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General Surgery
The abdomen and its contents, the acute abdomen, hernias, biliary disease, bowel, breast and endocrine surgery, and the foundation every other surgical specialty builds on.
Backdrop: A laparoscopic operating theatre mid-case · Dr.jayesh amin · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Operative steps: open appendectomy
A short operative walk through the muscle-splitting approach, delivery of the appendix and the stump.
Source: Pediatric Surgery Operative · Watch on YouTubeWatch for
- The grid-iron incision and each layer split along its fibres
- Following the taeniae to the base
- Ligating the mesoappendix before the stump
Bail-out strategies for the difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy
What to do when the critical view will not come: subtotal, fundus-first, or stop.
Source: SAGES · Watch on YouTubeWatch for
- The point at which dissection stops being safe
- Fenestrating versus reconstituting subtotal cholecystectomy
- Why conversion is not failure
Ileocolic bowel resection with primary anastomosis
A peer-reviewed protocol preview: mobilisation, division and a stapled anastomosis.
Source: JoVE, Journal of Visualized Experiments · Watch on YouTubeWatch for
- Judging bowel viability before you commit
- Mesenteric division and the marginal blood supply
- Closing the mesenteric defect
Lichtenstein repair of inguinal hernias, revisited
The tension-free mesh repair as the society that teaches it describes the steps.
Source: Hernia Society of India · Watch on YouTubeWatch for
- Opening the canal and finding the ilioinguinal nerve
- Dealing with the sac
- Mesh fixation and the new internal ring
Inguinal hernia repair
The overview a patient hears: what a hernia is, and what open and laparoscopic repair do to it.
Source: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi · Watch on YouTubeLaparotomy closure
Mass closure of the midline: suture length to wound length, bite size and spacing.
Source: Conceptual Orthopedics (Dr Jignesh Gandhi) · Watch on YouTubeWatch for
- The 4:1 suture to wound length rule
- Small bites, and why they hold better than big ones
- What a burst abdomen looks like before it happens
Hub shaped by the Surgical Specialties Lead with the General surgery reviewer (open seat). Images and videos carry their source; educational use for supervised learning, not clinical guidance.