Esophageal dilatation video
December 14, 2008 § 6 Comments
The pump used to inflate the dilatation balloon.
Another endoscopic video of mine published recently. This video shows balloon dilatation of the esophagus following an esophagectomy. « Read the rest of this entry »
Gastroscopy video
December 12, 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 11, 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 8, 2008 § 4 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 27, 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 21, 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 4, 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 28, 2008 § 11 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 26, 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 25, 2008 § 3 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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The Sterile Eye 