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Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: General Surgery: 2008
 | THYROID & PARATHYROID
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 24
December 21, 2008
Evaluation of thyroid nodules – Gerard M. Doherty, MD
Primary hyperparathyroidism – Gerard M. Doherty, MD
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From The 36th Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium, Sponsored By Banner Health And The Phoenix Surgical Society
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| TRAUMA 2008
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 22
November 21, 2008
Mitigating hypermetabolic response to burns – David N. Herndon, MD
Multisystem trauma in the geriatric patient – Scott P. Zietlow, MD
Trauma in the bariatric patient – Michael D. McGonigal, MD
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From the 72nd Annual Course, Advances in Trauma and Critical Care Surgery, sponsored by the University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Surgery
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| EMERGING CONCEPTS IN SURGERY
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 21
November 7, 2008
New concepts in trauma: fluid resuscitation – Ronald V. Maier, MD
The surgical care improvement project and prophylactic antibiotics: what are the data behind the performance measures? – Samuel E. Wilson, MD
Emerging surgical care: how fast is the time bomb ticking? – Darrell W. Graham, MD
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| IBD SURGERY OR NOT?
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 19
October 7, 2008
Ulcerative colitis: is surgery necessary in the era of modern immunosuppression? – Najjia Mahmoud, MD
Endoscopic management of strictures in Crohn's disease: is it superior to surgery? – Walter A. Koltun, MD
Indeterminate colitis – Dr. Koltun
Crohn's colitis – Scott A. Strong, MD
Reoperative surgery for Crohn's disease – John H. Pemberton, MD
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| THE GROWING PROBLEM OF OBESITY
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 18
September 21, 2008
Bariatric surgery: how do the procedures compare? – Daniel M. Herron, MD
What's new in bariatric surgery – Dr. Herron
Bariatric surgery risk reduction – Eric J. DeMaria, MD
Damage–control laparotomy for bariatric emergencies – J.K. Champion, MD
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| CANCER SURGERY
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 17
September 7, 2008
Contemporary management of extremity soft tissue sarcomas – Robert H. Quinn, MD
Thyroid cancer: highlights of ATA guidelines – Gerard M. Doherty, MD
Update on laparoscopic surgery for neoplasms of the foregut: is trocar–site metastasis still a concern? – Frederick L. Greene, MD
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| TRAUMA: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 16
August 21, 2008
Surgical evolution and evidence–based medicine – Richard P. Billingham, MD
What's new in trauma and critical care – Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD
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From The 36th Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium, Sponsored By Banner Health And The Phoenix Surgical Society
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| COLORECTAL CANCER: PART 2
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 15
August 7, 2008
Chemoradiotherapy followed by local excision for T1 lesions – Patricia Roberts, MD
Strategies in staging – Frederick Greene, MD
The role of sentinel node mapping – Philip F. Caushaj, MD
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| COLORECTAL CANCER: PART 1
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 14
July 21, 2008
Clinical trial questions in colorectal cancer surgery: present status – Nicholas J. Petrelli, MD
Surgery in familial nonpolyposis colon cancer – Najjia Mahmoud, MD
Management of the malignant polyp – Brett T. Gemlo, MD
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| ENDOCRINE SURGERY
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 13
July 7, 2008
Current guidelines for work–up of the thyroid nodule – Lynn A. Burmeister, MD
Adrenal incidentaloma – Jon A. van Heerden, MD
Reoperative parathyroid surgery – David R. Farley, MD
Endocrine tumors of the pancreas – Dr. van Heerden
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From Advances In Breast, Endocrine, And Cancer Surgery, Sponsored By University Of Minnesota Medical School, Department Of Surgery And Continuing Medical Education
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| TRAUMATIC GI INJURIES
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 12
June 21, 2008
Duodenal injuries – Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD
Liver and portal triad injuries: operation, embolization, and observation – Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD
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From the 36th Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium, sponsored by Banner Health and the Phoenix Surgical Society
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| FISTULAS
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 11
June 7, 2008
Changing paradigms in the management of anal abscess and fistula – Robert D. Fry, MD
Advancement flap for anal fistulas: ensuring success – Ann C. Lowry, MD
Fistula plugs: technique and best practices – C. Neal Ellis, MD
Rectovaginal fistulas: an algorithm for success – Dr. Lowry
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| TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 10
May 21, 2008
Prevention and management of surgical wound infections – Richard P. Billingham, MD
Necrotizing soft tissue infections – Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD
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From The 36th Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium, Sponsored By Banner Health And The Phoenix Surgical Society
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| SURGICAL GRAB BAG
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 09
May 7, 2008
The child with a hernia – Jacob C. Langer, MD
Perforated appendicitis in children – J. T. Gerstle, MD
Chronic pancreatitis and islet autotransplantation – Hobart W. Harris, MD
Checklist for safe esophageal surgery – Richard C. Karl, MD
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| UPPER GI SURGERY
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 08
April 21, 2008
Current surgical therapy for GERD – Jeffrey H. Peters, MD
Reasons for failure of antireflux surgery – Lee Swanstrom, MD
Surgical management of upper GI emergencies – Charles E. Lucas, MD
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| RECTAL SURGERY PLUS
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 05
March 7, 2008
Recurrent rectal cancer – Robert W. Beart Jr, MD
Resistant rectovaginal and rectourethral fistulae – Steven D. Wexner, MD
An algorithm for the management of anal fissures – Dr. Beart
Surgical treatment of rectal prolapse – Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD
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| COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 03
February 7, 2008
Surgery for indeterminate colitis: to pouch or not to pouch, that is the question – David J. Schoetz Jr, MD
Anorectal Crohn’s disease – Dr. Schoetz
Volvulus of the colon – Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD
Incidental colorectal findings – Bruce G. Wolff, MD
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| GI BLEEDING
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 02
January 21, 2008
GI bleeding and how to control it – Jeffrey Marks, MD
Endoscopic management of GI bleeding – David A. Johnson, MD
Pharmacotherapy in GI bleeding: what’s the role, what are the data? – M. Brian Fennerty, MD
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| THYROID SURGERY
Audio-Digest General Surgery
Volume 55, Issue 01
January 7, 2008
Changing management of thyroid nodules – Electron Kebebew, MD
Medullary thyroid cancer – Electron Kebebew, MD
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From The 35th Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium, Sponsored By Banner Health And The Phoenix Surgical Society
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