One of the stranger aspects of being a general surgeon or a colorectal surgeon can be summed up by this abdominal X-ray (click on the picture for a bigger image): Yep. From time to time, every general surgeon will be called upon to pull something out of someone’s ass. It’s not super common, but common […]
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Two words: Necrotizing pancreatitis. There’s nothing like repeated trips to the operating room to scoop out bits of dead pancreas, trips sometimes so frequent that we leave the abdomen open to facilitate repeat visits, in patients who are about as sick as any patient you’ll ever see. There are few, if any, problems in general […]
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I’ve been very remiss about this, but the e-mail notifying me of it happened to arrive a couple of weeks ago, back when I was out of town because of the recent death in the family. While cleaning out my e-mail boxes, I came across the notice again and decided it was time to rectify […]
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Jake over at Pure Pedantry pointed the way to an article in Science that I hadn’t seen yet because of my absence. Just like yesterday’s topic, this one too is right up my alley. Specifically, it’s about something near and dear to my heart, namely the trials and tribulations of being a physician-scientist. The article […]
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Sadly (with regards to vacation) and not-so-sadly (with regards to the events of last week), it’s time to dive headlong back into the “real world” at work, starting with clinic today. It also means it’s time to get back to my favorite hobby (blogging) in a much more regular way, although I will say that […]
