This is the second part of our discussion with Dr. Shailesh Agarwal, Plastic Surgeon at Brigham and Women's in Boston. In this half, we discuss the plastic surgeon's perspective on abdominal wall reconstruction and chest wall reconstruction. This is part of a short mini-series of episodes we are releasing about topics in plastic surgery that would interest every surgeon! Stay tuned for more. episode in the Plastic Surgery for the General Surgeon series! 

This is our first episode in the Plastic Surgery for the General Surgeon series! Our guest Dr. Shailesh Agarwal, from Brigham and Women's in Boston, come onto the show to discuss trunk reconstruction with us. In this first-half of our recording session, Dr. Agarwal discusses perineal reconstruction. Stay tuned for next week's episode where we will release the second half of the conversation, all about abdominal and chest wall reconstruction!

The ABSITE is over! 2021 has truly begun now. Listen to this short update about what we have in store for you guys over the course of this next year.

If you want to hear more vascular surgery specific content, be sure to check out Audible Bleeding wherever podcasts are found.  Dr. Todd Rasmussen is a Colonel in the United States Air Force and is a Professor of Surgery and Associate Dean of Research at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and an attending vascular surgeon at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Dr. Rasmussen has been deployed numerous times to Iraq and Afghanistan and cared for many traumatic vascular injuries at Walter Reed Medical Center. Through his experience and research, he has become one of the foremost leaders on the management of vascular trauma and recently published the third edition of Rich’s Vascular Trauma. Dr. Marlin “Wayne” Causey is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army and the Chief of Vascular Surgery at Brooke Army Medical Center. Dr. Kevin Kniery is a vascular surgeon at Brooke Army Medical Center. Seminal Papers in Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury AAST 1997 Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9095103/ AAST 2008 Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18545103/ JVS 2011 Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20974523/ Timing of repair of BTAI JVS 2020: https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(20)31575-5/fulltext Dr. Ben Starnes’ podcast on Behind The Knife on BTAI. https://bit.ly/2LuycWq

The time has come. Dominate it.

In this episode we review the need to know information regarding anesthesia and preoperative work up.  Very concentrated information intended for the ABSITE and boards.

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Quick hit hernia knowledge for ABSITE, boards and even rounds.   Covers wide range of different types of hernia and repair options.   https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767

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Help us out by filling out our survey https://survey.libsyn.com/behindtheknife   Check out our book here https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion-ebook/dp/B08NCX9N1V   Check out our YouTube landmark paper series here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzAoWs6w8q8  

We review high yield breast topics, to include: high yield anatomy, benign breast disease, and management of breast cancer and the axilla. SURVEY LINK: https://survey.libsyn.com/behindtheknife

BTK ABSITE Companion  Check out our book at this link, and help us out with a 5-star rating!  https://amzn.to/37sEH44   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel here for video ABSITE reviews.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZkuV3bsUyp0q4mTFHFEoKg

BTK ABSITE Companion  Check out our book at this link, and help us out with a 5 star rating!  https://amzn.to/37sEH44   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel here for video ABSITE reviews.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZkuV3bsUyp0q4mTFHFEoKg

BTK ABSITE Companion  Check out our book at this link, and help us out with a 5 star rating!  https://amzn.to/37sEH44   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel here for video ABSITE reviews.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZkuV3bsUyp0q4mTFHFEoKg

BTK ABSITE Companion  Check out our book at this link, and help us out with a 5 star rating!  https://amzn.to/37sEH44   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel here for video ABSITE reviews.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZkuV3bsUyp0q4mTFHFEoKg  

BTK ABSITE Companion  Check out our book at this link, and help us out with a 5 star rating!  https://amzn.to/37sEH44   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel here for video ABSITE reviews.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZkuV3bsUyp0q4mTFHFEoKg    

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.  Buy and rate your BTK ABSITE Companion HERE

We continue with high-yield hepatobiliary, to include: cystic lesions and tumors of the liver and biliary tree.   ABSITE COMPANION: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767

We discuss high yield topics related to the liver and biliary tree, to include: benign biliary disease, portal hypertension, and liver abscesses. Absite Companion: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767

We discuss high-yield Spleen topics for ABSITE and the boards. Be sure to check out the BTK ABSITE Study Companion available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=absite&qid=1607311826&sr=8-5

Listen to our review on the very high-yield topic: stomach! Don't forget to check out our new edition of the ABSITE Companion Book on Amazon! 

We discuss high-yield topics related to the Esophagus. Show notes with illustrations are available in a new paperback form on Amazon: BTK ABSITE Podcast Companion

We discuss high-yield parathyroid topics, to include: PTH, calcitonin, hypercalcemia, hyperparathyroidism (primary vs. secondary vs. tertiary), and parathyroid cancer.  Be sure to check out the BTK ABSITE Study Companion available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=absite&qid=1607311826&sr=8-5

We discuss high-yield thyroid topics, to include: Hyperthyroidism Grave's disease, Toxic multinodular goiter, Thyroiditis Workup of the palpable thyroid nodule, Thyroid cancer (papillary vs. follicular vs. medullary) Be sure to check out the BTK ABSITE Study Companion available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Knife-ABSITE-Podcast-Companion/dp/0578802767/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=absite&qid=1607311826&sr=8-5

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Jon Abelson and William Kethman bring us this week's episode. Tune in and listen to Michael Valente, David Liska, Jason Chen, and Sarath Sujatha-Bhaskar take us through several excellent oral boards scenarios related to colorectal surgery!

