Full brain surgery video?

[Moosecakes]

I cant seem to find many online that show the full process. Just a few that will show maybe 1-2 hours of it, but will start the taping halfway through the procedure. Any one got any good links?

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[orthomyxo]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=16494 👍👍👍

I know there's surgery vids in there somewhere.

 

[Moosecakes]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=16494 👍👍👍

I know there's surgery vids in there somewhere.

Excellent resource, i was unaware of that thread! Lots of very good disection videos. I was unable to find any live brain surgeries however, I've already exhausted google's suggestions by the way LOL!

 

[minicow]

try http://www.orlive.com/

 

[CoolWhipp]

Why?

 

[orthomyxo]

Why?

Why not? How can you be a pre-med and not be interested in the human body?

 

[Moosecakes]

Why?

Granted, I'm only a freshman, I'm trying to feel out what specialty may be of interest to me. As Chops said, why not? If you don't find these sort of things interesting or don't want to acquire more knowledge about the human body and how it's put together and works, than premed may be a bad idea.

 

[Moosecakes]

try http://www.orlive.com/

One of my favorite resources as well. However, they always seem to start the broadcast mid-procedure. Not trying to sound TOO terribly picky here, but I would really love to see the whole thing, from beginning to end. Any ideas? Thanks again to all the helpful posters, im currently watching one on a brain tumor resection on orlive, and watched several dissection videos from the first link posted.

 

[URHere]

Do you have any idea how boring a full brain surgery video would be? Long spans of time spent moving little tiny tools by fractions of a millimeter and seeing what happens...

Granted, when you cut things out, the interesting factor goes up, but just barely...

/neurosurgery hating

 

[Moosecakes]

Do you have any idea how boring a full brain surgery video would be? Long spans of time spent moving little tiny tools by fractions of a millimeter and seeing what happens...

Granted, when you cut things out, the interesting factor goes up, but just barely...

/neurosurgery hating

LOL i figured as much when the last brain surgery i watched was 2 hours long, and the surgeon said he was on hour 19 or 20 😱. But he said it was only supposed to take 2-3 hours, and I think its something worth watching, beginning to end, if I want to start really being serious about that specialty.

 

[muhali3]

Granted, I'm only a freshman, I'm trying to feel out what specialty may be of interest to me. As Chops said, why not? If you don't find these sort of things interesting or don't want to acquire more knowledge about the human body and how it's put together and works, than premed may be a bad idea.

Tbh, if you're a freshman in college, it's way too early to try and figure out what specialty you want to go into. Especially if you're trying to do it by watching surgery videos online. You'd barely be able to understand what they're actually doing during the surgery (not criticizing your intelligence, I wouldn't either).

Most people gain a good perspective of what they want to specialize in during their rotations. You should try shadowing to get a more accurate assessment of what the job is like, though I doubt you'd be able to find a neurosurgeon to shadow.

 

[Moosecakes]

Tbh, if you're a freshman in college, it's way too early to try and figure out what specialty you want to go into. Especially if you're trying to do it by watching surgery videos online. You'd barely be able to understand what they're actually doing during the surgery (not criticizing your intelligence, I wouldn't either).

Most people gain a good perspective of what they want to specialize in during their rotations. You should try shadowing to get a more accurate assessment of what the job is like, though I doubt you'd be able to find a neurosurgeon to shadow.

I agree completely with your post, however I'm kind of looking at it as if im reading the outline before diving into the material. IDK, if nothing else, i find it tremendously fascinating and I've already developed a greater understanding (albeit a very small understanding...) of the anatomy and physiology of the brain and body from simply watching surgery videos.
Maybe I'm a weirdo, but I get a thrill from watching someone get cut open, and put back together, in better shape than he was before! 😛