Here’s a limerick you may enjoy (and a link to our donor nephrectomy).
On the day of Saint Patty, you’ll opt
For a drink you’ll make sure is unslopped,
But if you do not slow,
You’ll now know where to go –
Where to watch an old kidney be swapped.
-Alexis Drake, Journal’s Occasional Metrist of Infirmary
We hope you’ll enjoy this poem (or at least watching our CABG and other cardiac surgeries).
Just four united chambers painted red –
Occluded hallways slow the vital trade.
My lowly cabbage finds another way –
Its bypass bringing life to love’s cliche.
All JOMI articles now have closed captions and transcripts!
Follow along as the CCs reveal the quiet comments, cut through the accents, and visualize the vocab. If there’s a certain tool you want to see in action, you can search the transcript, skip to the appropriate chapter of the video, and then sit back, relax, and enjoy the surgery – without worrying about headphones. These new features mean we’re also ADA compliant (Americans with Disabilities Act) – so recommend us to your friends, librarians, and librarian-friends!
Mastoid Obliteration
Duke University Medical Center
Calhoun D. Cunningham III, MD
C. Scott Brown, MD
Department of Surgery
Division of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
After a canal-wall-down mastoidectomy for cholesteatoma, a patient presented with recurrence and persistent infection. Dr. Calhoun Cunningham III performs a mastoid obliteration with ossicular chain reconstruction to both eradicate the disease and restore the patient's hearing.
Ulnar Nerve Transposition
Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson University
Asif Ilyas, MD, FACS
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Program Director of Hand Surgery
In this cadaveric case, Dr. Asif Ilyas demonstrates the ulnar nerve transposition method for treating cubital tunnel syndrome, showing both the subcutaneous and submuscular techniques.
Cubital Tunnel Release
Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson University
Asif Ilyas, MD, FACS
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Program Director of Hand Surgery
Cubital tunnel syndrome, the second most common compressive neuropathy, causes tingling and numbness in the ring and small fingers and can be treated with either a cubital tunnel release or an ulnar transposition. In this case, Dr. Asif Ilyas demonstrates the former on a cadaveric hand.
De Quervain’s Release
Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson University
Asif Ilyas, MD, FACS
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Program Director of Hand Surgery
Instead of conducting a De Quervain's release on a patient with stenosing extensor tenosynovitis, Dr. Asif Ilyas walks through the procedure on a cadaver, demonstrating the approach to the first dorsal extensor retinaculum and providing tips to release it without injuring the radial sensory nerve.
Trigger Finger Release
Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson University
Asif Ilyas, MD, FACS
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Program Director of Hand Surgery
When the flexor tendons of the hand thicken or become inflamed, stenosing flexor tenosynovitis of the hand (also known as trigger finger) develops. Dr. Asif Ilyas demonstrates on a cadaver how to perform the most standard trigger finger release, releasing the A1 pulley and then decompressing or releasing the flexor tendon.
Carpal Tunnel Release
Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson University
Asif Ilyas, MD, FACS
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Program Director of Hand Surgery
Dr. Asif Ilyas performs a carpal tunnel release, the most common hand surgery, on a cadaveric hand. This surgery is typically done for paresthesia in the hand due to median nerve compression when non-operative treatment, such as splinting and injections, fails or becomes recalcitrant.
We just preprinted 5 short cadaveric hand procedures by Dr. Asif Ilyas at the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia! Look for blurbs & quizzes in the coming weeks on Wednesdays & Fridays.
