It goes without saying that surgeries come with a significant stress on the body, it is therefore imperative that patients, particularly those with significant co morbidities are medically optimized prior to surgery.

Today we’re going to consider how to properly prepare patients for surgery, looking specifically at the medications that patients are taking.

After listening to this episode, you should be able to:

1. Explain the two main reasons why we need to know about medications that people are taking before they have surgery.

2. List classes of medications that should be:

a. continued during the pre-operative period

b. adjusted prior to surgery

c. stopped prior to surgery

PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Preoperative Medication Optimization

After listening to this podcast, you will be able to:

• describe the innervation of the female reproductive system,

• identify that pain is often perceived by patients undergoing office gynecological procedures,

• outline factors associated with increased pain perception during office gynecologic procedures,

• describe evidence-based techniques to reduce pain during gynecologic procedures, including pelvic exams, IUD placement, and endometrial biopsy.

 PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Pain Management in Outpatient Gynecological Procedures 

In this episdoe we will explore Thyroid Eye Disease.

You may also hear this topic referred to as thyroid orbitopathy or Graves’ orbitopathy, but today we will use the overarching umbrella term of Thyroid Eye Disease.

After listening to this podcast, learners will be able to:

1. Explain the anatomy and pathophysiology behind thyroid eye disease

2. Recognize signs and symptoms of thyroid eye disease

3. List treatment options for thyroid eye disease, including surgical options

PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy (Thyroid Eye Disease) 

This episode will cover practical tips for recognizing and managing eye trauma. We will look at foreign bodies and globe rupture. 

Today’s learning objectives:

1. Intraocular foreign body: take an effective history and select appropriate imaging depending on the type of foreign body.

2. Globe rupture: recognize that this also an ophthalmic emergency, and recognize signs that may indicate an open globe.

 PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Ocular Trauma 2: Intraocular Foreign Bodies and Globe Rupture

In this episode of Surgery 101 where we will cover practical tips for recognizing and managing eye trauma.

This week’s episode will cover lacerations and compartment syndrome.

For today, our objectives are:

1. Eyelid lacerations: recognize if these involve the eyelid margin or the canalicular system, and recognize why medial lid lacerations are often the most concerning.

2. Orbital compartment syndrome: recognize signs of this ophthalmic emergency and explain why a lateral canthotomy and cantholysis is the urgent procedure of choice.

 PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Ocular Trauma 1: Lid Lacerations and Orbital Compartment Syndrome

In this final episode, medical student Sunpreet Cheema and Dr. White reflect upon the surgical innovations and innovators discussed in this ten-part series.

This episode features and interview with Dr. Carol Duncan who discusses her great grandfather's connection to surgical innovation. Dr. Simon Powell Sebastian was a renowned physician, surgeon, and the co-founder of two historic African-American hospitals in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Today, Sunpreet Cheema and Surgery 101 will explore the fascinating histories of the inventors behind three indispensable surgical suction devices: the Yankauer, the Poole, and the Frazier.

PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on  The History of Suction Devices 

Today, we explore the fascinating histories of the inventors behind two handheld surgical forceps: DeBakey and Adson.

• PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on The History of Handheld Forceps 

During an operation, it’s common to have to put a clamp on blood vessels in preparation for suturing. Today, Sunpreet Cheema will review a few of the most common clamps you’ll encounter and look at the names behind the history: Kelly, Crile and Halstedt.

• PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on The History of Clamps

In this episode, Sunpreet Cheema will take a look at instruments used to hold tissue firmly, through the lens of two more surgical innovators: Emil Theodor Kocher and Oscar Huntington Allis.

PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on the History of Forceps

Retracting tissues is an essential part of surgery. We need to be able to hold the wound open so you can see and operate on deeper structures. In this fourth episode of her ten part series, Sunpreet Cheema explores the fascinating histories of the inventors behind three indispensable surgical retractors: the Senn’s, the Weitlaner and the Balfour.

PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on The History of Retractors

Today, medical student Sunpreet Cheema continues her ten part series with episode three, which delves into the surgical history of the scalpel and cautery.  This episode considers three surgical lives: Morgan Parker, Charles Russell Bard, and William T. Bovie.

PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on The History of the Scalpel and Cautery 

Today, medical student Sunpreet Cheema explores the fascinating histories of surgical innovators who developed some of our most indispensable surgical instruments - scissors. Specifically, we’ll be looking at the Mayo and Metzenbaum scissors.