Gastroscopy video
December 12th, 2008 § 2 Comments
Here is a gastroscopy video I’ve made that was recently published on www.oncolex.no. « Read the rest of this entry »
Hepatic artery embolization video
December 11th, 2008 § 1 Comment
A radiologist watching the x-ray screens during embolization.
A video I made of an hepatic artery embolization was published on www.oncolex.org this week.
This is a minimally-invasive procedure to purposely occlude selected branches of the hepatic artery. In this specific video the procedure is done to reduce the amount of liver metastasis in a patient with a metastatic neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas. « Read the rest of this entry »
A sudden jolt of sadness
November 8th, 2008 § 3 Comments
I work at a cancer hospital, and I’ve lost family members to cancer. On a usual workday this is not something I think about a lot, except that it adds an extra dimension to the work I’m doing. But sometimes, little things and moments can suddenly make me sad. « Read the rest of this entry »
Esophageal cancer videos
October 27th, 2008 § 6 Comments
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
Today, three videos I’ve made of diagnosis and treatment of esophageal cancer were published on www.oncolex.no. « Read the rest of this entry »
Inner scents revisited
May 21st, 2008 § 3 Comments
A while ago I wrote a post about the smell of smoke from electrosurgery, wherein I said:
Opening the abdominal cavity does not emit any smells, unless there’s some infected parts, necrotic tissue, pierced bowels or gas present.
This week I filmed an operation where the bowels, or actually the stomach, was pierced on purpose. « Read the rest of this entry »
Diagnosis and aspiration
April 4th, 2008 § 3 Comments
diagnosis
1. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition.
2. the decision reached from such an examination.
gnosis
knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge.
Video summary: Peritonectomy and HIPEC
March 28th, 2008 § 9 Comments
This is a video I’ve made of a peritonectomy and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for pseudomyxoma peritonei. The video is published on www.oncolex.no in Norwegian. I’ve written a short summary of the video in English. « Read the rest of this entry »
Video summary: Left hemicolectomy
March 26th, 2008 § Leave a Comment
This is a summary of a video I’ve made of a left hemicolectomy. The video is published on www.oncolex.org. « Read the rest of this entry »
Video summary: Low anterior resection
March 25th, 2008 § 2 Comments
Some videos I’ve made of surgery for colorectal cancer was published this week on www.oncolex.org.
These videos are the first made with a new camera stand I’ve designed. It provides excellent access to open abdominal surgery.
This post features a low anterior resection. The next will feature a left hemicolectomy, a cylindrical abdomino-perineal resection (APR) and a peritonectomy with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).
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Plumbing and black nodes
February 26th, 2008 § 5 Comments
Postponing is always a factor in my work. Operations are rescheduled all the time for various reasons. Last week I had prepared to film a major amputation, but ended up in the stomach and groin instead.
On this particular day I was originally going to film a hemipelvectomy (or transpelvic amputation, if you like). I’d spent some of the previous day reading up on the subject and was well prepared. Only to find out the next morning that the operation was postponed. The patient had gotten a venous thrombosis and was in no condition for this radical surgery. Must be tough on the patient. He’d probably had some hard nights of mental preparation.
So no amputation, but incidentally a total gastrectomy was on. « Read the rest of this entry »