“Who Should Manage Vascular Trauma?” Today’s podcast is a collaboration between Audible Bleeding – AudibleBleeding.com Behind The Knife – BehindTheKnife.org Trauma ICU Rounds - TraumaICURounds.ca Subscribe to all 3 on any podcasting platform!   The most recent article discussed in this podcast can be found here. https://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Fulltext/2020/08000/Beyond_the_Crossroads__Who_Will_be_the_Caretakers.53.aspx   Vascular Surgery Dr. Benjamin Starnes Dr. Starnes is a Professor of Vascular Surgery, Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery for UW Medicine. Additionally he is a former military surgeon with combat experience.   Dr. Westley Ohman Dr. Ohman is an Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital which is a level 1 trauma center where he is routinely involved in the care of complex vascular trauma.   Trauma Surgery Dr. Tanya Zakrison is an Associate Professor of Surgery and a Trauma and Acute care surgeon at the University of Chicago medical center, which is a level 1 trauma center. Dr. Matthew Martin is a Professor of Surgery at Scripps Medical Center in San Diego, a former Army Surgeon who is recognized as a leader in trauma care, and has served on 5 combat deployments. Moderators Dr. Dennis Kim is an Associate Professor of Surgery and an Acute Care and Trauma Surgeon at UCLA School of Medicine and is the host of the podcast Trauma ICU rounds Dr. Kevin Kniery is a vascular surgeon at Brooke Army Medical Center.      

Dr. James Howe and Dr. Alexandra Gangi, coauthors of The Landmark Series: Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver Metastases, join us to discuss their paper and the latest in the field of these rare but important tumors.   Read the paper yourself here! https://link.springer.com/article/10.1245%2Fs10434-020-08787-x

Leaders in clinical and health services research discuss keys to success in this collaborative effort between BTK and The Association for Academic Surgery. In this episode, Dr. Fabian Johnston discusses how to do health services research the right way with UCSF Surgery Chair Dr. Julie Sosa.

Dr. Bernadette Aulivola is a Professor of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery at Loyola Medical Center and the Division Director of Vascular Surgery.  https://loyolamedicine.org/doctor/bernadette-aulivola Check out Audible Bleeding here https://www.audiblebleeding.com/ or on any podcast platform.  Find a vascular mentor here! https://svsconnect.vascular.org/home Request Dr. Aulivola and Dr. Ellozy  

What is the latest, up to date practice in surgical oncology for liver mets from colorectal cancer? Dr. Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, author of the landmark paper on the topic, joins us to discuss.

In today's episode, the lead investigator of the CODA Trial, Dr. David Flum, joins us along with members of his team to discuss the newly released results of the CODA Trial.

Leaders in clinical and health services research discuss keys to success in this collaborative effort between BTK and The Association for Academic Surgery. In this episode, Dr. Fabian Johnston discusses research mentorship, building a health services career, and breaking down barriers between translation and implementation scientists with Dr. Sandra Wong, Surgery Chief at Geisel SOM at Dartmouth. .

The Society of Surgical Oncology has published The Landmark Series, an invaluable series of reviews that discuss the key papers of surgical oncology which shape our practice today.  Dr. George Chang of MD Anderson, author of The Landmark Series: Management of Lateral Lymph Nodes in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer, joins us to discuss his work. During the discussion, Dr. Chang mentioned his other work on robotic surgery and the lateral pelvic lymph node dissection, read it here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/codi.15350

You've been selected to be on the next team taking a 3-year trip to Mars. What will you bring with you? How will you treat appendicitis? That, and much more regarding human space travel and surgery, is discussed by Dr. Rich Williams and Dr. Carol Scott-Conner in this week's episode about deep space medicine.

There is an urgent need to understand the outcomes of COVID-19 infected patients who undergo surgery. Capturing real-world data and sharing international experience will inform the management of this complex group of patients who undergo surgery throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, improving their clinical care. CovidSurg has been designed by an international collaborating group of surgeons and anaesthetists which has now reached 69 countries. More information here https://globalsurg.org/covidsurg/.  Connect on twitter @COVIDSurg   

The Society of Surgical Oncology has published The Landmark Series, an invaluable series of reviews that discuss the key papers of surgical oncology which shape our practice today.  Dr. Kelly McMasters, Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Surgical Oncology, joins us today to introduce the Landmark Series, as well as walk us through the Landmark papers regarding the treatment of melanoma.

Dr. Red Hoffman, Dr. Fabian Johnston, and Dr. Susan McCammon, each surgeons with unique expertise in palliative care, join us to discuss the difficult decisions and discussions we sometimes must make for those patients with the worst prognoses or who are suffering the most.

Leaders in clinical and health services research discuss keys to success in this collaborative effort between BTK and The Association for Academic Surgery. In this episode, Dr. Karan Chhabra discussing building a strong health services research program from the bottom-up with Dr. John Birkmeyer.

Dr. Travis McKenzie from Mayo Clinic discusses his approach to the adrenal incidentaloma, and shares pearls of wisdom for shucking out those adrenal masses.

Kevin and Nicole discuss the management of ceberbrovascular trauma, primarily blunt and penetrating injuries to the carotid and vertebral arteries.  Dr. Rasmussen is a Colonel in the United States Air Force and is a Professor of Surgery and Associate Dean of Research at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and an attending vascular surgeon at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.  Dr. Rasmussen has been deployed numerous times to Iraq and Afghanistan and cared for many traumatic vascular injuries at Walter Reed Medical Center. Through his experience and research, he has become one of the foremost leaders on the management of vascular trauma and recently published the third edition of Rich’s Vascular Trauma. Nicole Rich is a vascular surgery fellow at New York Presbyterian.  Behind The Knife YouTube Page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZkuV3bsUyp0q4mTFHFEoKg EAST Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury Guidelines https://www.east.org/education/practice-management-guidelines/blunt-cerebrovascular-injury Check out Rich’s Vascular Trauma https://www.elsevier.com/books/richs-vascular-trauma/9781455712618