Tag: Surgery

  • Great Advice For Getting Out Of Trouble

    Great Advice For Getting Out Of Trouble

    Unstable and bleeding from multiple gun shot wounds to the abdomen, the patient appeared, to my untrained eyes, a goner.  Fortunately for this patient, I was a newbie Intern starting my General Surgery residency and nobody asked for my opinion.  My job, as second assistant, was to “hold hooks” and […]

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  • Robotic Assisted Surgery: Love It or Hate It?

    Robotic Assisted Surgery: Love It or Hate It?

    Robotic assisted surgery.  You either love it or hate it.  How has a tool designed to facilitate minimally invasive surgery become so divisive among surgeons and hospital administrators?  Everyone is waiting for the definitive prospective, randomized trial that will, once and for all, determine the “truth” about robotic assisted surgery. […]

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