Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: General Surgery: 2008 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Advances In Breast, Endocrine, And Cancer Surgery, Sponsored By University Of Minnesota Medical School, Department Of Surgery And Continuing Medical Education 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the 36th Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium, sponsored by Banner Health and the Phoenix Surgical Society 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 36th Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium, Sponsored By Banner Health And The Phoenix Surgical Society 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. LUNG AND AORTIC INJURIES Audio-Digest General Surgery Volume 55, Issue 07 April 7, 2008 Surgical options in the management of lung injuries – Robert C. Mackersie, MD Aortic dissection – John M. Marek, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. VASCULAR SURGERY Audio-Digest General Surgery Volume 55, Issue 06 March 21, 2008 Chronic mesenteric ischemia – Nikhil Kansal, MD Management of the infected diabetic foot – Diane D. Branks, DPM Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY Audio-Digest General Surgery Volume 55, Issue 04 February 21, 2008 Current status of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal carcinoma – Steven D. Wexner, MD Laparoscopic surgery for GERD – Robert J. Fitzgibbons Jr, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. 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 Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 35th Annual Phoenix Surgical Symposium, Sponsored By Banner Health And The Phoenix Surgical Society