This episode has everything:
- Carolyn Vasey (enough said - an incredible colorectal surgeon from Ballarat in Victoria)
- Discussions about colorectal cancer surgery, what to do with the splenic flexure tumour, stomas, parastomal hernias, endoscopy and tattooing for rectal cancers, total neoadjuvant treatment, and watch and wait
- Chats about surgery and parenthood, and male champions of change; and
- Talk about research and manky belly buttons
What more could you want!?

Carolyn's e-mail is [email protected] if you'd like to contact her for a copy of her thesis.
The RCT we discussed regarding lymph drainage from the splenic flexure can be found at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29521825/. It is entitled Lymphatic Drainage of the Splenic Flexure Defined by Intraoperative Scintigraphic Mapping ,  and was published in Diseases of the Colon and Recum in 2018 (Apr;61(4):441-446).

Also, this episode was recorded at the end of 2020 - so references to 'this year' refer to the year that shall not be named

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