Surgical Readings

In this episode of Surgical Readings, Dr. Rick Greene leads an insightful discussion with Drs. Carla Fisher and Kay Yoon-Flannery on the diagnosis and management of breast disease. The conversation explores a range of topics, including both benign and malignant breast conditions. A comprehensive review of breast cancer is presented, covering management of the primary lesion, evolving approaches to axillary staging and therapy, the ...

In the second episode of a two-part series on surgical oncology, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, is once again joined by Drs. John Stewart and Prakash Pendalai to discuss the important features of head and neck malignancies, benign and malignant gynecologic conditions, and principles of palliative care for patients with cancer.

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In this first episode of a two-part series on surgical oncology, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, is joined by Drs. John Stewart and Prakash Pendalai to discuss the genetic and molecular features of cancer. They also discuss screening methods and other preventive interventions, with a focus on cutaneous oncology and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).

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This episode of Surgical Readings features an informative conversation led by Rick Greene, MD, FACS, with the associate editors for the Wound Healing and Burn Care issue. Laura Haines, MD, FACS, and Deepak Bharadia, MBBS, FACS, provide valuable perspectives on the management of non-healing wounds, prevention of hypertrophic scarring, and achieving early wound coverage in patients with burn injury.

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This episode focuses on important issues related to nutritional assessment and support in surgical patients. Host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks to Melissa Coleman, MD, and Joseph Rappold, MD, FACS, about nutritional assessment of critically ill patients, the role of nutrition in the management of a patient with esophageal cancer who is undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and more.

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In this episode host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks to Lillian Kao, MD, FACS, from The University of Texas, Houston McGovern School of Medicine, about prevention and treatment of surgical site infections. Topics covered include bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs, novel therapies on the horizon, and lessons learned from viruses such as COVID and monkeypox.

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In the second episode of a two-part series on trauma, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, resumes his conversation with M. Zain Hashmi, MD, FACS, and Sabrina Goddard, MD, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. They discuss lessons from the ACS Advanced Trauma Life Support® program such as managing the difficult airway, indicators of shock, a whole blood approach, and imaging of the trauma patient.

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In the first episode of a two-part series on trauma, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks with three trauma surgeons about a variety of topics, including a milestone that led to a significant decrease in motor vehicle mortality, quality assessment of trauma centers, trauma care for geriatric patients, and specific areas of injury prevention such as firearm injury prevention and violence prevention. His guests are Jeffrey D. Kerby, MD,...

In this final episode in our liver surgery series, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, continues to discuss liver malignances and transplantation with Zachary C. Dietch, MD, member of the abdominal transplant team at Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago, IL.

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In this second in a series of three episodes focused on liver surgery, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, continues to discuss liver disease and injuries with Zachary C. Dietch, MD, member of the abdominal transplant team at Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago, IL.

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In this first in a series of episodes focused on liver surgery, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, discusses liver disease and injuries with Zachary C. Dietch, MD, member of the abdominal transplant team at Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago, IL.

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In this final episode in the Vascular Surgery series from Surgical Readings from SRGS, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, and vascular surgeon Girma Tefera, MD, FACS, review key data on the etiology, diagnosis, and management of varicose veins. Dr. Tefera outlines endoluminal ablation, foam injection, and traditional approaches of ligation and stripping. The discussion  current guidance for compression treatmen...

In this episode of our series focused on vascular surgery, host Dr. Rick Greene speaks with vascular surgeon Dr. Britt Tennessean about the clinical features and important management aspects of mesenteric and renal vascular disease.

Britt H. Tonnessen, MD, FACS, is Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy; Associate Program Director, Vascular Integrated Residency, Yale University School of...

In this episode of our series focused on vascular surgery, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, and vascular surgeon David Feliciano, MD, FACS, discuss topics related to vascular trauma, including the role of the physical examination in evaluating vascular injuries, distinguishing between hard and soft injury signs, indications for immediate operating room inventions, preferred incision options for subclavian and axillary arterial injuries,...

In a continuing series focused on vascular surgery, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks to vascular surgeon Marie L. Crandall MD, MPH, FACS, about venous thromboembolism.

Dr. Crandall is Professor and Associate Chair, Research; Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery; Program Director, General Surgery Residency, Department of Surgery, University of Florida Jacksonville.

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In a continuing series focused on vascular surgery, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks to vascular surgeon Britt Tonnessen, MD, FACS, about carotid occlusive disease and peripheral arterial disease.

Britt H. Tonnessen, MD, FACS, is Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy; and Associate Program Director, Vascular Integrated Residency, Yale University School of Medicine.

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In this first of a series of episodes focused on Vascular disease, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, joins vascular surgeon Girma Tefera, MD, FACS, in a discussion of aortic aneurysm disease, reviewing current screening guidelines, disease etiology, and the impact of cigarette smoking on disease progression. The conversation also addresses aortic aneurysm disease’s epidemiology, aneurysm definitions and classifications, and current modal...

In this episode, SRGS Editor Lewis Flint, MD, FACS, talks with Rachel Kelz, MD, FACS, and Lauren Krumeich, MD, both from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, about the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease, including the use of telehealth and the effect of gastric bypass surgery on patients with thyroid issues. They also discuss innovative treatments for thyroid...

Host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, continues his conversation with Sandra Kavalukas, MD, about colorectal disease, including important concepts for treating anal fissures, Ogilvie syndrome, parastomal hernias, and malignancy of the colon, rectum, and anus. Dr. Kavalukas is a colorectal surgeon from the University of Louisville Medical Center.

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