SurgCast is the first of its kind, surgical educational podcast made specifically to suit the lifestyle of the busy resident. Our podcasts are each 15 minutes or less - enough to both hold your attention and fit perfectly into another segment of your day, whether that's your drive to work, your wo…
Rahul Handa, MD & Katharine Caldwell, MD
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Cricopharyngeal Myotomy with Zenker's Diverticulum - Excision (Advanced). Note that Esophageal Diverticula is NOT formall a SCORE topic, but is certainly a very high yield topic for the ABSITE and ABS Exams.
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Esophageal Perforation (Core), Operations/Procedures - Esophageal Perforation - Repair/Resection (Advanced)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Hiatal Hernias (Core), Operations/Procedures - Paraesophageal Hernia - Repair (Advanced)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Gastroesophageal Reflux/Barrett's Esophagus (Core), Operations/Procedures - Antireflux Procedures (Core)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Esophageal Motility Disorders (Core), Operations/Procedures - Esophagomyotomy (Heller, Advanced)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Splenic Abscess, Cysts, and Neoplasms (Core), Operations/Procedures - None
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Hematologic Diseases of the Spleen (Core), Operations/Procedures - Splenectomy (Core)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: None Operations/Procedures - Pancreatectomy - Distal (Core), Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Advanced)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Pancreatic Neoplasms - Exocrine (Core), Operations/Procedures - None
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Pancreatic Neoplasms - Endocrine (Core), Operations/Procedures - None
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas (Core), Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms (IPMN, Advanced), Operations/Procedures - None
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Pancreatitis - Chronic/Hereditary/Pancreatic Insufficiency (Core), Operations/Procedures - Pancreatic Pseudocyst - Drainage (Core)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Pancreatitis - Acute/Pancreatic Necrosis/Abscess (Core), Operations/Procedures - Pancreatic Debridement (Core)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions - Cirrhosis/Portal Hypertension/Ascites (Advanced)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Primary Hepatic Neoplasms - Benign and Malignant (Core, Malignant Only, See Also: 4.2 Benign Hepatic Neoplasms)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Hepatic Neoplasms - Metastatic (Core)
SCORE Modules Covered: Operations/Procedures - Hepatic Biopsy (Core), Hepatic Ultrasound (Advanced)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Primary Hepatic Neoplasms - Benign and Malignant (Core, Benign Only, See Also: 4.5 Primary Hepatic Malignancies & Segmentectomy/Lobectomy)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Hepatic Abscess (Core), Operations/Procedures - Hepatic Abscess - Drainage (Core)
This is our second "Board Recertification" episode. Dr. Dominic Sanford sits in the hot seat for his first of three episodes, reviewing the SCORE Section "Abdomen - Biliary".
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions: Biliary Neoplasms (Core), Operations/Procedures - Choledochoenteric Anastomosis (Core), Bile Duct Cancer - Operation (Advanced)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions - Biliary Neoplasms (Core, See Also: 3.11 Cholangiocarcinoma & Surgical Management of Bile Duct Neoplasms), Operations/Procedures - Gallbladder Cancer - Operation (Advanced)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (Advanced)
SCORE Modules Covered: Diseases/Conditions - Choledochal Cyst (Core)
SCORE Modules Covered: Operations/Procedures - Cholecystostomy (Core)
SCORE Modules Covered: Bile Duct Injury - Iatrogenic, Choledochoenteric Anastomosis, Bile Duct Injury - Iatrogenic - Acute Repair
SCORE Modules Covered: Common Bile Duct Exploration and Choledochoscopy, Ultrasound of the Biliary Tree
SCORE Modules Covered: Cholecystectomy with or without Cholangiography (Core)
Functional Biliary Disorders
Benign Biliary Obstruction & Acute Cholangitis
This is our first "Board Recertification" episode, rounding out the SCORE Section "Abdomen - Hernia." Dr. Jeffrey Blatnik takes the hot seat with special guest Dr. Sara Holden.
Ventral Hernia and Ventral Hernia Repair
Umbilical and Epigastric Hernias
Femoral Hernia and Femoral Hernia Repair
Intra-Abdominal Abscess Drainage
Perionteal Neoplasms & Abdominal Exploration
This is our introductory episode, in which we introduce ourselves and the podcast. We hope you enjoy! Thanks for listening! - Rahul and Katharine