Category Archives: Announcement

General Surgery, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Preprint Release

PREPRINT RELEASE: Contracture Release and Full-Thickness Skin Graft to Volar Index Finger with K-Wire Insertion


Contracture Release and Full-Thickness Skin Graft to Volar Index Finger with K-Wire Insertion
Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston

Jonathan Friedstat, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jonah Poster
Medical Student
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

This case centers around a young male patient with a 1-year-old burn scar on his volar index finger that keeps the finger flexed and prevents it from being straightened. Here, Dr. Friedstat releases the contracture and places a full-thickness skin graft from the right groin crease. A K-wire was also used to prevent flexion of the finger during the healing process.

General Surgery, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Preprint Release

PREPRINT RELEASE: Bilateral Dorsal Foot Scar Contracture Release with Split-Thickness Skin Grafts from the Anterior Thigh


Bilateral Dorsal Foot Scar Contracture Release with Split-Thickness Skin Grafts from the Anterior Thigh
Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston

Jonathan Friedstat, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jonah Poster
Medical Student
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

In this case, a 5-year-old male with burn scars undergoes a bilateral dorsal foot scar contracture release with split-thickness skin grafts from the anterior thigh.

Announcement, General Surgery, Preprint Release, Vascular Surgery

PREPRINT RELEASE: Submandibular Approach to the Mandible (Cadaver)


Submandibular Approach to the Mandible (Cadaver)
Harvard Medical School

R. John Tannyhill, III, MD, DDS, FACS
Instructor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Mark Rowan, MD, DDS
Resident Physician
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

This case presents a cadaveric demonstration of the submandibular approach to the mandible, which can be used in cases involving osteomyelitis, the management of fractures, or pathology of the mandible or submandibular gland.

Otolaryngology, Preprint Release

PREPRINT RELEASE: Stapedotomy (Endaural)


Stapedotomy (Endaural)
Duke University Medical Center

David M. Kaylie, MD, MS
Department of Surgery
Division of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences

C. Scott Brown, MD
Resident Physician
Division of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences

Dr. David Kaylie demonstrates the endaural approach to the middle ear in order to perform a stapedotomy for conductive hearing loss secondary to otosclerosis. This technique can be utilized for other middle ear conditions, including attic cholesteatomas.

General Surgery, Global Surgery, Preprint Release

PREPRINT RELEASE: Open Cholecystectomy


Open Cholecystectomy
Romblon Provincial Hospital

Liborio “June” Soledad, MD
World Surgical Foundation

Enrico Jayma, MD
World Surgical Foundation

Ted Carpio, MD
World Surgical Foundation

The patient in this case is a 53-year-old male with a 1-year history of recurrent right upper quadrant pain that radiates to the back. On workup, ultrasound revealed intraluminal gallstones. Here, Dr. Soledad, Dr. Jayma, and Dr. Carpio perform an open cholecystectomy on this patient while on a surgical mission to the Philippines with the World Surgical Foundation.

General Surgery, Global Surgery, Preprint Release

PREPRINT RELEASE: Left Indirect Inguinal Hernioplasty


Left Indirect Inguinal Hernioplasty
Romblon Provincial Hospital

Liborio “June” Soledad, MD
World Surgical Foundation

Enrico Jayma, MD
World Surgical Foundation

The patient in this case is a 58-year-old male with bulging in the left inguinal area that extends into the scrotum. Here, Dr. June Soledad and Dr. Enrico Jayma perform a left indirect inguinal hernioplasty while on a surgical mission in the Philippines with the World Surgical Foundation.

General Surgery, Preprint Release

PREPRINT RELEASE: Open Radical Cholecystectomy with Partial Hepatectomy for Gallbladder Cancer


Open Radical Cholecystectomy with Partial Hepatectomy for Gallbladder Cancer
Cancer Institute Hospital

Hiromichi Ito, MD
Gastrointestinal Cancer Center
Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research

In this case, a 60-year-old male was found to have a gallbladder mass on routine imaging 1.5 years after undergoing a radical cystectomy with ileal conduit and neoadjuvant chemotherapy for bladder cancer. Here, Dr. Hiromichi Ito at the Cancer Institute Hospital in Japan performs a radical cholecystectomy with removal of the gallbladder and liver bed, and lymphadenectomy around the porta hepatis.

General Surgery, Global Surgery, Ob/Gyn, Preprint Release

PREPRINT RELEASE: Vaginal Hysterectomy, Uterosacral Ligament Suspension, and Excision of Redundant Vaginal Tissue


Vaginal Hysterectomy, Uterosacral Ligament Suspension, and Excision of Redundant Vaginal Tissue
Romblon Provincial Hospital

Col. Arthur C. Wittich, DO
Fort Belvoir Community Hospital (Retired)
World Surgical Foundation

In this case, Dr. Wittich performs a vaginal hysterectomy, a high uterosacral ligament suspension, a round ligament suspension to the distal vaginal cuff, and a reduction of anterior and posterior redundant vaginal tissue. This was performed during a mission to the Philippines with the World Surgical Foundation.

General Surgery, Global Surgery, Pediatrics, Preprint Release

PREPRINT RELEASE: Pediatric Bilateral Indirect Inguinal Herniotomy


Pediatric Bilateral Indirect Inguinal Herniotomy
Romblon Provincial Hospital

Beda Espineda, MD
Philippine Children’s Medical Center
World Surgical Foundation

In this case, Dr. Espineda performs a bilateral indirect inguinal herniotomy on a 12-year-old male in the Philippines while on a surgical mission with the World Surgical Foundation.

Announcement, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Preprint Release

PREPRINT RELEASE: Pulsed Dye and Fractional CO2 Laser Therapy for Treatment of Burn Scars


Pulsed Dye and Fractional CO2 Laser Therapy for Treatment of Burn Scars
Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston

Branko Bojovic, MD
Chief of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Laser Surgery
Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston

Robert J. Dabek, MD
Research Fellow, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Harrison McUmber
Medical Student
Tufts University School of Medicine

In this case, Dr. Bojovic uses both pulsed dye laser therapy and fractional CO2 laser therapy to treat burn scars on a female pediatric patient.