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A patient, who is status post pancreaticoduodenectomy, presents with stenosis of the pancreaticojunostomy. A robotic lateral pancreaticogastrostomy is performed with the objective of decompressing ...
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A patient with an acquired loss of his penis and scrotum due to a war injury, presented for penile and scrotal transplantation. Previous penile and abdominal skin grafts were removed. The allogenei...
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A patient was admitted with vaginal bleeding and lower abdominal pain. Twin gestation in the left fallopian tube was revealed during diagnostic laparoscopy, along with a bleeding rent in the distal...
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A patient experienced infiltration of the IV in her left wrist that caused significant swelling of her forearm and hand. At bedside, an intercompartmental pressure reading was performed to rule out...
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A patient was seen for possible compartment syndrome following an injury to the left tibia. Interstitial fluid pressures were taken of the four compartments of the leg using a wick catheter.
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The patient presents for robotic cholecystectomy with Firefly™ indocyanine green (ICG) cholangiogram. Firefly™ ICG imaging uses infrared technology. How would the intraoperative cholangiogram u...
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A pediatric patient arrives with a dislocated elbow due to jumping from a swing. While awaiting X-rays and labs the patient is given an intramuscular (IM) injection of morphine for pain control. Th...
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A Medicare patient comes in with a dislocated hip after falling at home and lying on the floor overnight before being found by a neighbor. The patient is worked up in the emergency department (ED) ...
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A patient presents for scheduled arthroscopic shoulder surgery. He is prepped for surgery and an IV is started with a gram of Ancef administered through the IV.
Following surgery the patient ...
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A patient has a severe infection for which an IV piggyback antibiotic is ordered every eight hours for a certain number of days. The patient is not sick enough to be admitted as an inpatient and de...
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