SurgeXperiences 311 – Call for Submission
on Nov 22, 2009 in surgeXperiences Currently there is no host for SurgeXperiences 311 (November 29th), but don’t let that keep you from making submissions.   The deadline for submissions is midnight on Friday, November 27th.  Be sure to submit your post via this form.

(Bo)Tax on Elective Surgery
on Nov 20, 2009 in cosmetic surgery healthcare policy politics I agree with all who feel there needs to be healthcare reform (or more honestly health insurance reform), but I don’t agree with Senator Harry Reid who feels one way to pay for it is by taxing elective surgery.  This proposed tax has been du...

Jacket with Rushed Roses
on Nov 20, 2009 in quilting Last week I showed you a coat I made for a wool sewing contest that didn’t win.  I did win (a different year) with this one.  The fabric is a wool blend, approximately 65% wool (if I remember correctly).  The entire jacket is underli...

1908 Treatment of Torticollis (Wryneck)
on Nov 19, 2009 in neck history medicine The section of the 1908 textbook, A Text-Book of Minor Surgery by Edward Milton Foote, MD on torticollis (or wryneck) is very interesting. Torticollis, or Wryneck Wryneck, or torticollis, is the shortening of one or more of the cervical muscles,...

Finger Nail Bed Injuries
on Nov 18, 2009 in hand Finger surgery Nail Bed Injuries I was supplied these photos by someone who found my blog and then corresponded with me regarding their injury. He had injured his fingers in a motorcycle accident six weeks previous to our “meeting.” He understood that I could not be his treating...

Shout Outs
on Nov 17, 2009 in blogtalk radio grand rounds change of shift shout outs Health Insurance Colorado is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds. With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, we thought we’d get you in the spirit by highlighting articles that involve...

New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
on Nov 17, 2009 in mammograms screening breasts cancer Yesterday,  the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s announced it’s new recommendations for Screening for Breast Cancer (November 2009).  The uproar has been loud and mostly against.  The summary of the USPSTF’s recommendation...

Exercises for Breast Implant Capsule Prevention
on Nov 16, 2009 in breast augmentation plastic surgery prevention breasts Implant movement or massage is often recommended to help prevent capsular contracture after breast augmentation surgery.   I try to show patients how to do this, but often it is simply easier to hand them a copy of this photo from the first...

SurgeXperiences 310 is Up
on Nov 15, 2009 in surgery surgeXperiences Vijay, scan man’s notes, is the host of this edition of SurgeXperiences.  Here is the beginning of this edition which you can read  here.  Dr. Bruce Campbell, a Professor of ENT Surgery, known informally among medical bloggers a...

US Healthcare Reform Photoshop Contest
on Nov 15, 2009 in healthcare policy contest Dr Wes and his wife, Diane, are holding a contest: US Healthcare Reform Photoshop Contest. Bring us your snark, your wit, your creativity about the health care reform efforts encapsulated in a single photograph. Photographs in support or against...