Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Access Surgery Blog
What do you think about the Access Surgery Blog? Have you looked at it? Like the style? I keep pondering how to make this blog more relevant and useful.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Taking a blog break...teaching in Armenia
I will be teaching at the Yerevan State Medical University in Armenia from June 16-July 1. In concentrating on my curriculum, I have not had much time to blog about surgery. Please use the resource links to the right, and check out the ORlive schedule posted to the right. I did create a LibGuide for Emergency Medicine. If you are interested in me creating a LibGuide for a specific section of the Surgery Dept., please send me a message or post a comment!Thursday, May 29, 2008
LibGuides at Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
The Cushing/Whitney Medical Library has started a subscription to LibGuides, a simple and dynamic way to create customized resource collections that are integrated with Web 2.0 tools such as RSS feeds, chat boxes, polling, web videos, etc. By simple, I mean that it took me less than an hour to throw together my first experiment for Emergency Medicine. I'm considering doing one for each distinct Surgery Section at Yale. Do you think these would be more useful than this blog? Comments are accepted...
Friday, May 23, 2008
SAGES tries to market CME in YouTube
The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) has begun to market its CME Offerings though the popular YouTube web video service. So far, 20 excerpts of SAGES Grand Rounds Master Series, produced by Cine-Med, are available for sampling on topics in laparoscopic surgery.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Tissue-engineered vascular patches- update
A review article by Yale pediatric surgeons Chistopher Breuer and Tamar Mirensky, The Development of Tissue-Engineered Grafts for Reconstructive Cardiothoracic Surgical Applications, was recently published in Pediatric Research. Breuer and Mirensky survey research advances in tissue-engineered cardiac valves, tissue-engineered cardiovascular patches, and tissue-engineered vascular conduits. I found this to be a very useful overview.Image Source: NASA
Monday, May 05, 2008
Clinical Trials -- Robotic Surgery
When the New York Times provided some awareness of the state of robotic surgery this past weekend, I wondered about the state of clinical trials for this method. According to PubMed, there are at least 122 clinical trials of robotic surgery, 35 of which were indexed as randomized clinical trials. The most recent randomized trials are creative, to say the least:
Ellison LM, Nguyen M, Fabrizio MD, Soh A, Permpongkosol S, Kavoussi LR.
Postoperative robotic telerounding: a multicenter randomized assessment of patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Arch Surg. 2007 Dec;142(12):1177-81; discussion 1181.
PMID: 18086984
LinksWeinstein GS, O'Malley BW Jr, Snyder W, Sherman E, Quon H.
Transoral robotic surgery: radical tonsillectomy.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 Dec;133(12):1220-6.
PMID: 18086963
LinksPark SE, Lee CT.
Comparison of robotic-assisted and conventional manual implantation of a primary total knee arthroplasty.
J Arthroplasty. 2007 Oct;22(7):1054-9.
PMID: 17920481
LinksBellemans J, Vandenneucker H, Vanlauwe J.
Robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Nov;464:111-6.
PMID: 17563698
LinksRodriguez F, Harris S, Jakopec M, Barrett A, Gomes P, Henckel J, Cobb J, Davies B.
Robotic clinical trials of uni-condylar arthroplasty.
Int J Med Robot. 2005 Dec;1(4):20-8.
PMID: 17518401
Ellison LM, Nguyen M, Fabrizio MD, Soh A, Permpongkosol S, Kavoussi LR.
Postoperative robotic telerounding: a multicenter randomized assessment of patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Arch Surg. 2007 Dec;142(12):1177-81; discussion 1181.
PMID: 18086984
LinksWeinstein GS, O'Malley BW Jr, Snyder W, Sherman E, Quon H.
Transoral robotic surgery: radical tonsillectomy.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 Dec;133(12):1220-6.
PMID: 18086963
LinksPark SE, Lee CT.
Comparison of robotic-assisted and conventional manual implantation of a primary total knee arthroplasty.
J Arthroplasty. 2007 Oct;22(7):1054-9.
PMID: 17920481
LinksBellemans J, Vandenneucker H, Vanlauwe J.
Robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Nov;464:111-6.
PMID: 17563698
LinksRodriguez F, Harris S, Jakopec M, Barrett A, Gomes P, Henckel J, Cobb J, Davies B.
Robotic clinical trials of uni-condylar arthroplasty.
Int J Med Robot. 2005 Dec;1(4):20-8.
PMID: 17518401
Friday, April 25, 2008
Latest articles from your Yale Surgery Colleagues
Taken from SCOPUS, posting in the last 7 days:
(you can get the same list with Yale Links to full text by clicking here)
Chaar, C. I. O., Attanasio, P., & Detterbeck, F. (2008). Disruption of the costal margin with transdiaphragmatic abdominal herniation induced by coughing. American Surgeon, 74(4), 350-353.
