Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

We review high-yield vascular topics for the ABSITE, including: carotid disease, vascular access, thoracic aorta, thoracic outlet, and acute mesenteric ischemia. https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion-ebook/dp/B082MKW2VR Subscribe to our mailing list here  http://eepurl.com/df5OTr   Please subscribe on iTunes/Spotify/Google Play and rate the podcast!    

Colorectal part 2 ABSITE review.   Check out our book on Amazon https://amzn.to/2uCtn4l 

Colorectal part 1 with the Behind The Knife Team.  Check out our book on amazon. https://amzn.to/2uCtn4l

Everyone's back for this episode on high-yield pancreas topics.  We discuss everything from up to date management of pancreatitis, peri-pancreatic fluid collections, pancreatic tumors of all varieties and finally we give the usual quick hits.  Get the BTK ABSITE Podcast Companion here! 

Jason Bingham, Kevin Kniery, John McClellan and Woo Do review high-yield adrenal topics for the ABSITE, including: hyperaldosteronism, Cushing syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, adrenal incidentaloma, adrenocortical carcinoma, pheochromocytoma. Review the congenital adrenal hyperplasia mnemonic here.  Get the BTK ABSITE Podcast Companion here! 

We continue with high-yield hepatobiliary, to include: cystic lesions and tumors of the liver and biliary tree. Don't forget to download our ABSITE Podcast Companion on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion-ebook/dp/B082MKW2VR/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=behind+the+knife&qid=1578444510&sr=8-1

We discuss high yield topics related to the liver and biliary tree, to include: benign biliary disease, portal hypertension, and liver abscesses. Our ABSITE Podcast Companion is available at https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion-ebook/dp/B082MKW2VR/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=behind+the+knife&qid=1578444510&sr=8-1

We review high-yield topics related to the spleen, to include: splenic trauma, hematologic disorders, splenic lesions, splenic artery aneurysms, and post-splenectomy infection.   Subscribe to our mailing list here: http://eepurl.com/df5OTr

We review high-yield topics related to the stomach, to include: hiatal hernias, gastroduodenal ulcer disease, GERD, post-gastrectomy syndromes, and gastric cancer. Subscribe to our mailing list here: http://eepurl.com/df5OTr

We discuss high-yield topics related to the esophagus, to include: esophageal perforation, motility disorders, diverticula, Barrett's esophagus, and esophageal cancer.

We discuss high-yield parathyroid topics, to include: PTH, calcitonin, hypercalcemia, hyperparathyroidism (primary vs. secondary vs. tertiary), and parathyroid cancer.     

We discuss high-yield thyroid topics, to include: hyperthyroidism, Grave's disease, toxic multinodular goiter, thyroiditis, workup of the palpable thyroid nodule, and thyroid cancer (papillary vs. follicular vs. medullary). 

We discuss high-yield head and neck anatomy, squamous cell cancer, salivary gland tumors, melanoma, and the diagnostic dilemma of the unknown primary tumor with regional metastasis.   

Exciting news! Many of you have asked for a written version of our popular ABSITE review series, well we came through with an ebook podcast companion. Get it here https://amzn.to/34eOkyr If you rely on BTK for ABSITE this companion is a must have. New ABSITE episodes coming soon!

Dr. Brendan Moran discusses HIPEC and cytoreductive surgery principles. Listen up to this very educational episode and interesting talk about HIPEC study and controversies. 

Join us for our 13th joint Journal Club with Annals of Surgery! We discuss how to get patients better, faster with a surgery-first approach to gallstone pancreatitis. This episode's guest authors are Dr. Krislynn Mueck, a general surgery resident at the University of Texas Health Science Center, and Dr Lillian Kao, the Jack Mayfield, MD Chair in Surgery and Division Chief of Acute Care Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. We discuss their paper, "Gallstone Pancreatitis: Admission versus Normal Cholecystectomy – a Randomized Trial." Access the paper free of charge here: https://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Abstract/2019/09000/Gallstone_Pancreatitis__Admission_Versus_Normal.14.aspx

Rounding out our week of interviews with pediatric surgeons who have unique stories, Woo and Meghana chatted with Dr. Don Nakayama about surgical history. He provides multiple narratives about the history of our field, and it's an episode you don't want to miss!

Continuing in our interview of leaders in pediatric surgery we sat down with Dr. Henri Ford to talk about his life, career, and spectacular work in Haiti. Check out our other interviews with leaders in global surgery when you're done! http://behindtheknife.libsyn.com/global-surgery-with-dr-john-meara-and-dr-mark-shrime http://behindtheknife.libsyn.com/global-surgery-part-ii-with-dr-robert-riviello http://behindtheknife.libsyn.com/global-surgery-in-a-civil-war-zone-with-doctors-without-borders-dr-james-peck http://behindtheknife.libsyn.com/149-lifebox-and-safe-surgery-with-dr-alex-haynes

This week, we present 3 interviews with leaders in pediatric surgery of varying expertise. First up, an interview with Dr. Michael Harrison, 'Father of Fetal Surgery'. He walks us through his career and how he developed an entire surgical sub-specialty. When you're done, check out our previous episodes on fetal surgery featuring Dr. Darrell Cass and Dr. Diana Farmer! http://behindtheknife.libsyn.com/fetal-surgery-with-dr-darrell-cass http://behindtheknife.libsyn.com/diana-farmer-md-uc-davis-women-in-surgery-fetal-surgery-hirschsprungs

With Patrick Georgoff (georgoff@gmail.com) and Teddy Puzio (thaddeus.j.puzio@uth.tmc.edu)