By Mark Kryskow
The podcast currently has 160 episodes available.
Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week's episode welcomes the team on the anniversary of 8 years of CWIS! What a journey we have had, and how exciting it will be to go further into the future! We hear about what would have happened if society had not been formed! This episode will make you think a lot.
This episode dives deep, so come jump in!
Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week's episode welcomes Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, MD, MPH, FACS! Dr. Sidhwa is a rising CWIS Member! He works in Trauma and Critical Care at San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp, CA, and is CWIS's Treasurer this year. You will hear Dr. Sidhwa spent time performing surgery in Gaza (not his first foray into international surgical missions)! This episode will make you think a lot! We were also joined by SarahAnn, Dr. White, Dr. Kaye, and Dr. Bauman.
This episode dives deep, so come jump in!
Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week's episode welcomes Dr. Martin Kivilo, MD! Dr. Kivilo is a new medical graduate from Estonia and the first CWIS member from his country! He is interested in trauma surgery and met the CWIS team in Portugal for the ECTES meeting just a few months ago. He is also a former professional rower in Estonia with an impressive 2K time! We were also joined by SarahAnn, Dr. White, and Dr. Bauman. Finally, we get some weekly updates and a reminder that CWIS International is right around the corner!
This episode may seem ‘paddle’-strian, but it’s anything but b-oar-ing!
**To end this episode (post-credits), we will hear the reflections from CWIS Board Member Dr. Stefan Schulz-Drost, MD, PhD, FEBS (HELIOS Clinics Schwerin, Germany), from CWISummit 2024. He also speaks to what is yet to come at CWIS International in his hometown of Berlin, Germany in just a couple weeks!**
Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week's episode welcomes Drs. Rodney Gabriel, MD, MAS (UCSD) and Igor Filipovski, MD (CCryo Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DK)! Drs. Filipovski and Gabriel are members of the International Society of Ultrasound Guided Cyroneurolysis (ISUGC). We got to talk with them about their new article published in the Current Pain & Headache Reports: "A Narrative Review of Ultrasound-Guided and Landmark-based Percutaneous Cryoneurolysis for the Management of Acute and Chronic Pain." We were also joined by SarahAnn, Dr. White, Dr. Bauman, and Dr. Kryskow. Finally, we get some weekly updates and a reminder that CWIS International is right around the corner!
It's a scorcher outside so come listen to some cryo facts and chill out with us!
**To end this episode (post-credits), we will hear the reflections from CWIS Member Dr. Ford Powell, MD, (Laguna Hills, CA), from CWISummit 2024**
Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week's episode welcomes Drs. Kieran McManus & Andrew Blythe (Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland)! We get to hear from them about their new articles published in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery: "Return to work and activity after rib-fixation for acute chest trauma: first application of a validated patient-reported outcomes assessment tool." We were also joined by SarahAnn, Dr. White, and Dr. Kryskow. We also had a special guest and CWIS giant Dr. Joe Forrester introduce a new project that looks to reduce the number of costal margin fractures in trauma patients (Please message SarahAnn or Dr. Forrester ASAP if you are interested in getting involved!).
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**To end this episode (post-credits), we will hear the reflections from CWIS Member Dr. David Sutori, MD, PhD (Győrzámoly, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary), from CWISummit 2024**
Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week's episode welcomes Dr. Dustin Nowotny, DO! We were also joined by SarahAnn, Dr. White, and Dr. Kryskow. We get to hear from Dr. Nowotny and his paper, soon to be published in Surgical Technology Online in July 2024, entitled "Cadaveric Simulation in Rib Plating is Beneficial for Helping Surgical Trainees to Assimilate New Technologies!"
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**To end this episode (post-credits), we will hear the reflections from Dr. Patrick P. Greiffenstein, MD, from CWISummit 2024**
Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week's episode welcomes Drs. Bradley Thomas (Atrium—Carolinas Medical Center; Trauma/Critical Care Surgeon & CWIS Development Chair) and Stephanie Jensen (Atrium—Carolinas Medical Center—PGY-3 soon to be PGY-4)! We were also joined by SarahAnn, Dr. White, & Dr. Bauman. We get to hear from Drs. Thomas and Jensen about their paper soon to be published in Injury in July 2024 entitled: "Surgical stabilization of rib fractures in the geriatric trauma population is associated with equivalent outcomes to a younger cohort: A propensity-matched analysis"!
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**To end this episode (post-credits), we will hear the reflections from former CWIS President Dr. Andy Doben (St. Francis Health, Hartford, CT), from CWISummit 2024**
Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week's episode welcomes some FractureLine favorites and friends! We talk with SarahAnn, Dr. White, Dr. Bauman, and Dr. Faliks. First, we bust some myths about medicine and the human body that SarahAnn has been plagued by! Then, we talk about recent research on the front of Lidocaine patches! Finally, this week is Case Review, so be sure to tune in!
The amount of info here is mind-numbing!
**To end this episode (post-credits), we will hear the reflections of a CWIS Giant, Dr. Fred Pieracci (Denver Health, Denver, CO), from CWISummit 2024**
Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week's episode welcomes the group back! We talk with the 'ol stalwarts. We also get to hear from Drs. Falicks and Schmitt (CWIS members and leaders of Case Review) about the upcoming Case Review Series they have in store for us (you won't want to miss it)! We have been gone for a few weeks, and this more than makes up for all that missed time!
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**Finally, to end this episode, we will hear the reflections of a fresh CWIS champion and panelist, Dr. Jamie Tung (Stanford Health Care, CA), from CWISummit 2024**
Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week's episode welcomes new faces to FL! We talk with trauma team members at Riverside Methodist in Columbus, OH (CWIS Member Dr. William DeVoe; SICU Director Dr. John A. Bach; and intern Dr. Anthony Rizzo). They just published a case report entitled "Suture Fixation of Traumatic Rib Fracture Flail Segment With Klebsiella Osteomyelitis," which reports on a very interesting clinical presentation and surgical approach. There is a lot to take home from this!
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**Finally, to end this episode, we will hear the reflections of a CWIS stalwart, Dr. Cecilia Benz (Advanced Thoracic Fellow, Mayo Clinic, AZ), from CWISummit 2024**
The podcast currently has 160 episodes available.