Ding, K. -., Shi, X. -., Zhong, Q., Kang, B., Xie, D., Bollag, W. B., et al. (2008). Impact of glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide on age-induced bone loss. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 23(4), 536-543.
Erickson, D. R., Tomaszewski, J. E., Kunselman, A. R., Stetter, C. M., Peters, K. M., Rovner, E. S., et al. (2008). Urine markers do not predict biopsy findings or presence of bladder ulcers in interstitial Cystitis/Painful bladder syndrome. Journal of Urology, 179(5), 1850-1856.
McRae, M., Momeni, R., & Narayan, D. (2008). Frontal sinus fractures: A review of trends, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes at a level 1 trauma center in connecticut. Connecticut Medicine, 72(3), 133-138.
Nassr, A., Lee, J. Y., Dvorak, M. F., Harrop, J. S., Dailey, A. T., Shaffrey, C. I., et al. (2008). Variations in surgical treatment of cervical facet dislocations. Spine, 33(7)
North, C. S., King, R. V., Fowler, R. L., Polatin, P., Smith, R. P., Alan LaGrone, H., et al. (2008). Psychiatric disorders among transported hurricane evacuees: Acute-phase findings in a large receiving shelter site. Psychiatric Annals, 38(2), 104-113.
Persing, J. A. (2008). MOC-PSSM CME article: Management considerations in the treatment of craniosynostosis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 121(SUPPL. 4)
Troiano, N. W., Goldberg, C. G., Schlachter, P. B., & Kacena, M. A. (2008). Paint chip analysis in a forensic investigation: Lessons learned from metal bone implants. Journal of Histotechnology, 31(1), 25-27.
Udelsman, R. (2008). Is total thyroidectomy the procedure of choice for papillary thyroid cancer?: Commentary. Nature Clinical Practice Oncology, 5(4), 184-185.
Vadivelu, N., Schreck, M., Lopez, P. A. J., Kodumudi, G., & Narayan, D. (2008). Pain after mastectomy and breast reconstruction. American Surgeon, 74(4), 285-296.
Wira, C. R., Becker, J. U., Martin, G., & Donnino, M. W. Anti-arrhythmic and vasopressor medications for the treatment of ventricular fibrillation in severe hypothermia: A systematic review of the literature. Resuscitation (Article in Press)
(you can get the same list with Yale Links to full text by clicking here)
Chaar, C. I. O., Attanasio, P., & Detterbeck, F. (2008). Disruption of the costal margin with transdiaphragmatic abdominal herniation induced by coughing. American Surgeon, 74(4), 350-353.
Ding, K. -., Shi, X. -., Zhong, Q., Kang, B., Xie, D., Bollag, W. B., et al. (2008). Impact of glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide on age-induced bone loss. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 23(4), 536-543.
Erickson, D. R., Tomaszewski, J. E., Kunselman, A. R., Stetter, C. M., Peters, K. M., Rovner, E. S., et al. (2008). Urine markers do not predict biopsy findings or presence of bladder ulcers in interstitial Cystitis/Painful bladder syndrome. Journal of Urology, 179(5), 1850-1856.
McRae, M., Momeni, R., & Narayan, D. (2008). Frontal sinus fractures: A review of trends, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes at a level 1 trauma center in connecticut. Connecticut Medicine, 72(3), 133-138.
Nassr, A., Lee, J. Y., Dvorak, M. F., Harrop, J. S., Dailey, A. T., Shaffrey, C. I., et al. (2008). Variations in surgical treatment of cervical facet dislocations. Spine, 33(7)
North, C. S., King, R. V., Fowler, R. L., Polatin, P., Smith, R. P., Alan LaGrone, H., et al. (2008). Psychiatric disorders among transported hurricane evacuees: Acute-phase findings in a large receiving shelter site. Psychiatric Annals, 38(2), 104-113.
Persing, J. A. (2008). MOC-PSSM CME article: Management considerations in the treatment of craniosynostosis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 121(SUPPL. 4)
Troiano, N. W., Goldberg, C. G., Schlachter, P. B., & Kacena, M. A. (2008). Paint chip analysis in a forensic investigation: Lessons learned from metal bone implants. Journal of Histotechnology, 31(1), 25-27.
Udelsman, R. (2008). Is total thyroidectomy the procedure of choice for papillary thyroid cancer?: Commentary. Nature Clinical Practice Oncology, 5(4), 184-185.
Vadivelu, N., Schreck, M., Lopez, P. A. J., Kodumudi, G., & Narayan, D. (2008). Pain after mastectomy and breast reconstruction. American Surgeon, 74(4), 285-296.
Wira, C. R., Becker, J. U., Martin, G., & Donnino, M. W. Anti-arrhythmic and vasopressor medications for the treatment of ventricular fibrillation in severe hypothermia: A systematic review of the literature. Resuscitation (Article in Press)
