FractureLine

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, we chat with Dr. Jaron Butterfield, MD (Prisma Health Midlands, Columbia, SC) about his case report entitled "Cryoablation versus rib plating: Is the real problem pain control or chest wall instability?" (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37347011/#full-view-affiliation-1). Dr. Butterfield will soon join the Desert Regional Medical Center team in Palm Springs, CA, for his Trauma Critical Care Fellowship this year.

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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, we go COMPLETELY off the rails! **WARNING: There is no rib fixin' to had in this episode! Listen at your own risk!** We talk about the College World Series of Baseball, The state of Florida, SarahAnne's Lomi, and briefly touch on some luscious locks!

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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, we take the path less traveled. We met with Trent White, Dr. White's son. He is familiar to some within the society. Still, we got a chance to hear about his love of the outdoors (He is an Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Major at Southern Utah University) and specifically got his recommendations regarding the pre-meeting April 2024 outing in Utah's National Parks guided by World Wide Trekking (https://wwtrek.com/).

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, we meet with CWIS's brand new President, Dr. Andrew Doben. He is well known and highly respected within the society, and we got a chance to hear his goals for this year and the new directions CWIS will be headed in! 

Oh, the places we will go and the things we will do! 

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 we meet the Italian surgical dynamic duo from Surgical Pizza (https://surgicalpizza.org), Dr. Gabriele Bellio, MD (Piove di Sacco Hospital, Piove di Sacco (PD), Italy), and Dr. Enrico Marrano, MD (Germans Trias I Pujol Hospital, Barcelona, Spain). 

Come and grab a piece of the pie!

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 we meet and discuss the future directions of CWIS's research, our wildest dreams for research, and upcoming events, including Case Review on 5/24 @ 7 AM MST & Webinar on 5/31, time TBD!

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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 we meet with Drs. Kyle Schmitt (Aventura Hospital and Medical Center) & Bradley Faliks (HonorHealth Surgical and Trauma Specialists) who are taking over the monthly Case Review Series for CWIS! Herein lies the new directions the series will take while remaining true to its' roots!

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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 we meet again with Dr. Patrick Greiffenstein, CWIS's Patient Outreach Committee Chair and Trauma/Critical Care Surgeon in NOLA at University Medical Center New Orleans. 

Count down the days until the CWISummit 2023 with us!

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 we have been introduced to Dr. Hunter Ross, CWIS's newest member and a fellow in Orthopedic trauma in Detriot, MI, at Detroit Medical Center! We also discussed more exciting summit details! T-minus 1 week!

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 we hashed out some fun summit details and more with Dr John Green from Atrium Health in Charlotte...