Really Rural Surgery and Obstetrics

In this episode, Dr. Batchelor and Dr. Kermode discuss whether to leave a hemorrhoidectomy open, or to close it: the eternal question.

In this episode, Dr. Batchelor and Dr. Kermode discuss the optimal location of biopsy and how many biopsy specimens are required to make a diagnosis for Celiac disease.

The ARRIVE Trial (A Randomized Trial of Induction Versus Expectant Management) has arrived on Really Rural Surgery and Obstetrics! This week, Dr. Bret Batchelor is joined by Dr. Nicole Ebert and Alexa Stang to discuss this ground-breaking, breath-taking, earth-quaking article.

In this episode, Dr. David Kermode and Dr. Bret Batchelor discuss which surgical treatment is better for chronic anal fissures: open or closed lateral Sphincterotomy.

In this episode Dr. David Kermode and Dr. Bret Batchelor discuss whether medical or surgical treatment is better for chronic anal fissures.

In this episode, Dr. David Kermode and Dr. Bret Batchelor try to figure out if ultrasound is good when a person presents with symptoms of an inguinal hernia, but no hernia on palpation.

In this episode, Dr. Batchelor discusses COVID19, the novel coronavirus at the heart of the current global pandemic, with Revelstoke, BC journalist, Shaun Aquiline

In this episode, Dr. Batchelor is joined by an astute resident, Dr. Lauren Galbraith, to discuss whether there is any benefit from the use of local anaesthetic for post-operative pain reduction in elective caesarean sections.

In this episode, Dr. Batchelor and Dr. Fine try to figure out what to do for term PROM (prelabour rupture of membrances): Something? Nothing? Something now? Something later? Nothing now? Nothing later? A bit now? A bit later?

In this episode, Dr. Batchelor, Dr. Wells and Dr. Kermode discuss the option of salpingectomy at caesarean section as opposed to tubal ligation for sterilization. Can this harrowing procedure be performed routinely and safely in the future?