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W. Michael Park, MD

@docpark

technology seeker, golfist, omnivorous autodidact, naturalist, vascular surgeon. My tweets and opinions are my own.

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A child with intestinal obstruction due to roundworms was successfully treated with surgery. Incredible work by the surgical team to remove the worms and save the child!

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For surgical interns, take the view that everyone, the whole planet, is basically a Preop, including all the Postops. #medtwitter #surgtwitter The education is in figuring out who is not a Preop. It’s August, which is not Extra July.

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patient with pseudoaneurysm of AV graft for #dialysisaccess sees an "access specialist" who places a stent graft, eliminating 50% of the access. Took 30 minutes to fix. #vascsurg #vasctwitter

patient with pseudoaneurysm of AV graft for #dialysisaccess sees an "access specialist" who places a stent graft, eliminating 50% of the access. Took 30 minutes to fix. #vascsurg #vasctwitter
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The eversion endarterectomy of the carotid artery is low complexity, low tech, low cost, and time efficient. Adding a shunt is butter. #vascsurg #vasctwitter

The eversion endarterectomy of the carotid artery is low complexity, low tech, low cost, and time efficient. Adding a shunt is butter. #vascsurg #vasctwitter
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yes, there is a role for open surgery. it needs to be taught as the baseline repair. I could teach high school students to do EVAR (gaming skills). Open aortic surgery needs years of training and about 20-50 cases. There is no substitute for training.

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The No-Name Residency. Every time someone on Seinfeld went to the hospital, a stock scene (above) would play. It’s the old ER of Roosevelt Hospital on 9th Ave before the … #medtwitter #residency #gensurg #vascsurg #vasctwitter vascsurg.me/2022/09/10/the…

Mujeeb Zubair, MD (@mujeebzubair) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is removal of blood 🩸 clot (thrombus ) from the main artery supplying your gut ( intestine) ; if not removed can lead to death ! Superior mesenteric artery thrombo/embolectomy

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Guest Editors Leigh Ann O'Banion and Karen Woo MD PhD FACS introduce the #Appropriateness subject matter of the most recent issue of #SemVascSurg in their executive summary. Caitlin Hicks MD, MS Elsevier Surgery "First do no harm (and do what’s right)." sciencedirect.com/science/articl…