MD Learning Channel - Surgery
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Preoperative Optimization
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Gastroenterologists, surgeons, and primary care providers.
Britney Corey, MD, discusses the pre-operative optimization of certain risk factors for ventral hernia repairs.
Advances in Burn Care 2017
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Primary Care, dermatology, surgery, and healthcare professionals
Dr. James Hwang, director of the UAB Burn Center, discusses the latest advances in burn care and what that means for your patients.
Colorectal Surgery: Applications & Advantages of Robitics
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Gastroenterologists, surgeons, and primary care physicians.
Julio Garcia-Aguilar, MD, PhD, discusses the application and advantages of robotics in colorectal surgery at UAB Medicine.
Diverticulitis: To Operate or Not?
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Gastroenterologists and primary care physicians.
Melanie Morris, MD, discusses the epidemiology, evaluation, and treatment of acute non-complicated diverticulitis and complicated diverticulitis.
Familial & Hereditary Colorectal Cancers
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Surgeons, gastroenterologists, geneticists, and primary care physicians.
Daniel Chu, MD discusses indications for colorectal mismatch repair and genetics referrals.
Post-Operative 30 Day Readmissions
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Surgeons, gastroenterologists, and primary care physicians.
Melanie Morris, MD discusses post-operative 30-day readmisisons, focusing specifically on what happens outside of the hospital.
Racial Disparities in IBD
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Gastroenterologists, surgeons, primary care phyiscians and healthcare professionals.
Daniel Chu, MD brings to light the impact of racial disparities in irritable bowel disease.
Radioguided Parathyroidectomy
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Surgeons and primary care physicians
UAB Medicine Surgeon-in-Chief Herbert Chen, MD, discusses hyperparathyroidism (HPT), which affects roughly 1 percent of the U.S. population and is more common in women and the elderly. It is the third most common endocrine disorder after diabetes and thyroid disease.
The Current Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Melanoma
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Oncologists, dermatologists, surgeons, and primary care physicians.
Marshall Urist, MD, discusses the current role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma.