of antibiotics while awaiting Appendicectomy. Antibiotics did not decrease perforation rate when appendicectomy is done within 24 hours. https://t.co/FPpEafNbQl Does this change your practice?
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🆕 Our new publication in @LancetGH shows stark global inequalities in trauma care Patients in the world’s least developed countries are 3x more likely to die after abdominal trauma surgery Read here: 🔗 https://t.co/Gk3VHNS3lf
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This week marks changeover week in the UK with and influx of new doctors What are your top tips for new F1s?
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Thank you for the kind feedback on our epistaxis article. Please do let us know how we can continue to improve our resources. https://t.co/5Bv3eFw5aH
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CT scan of a patient with vomiting. What’s the diagnosis?
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Water-soluble contrast agents in adhesional small bowel obstruction: meta-analysis and PRECIS-2 assessment of trials ➡️ https://t.co/tJREKRd1XF An updated meta-analysis showed that water-soluble contrast agents are not therapeutic for adhesive small bowel obstruction. A review of
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POV You’re a med student driving the lap scope for the first time Your attending: “The horizon still isn't straight” You *panics in sunset 🌇🌇* This @BehindTheKnife video might help 👇
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Less pain, fewer pills 🩺📦. A year after surgery, ERAS patients had lower odds of chronic opioid use—especially those with single-stage, prepectoral reconstruction. 🔗 https://t.co/qK6SCGxHGM
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BBR are associated with decreased length of stay, increased rate of same-day discharge, decreased postoperative pain, and decreased postoperative opioid requirements. However, less is known about...
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A surgical perspective published in @acsJACS provided ways to reduce the health burden of ovarian cancer. Authors discuss how general surgeons can help prevent ovarian cancer by adding opportunistic salpingectomy to procedures in selected patients.
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This surgical perspective provided ways to reduce the health burden of ovarian cancer.
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1:1:1 resuscitation reduces mortality from hemorrhage. In a multicenter trial, Dr. Van Gent and colleagues evaluated adherence to balanced resuscitation and how whole blood affected balanced ratio achievement. 🩸#AmerSurg25
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Emergency Robotic Chole and CBD Exploration in a Pregnant Patient Presentation: 🔵23 year old 20/52 pregnant presents with obstructive jaundice ➡️Uterus at the level of umbilicus 🔵MRCP demonstrated GB and CBD stones ➡️A single 8mm stone impacted in the distal CBD ➡️CBD >8mm in
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The surprising result for a GLP-1 pill (orforglipron) is the magnitude of weight loss in a Phase 3 trial of participants with Type 2 diabetes. For still unexplained reasons, people with diabetes lose much less weight on GLP-1 drugs than those with obesity, w/o diabetes. Graph
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Pancreatic cancer, often linked to smoking, obesity and diabetes, is predicted to become the 2nd leading cause of cancer-related death by 2030. A recent Seminar discusses the need for novel therapies & future directions for research: https://t.co/IQNCCl8FJY
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Sarcopenia, myosteatosis, and frailty parameters to predict adverse outcomes in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: prospective observational multicentre cohort study ➡️ https://t.co/yBV7xIa3bJ This study determined that sarcopenia (incorporating muscle strength
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SO MUCH TO LEARN!!! Why not rock the pod 🎧? Journal Review in Thoracic Surgery: The ESOPEC Trial with our rocking @SwedishSurgRes team @PeterWhiteMD @BrianLouie4 +++ 🤘🏼 https://t.co/0OpgSmMVF7 🤘🏼 @SwedishSurgRes @PeterWhiteMD @BrianLouie4
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