Medicolegal and Ethical Dilemmas
The physician expert witness must have had a current, valid, and unrestricted state license to practice medicine at the time of the alleged occurrence The physician expert witness should have…
The Surgeon Investigator: Balancing Research and Clinical Practice
Figure 38.1 presents the Impact Factor for some of the journals I have published in over the past 5 years. Several things are notable; first, the highest ranked surgical…
Short Bowel Syndrome
Fig. 29.1 The Bianchi longitudinal intestinal lengthening procedure (Reprinted from Bianchi [160], (a) The bowel and its mesentery are divided longitudinally to yield two vascularized halves of the bowel wall….
Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia (AIN)/High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (HSIL)
Fig. 22.1 Photograph of a lesion in a patient who sought a second opinion day before starting chemoradiation therapy for an anal cancer. I did not feel the lesion was…
Pelvic Bleeding
Fig. 19.1 The presacral venous plexus with communicating veins and basivertebral veins (With permission from Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. All rights reserved) The overall incidence of vascular…
Knowing When to Say “When”
Scott R. Steele, Justin A. Maykel, Bradley J. Champagne and Guy R. Orangio (eds.)Complexities in Colorectal SurgeryDecision-Making and Management10.1007/978-1-4614-9022-7_42 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 42. Knowing When to Say “When” Alan G. Thorson1 (1) Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department…
Defining Competence and the Role of the Board
Scott R. Steele, Justin A. Maykel, Bradley J. Champagne and Guy R. Orangio (eds.)Complexities in Colorectal SurgeryDecision-Making and Management10.1007/978-1-4614-9022-7_41 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 41. Defining Competence and the Role of the Board David J. SchoetzJr.1 (1) Division of Surgery, Department…
Economic Issues Impacting Surgical Care Delivery
Elective admit/no complications $7,621(N = 99) $8,719(N = 92) Urgent admit/no complications $7,708(N = 7) $9,343(N = 29) Elective admit/≥3 complications $26,490(N = 2) $19,416(N = 5) Urgent admit/≥3 complications $20,654 (N = 3) $49,251(N = 12) Elective admit/UROR $42,946 (N = 1) $14,316(N = 2) Urgent admit/UROR $(N = 0) $49,241(N = 4)…
Facing Our Failures
Scott R. Steele, Justin A. Maykel, Bradley J. Champagne and Guy R. Orangio (eds.)Complexities in Colorectal SurgeryDecision-Making and Management10.1007/978-1-4614-9022-7_36 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 36. Facing Our Failures David A. Rothenberger1 and Howard M. Ross2 (1) Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical…
The First Encounter
Fig. 1.1 An appointment confirmation notice with a map can be extremely helpful to patients Choosing a staff member for telephone scheduling and counseling is no trivial matter. A person…
