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“10 Gory Surgeries” Reviewed Part 2/2

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on April 17, 2009 by Øystein

youtube-surgery2

WIRED Science put up an article with “10 Gory Surgical Triumphs on YouTube”. Last week I posted a review of the first five of those videos. Here are my reviews of the last five. Enjoy! Read more »

Awake awakening

Posted in Reflections, Surgery with tags , , , , , on December 29, 2007 by Øystein

I have no surgical training. I started nursing school once, but quit after finishing my anatomy and physiology exams. But as I spend large portions of my work week in ORs, I’m sometimes called upon to assist the nurses when things get a bit too hectic.

A few weeks back they did.

Awake craniotomy

I was scheduled to make a video of a craniotomy. The patient had a neoplasm in the brain, believed to be causing his epilepsy. Read more »