Hand surgery

Surgeon "An average surgeon has perfect eyes, a strong heart, and a delicate hand." Dr. John H. Sweetnam All surgeons need a strong heart because there is fierce competition in most fields of specialized surgery. Surgeons need perfect eyes to guide their hands through surgery. The job of a surgeon is very demanding and is not a perfect fit for everyone. A surgeon requires availability, physical stamina, and a doctoral degree with an internship. The environment of the workplace, either…

A distal transhumeral amputation typically occurs above the elbow. Cheesborough et al. suggest preserving the humerus bone segment at an approximate length of 6 to 8 cm. In addition to the length they recommend fixating the humerus at a 70 degree angle with a metal plate to give the arm rotational and leverage control when using a prosthetic arm (Cheesborough et al.,2015). In addition the shape and length of the residual humerus bone allows for increased suspension of a prosthetic arm (Tintle…

I would have to undergo intensive knee reconstruction surgery and months of physical therapy. Being a varsity basketball player since I was a freshman, this was absolutely devastating. When you tear your ACL you hear a lot about how hard the rehab will be and how long it takes to come back to basketball, but what you do not hear about is the two months immediately after surgery when you cannot even walk. I never imagined that this surgery would do more for me then repair my knee. The process…

depth about arthroscopic knee surgery, and to be more specific what a medical assistant must do in order to help the doctor run the operation smoothly. Arthroscopic knee surgery is the most common orthopedic procedure done in the United States so far. Arthroscopy is considered to be a surgical procedure done by an orthopedic doctor /surgeon, which they examine the internal structure of a joint and all of its’ components. It is considered to be a minimally invasive surgery, not causing much…

Is Robotic Surgery Safe? Robotic surgery was introduced some twenty years ago and completely revolutionized the way we perform minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. This was a huge improvement over the open surgery which had previously been done because it does not require large, painful, slow-healing incisions (Keith Kirkpatrick 1). However, these primitive robotic surgical systems were very challenging to use and there were very few applications which they could actually be used…

Ptosis surgery is one of the most performed surgeries by oculoplastic surgeons. It is a common reconstructive surgery where the surgeon fixes the problem of droopy eyelid(s). Ptosis has many causes including age related weakening of the muscle, long term use of contact lens, congenital weakness, trauma, or sometimes neurologic disease. The problem can occur either in one eye (single eyelid drooping) or both the eyes (both eyelids drooping). Droopy eyelids can reduce the vision of the patient and…

Civil War battlefield surgery, surgeons, and nurses were more common on the battlefield during the war because of the severity of the injuries and sickness from disease. Civil War battlefield surgery came to be known as butchery, though it saved many lives of soldiers and helped them possibly get back on the battlefield. The most common surgery that surgeons performed was amputations. Most deaths didn’t occur because of the amputation itself but because of the “surgical fevers,” which usually…

“Sometimes, the surgical tech can even be hands-on with the patient,” Groinus says (Xu). Also said by Groinus, “Very often we have an opportunity to assist the surgeon by holding retractors and manipulating tissue,” she says, noting that surgical techs aren’t allowed to actually perform any portion of the surgery. The surgical techs are required to know the names of hundreds of medical instruments used throughout surgeries. During surgeries a surgical tech is often called certain names that…

and biochemistry–the topics that are the bread and butter of anesthesiology. The clinical clerkships–especially the internal medicine and surgery clerkships– helped solidify the type of medicine I wanted to practice: to be able to develop meaningful relationships with patients, to be able to individualize my care for a particular patient, to be able to have a hands-on approach to patient care, and to be able to have a wide knowledge base in order to address a variety of cases. My internal…

others had, there was no case that belonged specifically to a particular person in the group. This lead to the possibility of you going into surgery thinking you would be operated on by one person, but then another enters the room.…