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Surgeonsblog: Breast Cancer Women
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Wherein a surgeon tells some stories, shares some thoughts, and occasionally shoots off his mouth. Like a surgeon. Saturday, September 09, 2006. Something you may not know, and won't get by looking at most renditions of them, is that the legendary Amazon warrior women. And about types; not even the gooey stuff itself! The prof was unsurprised: "Happens all the time," he said. "Always the men. Ladies live with blood. It's no big deal to them." Bunch 'a wimps, we. Addendum, 5/2014: I was sent this link.
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Surgeonsblog: Memorable patients: part five
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Wherein a surgeon tells some stories, shares some thoughts, and occasionally shoots off his mouth. Like a surgeon. Wednesday, August 09, 2006. Memorable patients: part five. There are two main types of ano-rectal cancer: squamous cell cancer. Derives from the skin cells at the anal opening, while adenocarcinoma. Maybe five years later, Flora told me she was having trouble working in her garden. Her hip hurt too damn much. Damned if there wasn't a single metastatic. Nurse Practitioners Save Lives. I bet t...
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Surgeonsblog: Big Joe
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Wherein a surgeon tells some stories, shares some thoughts, and occasionally shoots off his mouth. Like a surgeon. Monday, October 23, 2006. A day, which flows through a tube called the bile duct. Associated with cancer. Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and has feathers. A duck. Duct. Was successfully placed, so by the time I operated on Big Joe, his bilirubin levels were falling. The operation would be a Whipple Procedure, which I've referred to previously. The operation was surprisingly easy desp...
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Surgeonsblog: Memorable Patients: Part seven
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Wherein a surgeon tells some stories, shares some thoughts, and occasionally shoots off his mouth. Like a surgeon. Thursday, September 21, 2006. Memorable Patients: Part seven. Side effects of high dose steroids. In the middle of the belly wall, the rectus muscles (the six-pack muscles, in the fine and fit) are separated by a fibrous band, called the linea alba. Sharply, fastly, and get in there. What you'd expect, based on the odds, is a bleeding duodenal ulcer. For myriad reasons, but it was clear the ...
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Surgeonsblog: Breast Cancer: scary tales
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Wherein a surgeon tells some stories, shares some thoughts, and occasionally shoots off his mouth. Like a surgeon. Monday, September 04, 2006. Breast Cancer: scary tales. Here is a truism by which I've always stood in my breast practice: an excellent way to investigate a palpable (feelable) breast lump is " fine needle aspiration. In fact, I'm a bit of a fanatic about it: I think gazillions of dollars are wasted by unnecessary breast ultrasounds. A breast lump is either solid or liquid. For the most ...
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Surgeonsblog: Head-Scratcher
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Wherein a surgeon tells some stories, shares some thoughts, and occasionally shoots off his mouth. Like a surgeon. Friday, August 07, 2009. I simply don't get it. Is making insurance portable, and preventing the companies from pulling the plug on coverage when you get sick really that infuriating? In what way is any of it socialism? Do any of the protesters even understand the word? Premiums doubling every few years? Losing coverage when they lose a job? Is that what they want? Except that it isn't. ...
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Foggy Bottom Lantern: The doctor card
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Musings of a medical resident about the personal and professional challenges of residency and the experience of delivering health care on the urban front lines of our American system. Washington, United States. View my complete profile. HIV and the ostrich. Two diagnoses is the gracious approach. Top ten most dreaded night float pages. HIV on the metro. The lovenox story, part II. The lovenox story, part I. Double coverage and pseudomonas, part II. A harp in the hospital. Medicine for our mothers. Additi...
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Foggy Bottom Lantern: A job for the Department of Weights and Measures
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Musings of a medical resident about the personal and professional challenges of residency and the experience of delivering health care on the urban front lines of our American system. Washington, United States. View my complete profile. The art of apology. Top ten ways to get back at your intern. The power to reassure. Simple tasks (at 04:30). A harp in the hospital. A job for the Department of Weights and Measures. Medicine for our mothers. The power to reassure. Simple tasks (at 04:30). Blog, M.D.
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