Tourniquet Time with Mike Franco MD

In this new segment called tourniquet time shorts, we discussed the origin of the phrase Wallerian degeneration

Today we start on our TECHISODE series I talk about polyethylene glycol, PEG, and it’s used in nerve repair, nerve fusion

Today we continue on our series of “welcome to the office “ .On this episode, I talk you through the problem of cubital tunnel syndrome what you might be experiencing and how we walk through the problem in the office

Today I read a passage from the book mortal lessons, notes on the art of surgery by Dr. Richard SELZER. I find this story, amazing and beautiful. I’m not sure. A better story has found its way to me in my lifetime. There are no sponsors on today’s episode as as it is a special reading from mortal lessons a story about the Dr to the Dalai Lama. We will not talk about tourniquet time coffee we will...

We talk TMR and RPNI I borrow information from several articles and try to put my Spin on it. Hopefully, these sources are good. Jessen KR, Mirsky R. The repair Schwann cell and its function in regenerating nerves. J Physiol. 2016;594(13):3521–3531. Shamoun F, et al. Target Receptors of Regenerating Nerves: Neuroma Formation and Beyond. Front Mol Neurosci. 2022;15:859221. Chappell AG, et al. Targe...

Today I go through what you might experience if you come into our office for carpal tunnel syndrome

I read the tale of the nerve after injury and repair

Today I read an article about operating room fires and skin preparation, I try to get some clarity on what I’m doing in the operating room and is it the optimum for the patient?

I read out loud myself the recommendations from the BUNCKE clinic on replantation I am particularly interested in their postoperative protocol

I read the consensus paper on TMR from EBERLIN et al while drinking a tourniquet time, coffee

In this short episode today, I talk about the BLIX curve as I’m preparing to do attendance transfer in a WALANT patient. EIP to EPL let’s see how we do.

I continue on our reading series from textbook of hand surgery by Dr. Sterling Bunnell. We read about lunate and Perilunate dislocations, not much has changed.

Just a little rant in the morning before we start our day

On this episode, I read tourniquet time and hand surgery published at 1972 of the greats in the field Dr Adrian E flat I make a few comments but let the tech stand on its own

We continue with our reading of metabolic effects of tourniquet ischemia studied by nuclear magnetic residence spectroscopy

In this podcast where I read to myself from the remote recording studio, we look at the article by Newman 1984 Journal of bone and joint surgery. We read the abstract to get us started. We’ll get back to the body of the text later.

Dude, we finally finished one article I continue to podcast from the mobile studio reading to myself learning at their peril

I continue to record from the mobile studio. We talk interpreting EDX studies for nerve injury. We continue with the paper from Dr. Susan MACKINNON’s group.

We talk EDX and nerve injury continuing on with the paper from Dr. Susan MacKinnon’s group

An article in the journal of hand surgery by Dr. Susan MacKinnon’s group review reviews, interpreting electrodiagnostic studies for the management of nerve injury

Unveiling of new logo shout out to designer Dr. Alisa Girard MD

In this podcast episode, we were I read out loud a paper by DY at all discussing nerve conduction studies and electromyography

I continue a spiral into madness, reading to myself from surgery of the hand chapter on nerves and the median nerve

I continue on with the series of talking to myself and my large language model companion about minimal clinically important difference

Today we read the abstract from paper in a journal of hand surgery 2022 Randall et al I try to understand how to gather information for minimal clinically important difference . I furrow my brow in a vain attempt to understand the situation