Surgery 101

In this episode, Dr Jonathan White describes the process of making a Surgery 101 episode. Topics covered include: ·       Where does the idea for an episode come from? ·       Finding a speaker ·       The script ·       The recording ·       Post-production editing, music and sound effects ·       Upload, dissemination and monitoring ·       Calls for new episodes

Here are the PDF notes for episode 119

In this episode, Dr Jonathan White considers the ileo-anal pouch procedure for ulcerative colitis. After listening to this podcast, learners will be able to: • List the indications for IAPP surgery • Describe what information a patient needs to know about IAPP • Describe the functional outcomes of IAPP surgery

Here are the PDF Notes for episode 118

In this episode, Dr Jonathan White considers surgery for ulcerative colitis. After listening to this podcast, learners will be able to: • List the emergent, urgent and planned indications for surgery in UC • Explain the difference between an abdominal colectomy and a panproctocolectomy • Describe the fate of the retained rectum in UC

Here are the PDF Notes for episode 117.

In this episode, Dr Jonathan White considers surgery for Crohn's disease. After listening to this podcast, learners will be able to: • list the indications for surgery in Crohn's disease • Outline the operative challenges of Crohn's disease surgery • Explain the role of surgery in recurrent Crohn's disease

Here are the PDF notes for episode 116

  In this episode, Dr Jonathan White considers the surgical approach to inflammatory bowel disease. After listening to this podcast, learners will be able to:   ·       Describe the surgeon's approach performing surgery on patients with IBD ·       List some of the challenges of operating on IBD ·       Differentiate between the surgical approach to CD and UC ·       Outline the goals of surgery i...

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Here are the PDF notes for episode 115.

In this episode, Dr Lana Bistritz considers the use of biological agents in the management of inflammatory bowel disease. After listening to this podcast, learners will be able to: Explain when biologic agents should be considered List three biologic agents used in the management of inflammatory bowel disease Describe common adverse effects of biological agents used in the management of inflammato...

Watch this video to learn how to use the Surgery 101 Network. To view within the app, click on 'Episode Links' or the little 'e' at the bottom right.

Here are the PDF notes for episode 114

In this episode, Dr Lana Bistritz considers the initial medical management of inflammatory bowel disease. After listening to this podcast, learners will be able to: List factors influencing the choice of treatment Describe the goals of therapy in the management of inflammatory bowel disease, discriminating between induction and maintenance of remission. Describe the indications for 5-ASAs, steroid...

Here are the PDF notes for episode 113

In this episode, Dr Lana Bistritz considers inflammatory bowel disease. After listening to this podcast, learners will be able to: Describe the epidemiology and pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease List risk factors associated with inflammatory bowel disease Describe the common symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease List common investigations used to make the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel...

In this video episode, Dr Jonathan White provides a short guide to the new features of the Surgery 101 website on Wordpress. After listening to this episode, learners should be able to use the following features of the new site: mini-courses search episode navigation and playback tags and the tag cloud commenting social networking app purchase Running time 07:25 YouTube link

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  In this episode, Dr Parveen Boora considers how Surgery 101 got started. Running time 8:43

Here are the S101 Notes for episode 112

  In this episode , Dr Jonathan White discusses how to treat the patient who presents with an anal fistula. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: Describe how to determine the goals of treatment for the patient with an anal fistula Explain the meaning of the following terms: fistulotomy, seton suture Explain the difference between primary and secondary tracks Describe the use...

Here are the notes and pictures for S101 episode 111. See the Owl and the Cucumber in action!

  In this episode , Dr Jonathan White discusses how to assess the patient who presents with an anal fistula. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: Describe the important elements in the history and physical examination in the assessment of the patient with an anal fistula Discriminate between simplex and complex anal fistulas Exp lain when to order an MRI to assess an anal fis...

Here are the notes for epsiode 110, now with Owl and Cucumber diagrams!