“The pure righteous do not complain of the dark, but increase the light; they do not complain of evil, but increase justice; they do not complain of heresy, but increase faith; they do not complain of ignorance, but increase wisdom.” Rav Kook.

RT @ibdtweets: Surgery is most successful when done when patients are their healthest @DrE_UCSD #CCCongress25

@JohnRTMonsonMD @RomiNavaratnam @TAMISYoda @Schadi_CRS @slsteinmd1 @juliomayol @Neil_J_Smart @MaloneyNell @Averywalker21 @ACPGBI @ASCRS_1 The number of rectal resections in our unit halved last year. A trend we are watching. The implications for training, staff allocation, and resource development are fascinating. The nature of our work is definitely changing.

@Neil_J_Smart @SeanLangenfeld @JahangirAsgha10 I know that it’s a bit of a straw man argument. And that decisions are more important than incisions. But tying knots well, good traction and counter traction, identifying planes etc., are skills that do not come easily.

RT @SWexner: Tune in to @CleClinicMD @CleveClinicFL #InnovationsInSurgery on 2/7/25, for session #1, to hear @ManishChandSurg discuss, “Adv…

RT @SeanLangenfeld: @SamAtallahMD @SAGES_Updates @ASCRS_1 @SWexner @MarkSoliman @caycedomarula @AntoniodeLacy @Neil_J_Smart @NCCN @amirbast…

RT @SWexner: Indeed post op radiation has been associated with numerous complications

RT @ericpaulimd: I believe Mark Twain called this “swallow the frog”

@SamAtallahMD @SAGES_Updates @ASCRS_1 @SWexner @MarkSoliman @SeanLangenfeld @caycedomarula @AntoniodeLacy @Neil_J_Smart @NCCN @amirbastawrous Post-op radiation is awful. Only for true positive margins. Otherwise wait for the recurrence (which is not inevitable).

@EzraTeitelbaum @OMGhanemMD Placing sutures both sides makes life much easier. Stay sutures give superpowers.

RT @dr_samehhany81: New pub: Meta-analysis and systematic review of long-term quality of life and recurrence following elective surgery ver…

RT @SeanLangenfeld: @RichLesperance This is the easiest route.

@SoMe4endoscopy Diarrhea predominant ibs that has responded well to zofran. For how long? And thereafter?

RT @Richard_J_Guy: @Neil_J_Smart Not surprising at all. Infection rates for both groups are high. PICO delivers only 80mmHg negative pressu…

@JAMAOnc The regular anecdotes of interval cancers make this hard to digest. True on a population level but more challenging on an individual level. Yet… reassuring.

RT @SeanLangenfeld: Excellent @DCRjournal study from @JonVogel7 and team looking at 545 US patients with rectal cancer undergoing watch-and…

RT @FezaRemziMD: 3 patients came from different states where their pouches was excised at the time of an exploratory laparotomy for recurre…

@SAGES_Updates @EricKnauerMD @AnkitPatelMD @ElliotServaisMD @VNikolian @EmorySurgery @EmoryMedicine

RT @LancetGastroHep: New research - Aspirin after completion of standard adjuvant therapy for colorectal cancer (ASCOLT): an international,…

@stitchestoday Nice to see this. I often do it. Sometimes I feel like it’s black magic but I believe it helps.