Surgical Readings

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Surgical Oncology, Part 2 Mar 07, 2025

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In the second episode of a two-part series on surgical oncology, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, is once again joined by Drs. John Stewart and Prakash Pendalai to discuss the important features of head and neck malignancies, benign and malignant gynecologic conditions, and principles of palliative care for patients with cancer.

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Surgical Oncology, Part 1 Nov 29, 2024

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In this first episode of a two-part series on surgical oncology, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, is joined by Drs. John Stewart and Prakash Pendalai to discuss the genetic and molecular features of cancer. They also discuss screening methods and other preventive interventions, with a focus on cutaneous oncology and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).

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Wound Healing and Burn Care Jul 26, 2024

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This episode of Surgical Readings features an informative conversation led by Rick Greene, MD, FACS, with the associate editors for the Wound Healing and Burn Care issue. Laura Haines, MD, FACS, and Deepak Bharadia, MBBS, FACS, provide valuable perspectives on the management of non-healing wounds, prevention of hypertrophic scarring, and achieving early wound coverage in patients with burn injury.

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Nutrition and Metabolic Disease May 24, 2024

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This episode focuses on important issues related to nutritional assessment and support in surgical patients. Host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks to Melissa Coleman, MD, and Joseph Rappold, MD, FACS, about nutritional assessment of critically ill patients, the role of nutrition in the management of a patient with esophageal cancer who is undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and more.

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Surgical Site Infections: Antimicrobial Therapy, Source Control, and Prevention Mar 01, 2024

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In this episode host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks to Lillian Kao, MD, FACS, from The University of Texas, Houston McGovern School of Medicine, about prevention and treatment of surgical site infections. Topics covered include bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs, novel therapies on the horizon, and lessons learned from viruses such as COVID and monkeypox.

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Trauma Part 2: Lessons from the ACS Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Program Nov 24, 2023

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In the second episode of a two-part series on trauma, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, resumes his conversation with M. Zain Hashmi, MD, FACS, and Sabrina Goddard, MD, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. They discuss lessons from the ACS Advanced Trauma Life Support® program such as managing the difficult airway, indicators of shock, a whole blood approach, and imaging of the trauma patient.

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Trauma Part 1: Quality Assessment of Trauma Centers and Injury Prevention Sep 01, 2023

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In the first episode of a two-part series on trauma, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks with three trauma surgeons about a variety of topics, including a milestone that led to a significant decrease in motor vehicle mortality, quality assessment of trauma centers, trauma care for geriatric patients, and specific areas of injury prevention such as firearm injury prevention and violence prevention. His guests are Jeffrey D. Kerby, MD, PhD, FACS, director of the Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Chair of the ACS Committee on Trauma; Sabrina Goddard, MD, assistant professor of surgery and assistant trauma medical director at UAB; and M. Zain Hashmi, MD, assistant professor of surgery at UAB.

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Liver Surgery Part 3: Liver Malignancies and Liver Transplantation May 19, 2023

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In this final episode in our liver surgery series, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, continues to discuss liver malignances and transplantation with Zachary C. Dietch, MD, member of the abdominal transplant team at Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago, IL.

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Liver Surgery Part 2: Cystic Diseases, Neoplasms, and Metastatic Lesions of the Liver Apr 21, 2023

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In this second in a series of three episodes focused on liver surgery, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, continues to discuss liver disease and injuries with Zachary C. Dietch, MD, member of the abdominal transplant team at Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago, IL.

Liver Surgery Part 1: Liver Disease and Liver Injuries Mar 03, 2023

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In this first in a series of episodes focused on liver surgery, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, discusses liver disease and injuries with Zachary C. Dietch, MD, member of the abdominal transplant team at Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago, IL.

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