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I came across a few difficult-to-find drawings of concepts related to bleeding vessels and technical pointers on vessel ligation.

First: a drawing showing that *partial* transection of a vessel often leads to much more bleeding than complete transection.

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Why didn't I find this earlier?

¿Eres cirujano, anestesiólogo, ayudante quirúrgico, instrumentista, o circulante?
Si la respuesta es si, ve este video.

La tecnología tiene límites para dar seguridad, puede generar confianza en exceso y no substituye el buen juicio o la técnica correcta.

⚠️ Validation stage CONCLUDED!

A true testament to #globalcollaboration the GECKO Study has been able to join like-minded people to deliver high quality and impactful surgical research!

We are thankful to all our collaborators across the 🌍

Stay tuned for 🦎’s next steps!

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE DON’T HAVE THE BUDGET TO GET THE DA VINCI 5”

Our Rwanda Hub has been busy training 120 community health workers on surgical site infections, as part of our CEI activities. Great work team 🎉

Es lamentable ver hospitales, considerados por muchos como profesionales, que no saben ni pueden competir de forma ética.

Particularly excited to host these two research and global surgery leaders - Drs. Antonio Ramos de la Medina and Alan Tita.

Please join us tomorrow (Thursday), 9am ET! Details below.

Alan T N Tita, MD, PhD HarvardGlobalSurgery Kate Obayagbona Operation Smile Global Surgery The Global Surgery Foundation Association of Academic Global Surgery

🏆Want to join a high performance surgical research team?

We're looking for just 1:1000 of you:

1. post-PhD - get 50% protected research time, come and be an Academic Clinical Lecturer in Surgery (nihr.ac.uk/documents/nihr…)

2. pre-PhD - we're looking for one more clinical PhD

Day zero over and over.

🌐 Exciting news! Join #PGSSC on March 14th, 9am - 10.30am EST for a groundbreaking research seminar Multicountry collaboration in Surgery! 🚀 explore innovative practices and global perspectives. Don't miss out! #GlobalSurgery Register now at harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

¡A solo a 10 días del evento más importante en prevención de Infecciones Asociadas a Atención de la Salud! hospitalsininfecciones.com/5028/celebra-a… ¡Enriquezcamonos juntos!

In this study, patients treated by female surgeons had lower health care costs following surgery. ja.ma/3uqTmLE

The world has lost a fighter whose courage will echo through generations.

Horrified by the death of Sakharov Prize laureate Alexei Navalny.

Russia took his freedom & his life, but not his dignity.

His struggle for democracy lives on.

Our thoughts are with his wife & children.

Can one randomize all patients with #PancreaticCancer in a single country 🇳🇱 in a stepped-wedge RCT to improve guideline-based care? Yes✅ #PACAP1

Did this improve treatment nationwide? Yes, partially✅

Did this improve survival? No⛔️

🔑 Why? 61% of 5800+ patients received no

Los patógenos respiratorios, como influenza, COVID-19, VRS, sarampión, tuberculosis y resfriado común, se propagan principalmente a través de la vía aérea.
Las partículas respiratorias de la boca o nariz pueden contener virus o bacterias infecciosos.
Las partículas respiratorias

Leaving the tap running while you scrub up pre-surgery? You could be wasting 26L of water each time.

Find out how you can reduce water use and improve sustainable practices by joining our Rub don't scrub webinar at 6pm on 13 February, run with The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

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Impressive presentation by Niko Kumar 👏

Highlighting Mexico's blood donation challenges:

📍With just a 2.5 donation rate and 33 million lacking access to transfusions, it's time to explore donor characteristics, address access deserts, and amplify policy implications 🩸🔍

Taylor Wurdeman gave not just a #presentation but also a masterclass in #statistics 📊 #ASC2024

Enlightening us on the enduring impacts of COVID, highlighting pressing issues we must address ‼️

📍How can we mitigate backlogs & proactively prepare for the future? 💡

🔥100 research papers in Global Surgery🔥

Read below 100 key research papers in Global Surgery, in collaboration with a new Global Surgery series from BJS Academy that will launch on Feb 15th: bjsacademy.com/academy/contin…

Global Surgery is broadly defined as surgery for patients in