Most common surgeries

[SupremeSurgeon]

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Hey everyone,

I'm doing surgery next month and in preparation for the rotation, I'm doing some early reading. I'm just wondering what you guys think are the most common surgeries that I should read up on? Thanks.

 

[agranulocytosis]

Lap appy? Lap chole?

 

[smq123]

Hey everyone,

I'm doing surgery next month and in preparation for the rotation, I'm doing some early reading. I'm just wondering what you guys think are the most common surgeries that I should read up on? Thanks.

What service have you been assigned to? The "most common" cases that you will be seeing will depend on which service you're working with.

 

[cpants]

Probably appy, chole, and hernia repair.

 

[Scaredshizzles]

Chole, apps, hernia repairs, colon cancer or diverticulitis related resections, and depending on how your service is split up, gastric banding, fem-fem bypasses, AAA repairs, CABG, carotid endarterectomies, kidney transplants, AV fistula/graft placement (hopefully not, the most boring procedures you ever have to stand/sit through) and breast mass excisions. At high volume places you get a fair share of Whipple's and adrenalectomies. I'm probably forgetting a bunch.

 

[LadyWolverine]

General service: bowel resections, bowel anastamoses, lots and lots of hernia repairs, I&Ds, lap choles, colon cancer-related stuff, Nissen fundoplication, lots of ex laps, lap appys, the occasional pelvic exeneration

Vascular: carotid endarterectomies, AV fistula/graft, fem pop bypass

Surg onc: gastrectomies for gastic ca, thyroidectomies, LN dissections, the occasional Whipple

Gyn surg: TAH/BSO (all day, every day)

Ortho: Knee stuff, spine stuff, other random bone things

Uro: lots of stuff with ureters

 

[smq123]

Uro: lots of stuff with ureters

For GU, we did a lot of cystoscopy, fluoroscopy (retrograde pyelograms), and prostatectomies. A few neobladders, which were really cool.

 

[SupremeSurgeon]

Thanks for all your suggestions. Don't know what service I'll be assigned to yet but I'll start with those suggested. Also, what's the best way to prepare for a surgery in terms of trying to look good while being pimped? Thanks.

 

[MSKalltheway]

Thanks for all your suggestions. Don't know what service I'll be assigned to yet but I'll start with those suggested. Also, what's the best way to prepare for a surgery in terms of trying to look good while being pimped? Thanks.

Its all about reading the relevant section(s) from Surgical Recall ~30 min before they take your pt back to be sliced.