Surgery 101

PDF Notes for Episode on Common Neurosurgical Infections

After listening to this podcast you will be able to understand the following:

• Common causes of cranial and spinal infections that may develop into abscesses and lead to neurosurgical intervention
• Understand the workup used to assess patients that present with an infection that can be addressed by Neurosurgery
• List common differential diagnoses for these presentations
• Have a general knowledge of high yield surgical principles used
• Understand the non-surgical management of cranial and spinal abscesses

At the end of this episode, you will:

PDF Notes for Episode on Surgical Decision Making: Liver Edition

At the end of this episode, you will:

• Understand fundamental principles underlying various approaches to surgical treatment of the liver.
• Apply clinical scoring systems to decide between various treatment approaches for liver pathologies.
• Appreciate the interdisciplinary nature of decision making for complex liver presentations.

By the end of this episode you will be able to:

By the end of this episode you will be able to:

• List the different types of liver cancer and their epidemiology
• Explain how to make the diagnosis in a patient with suspected liver cancer
• Describe how to stage a patient with suspected liver cancer
• Outline the treatment options for a patient with liver cancer

PDF Notes for Episode on Liver Cancer (Malignant Liver Lesions)

After listening to this episode, you will be able to:

After listening to this episode, you will be able to:

• List the most common types of benign liver lesions
• Outline the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of the patient diagnosed with a benign liver lesion