Surgical Errors Part II: Wrong Site Surgery and Antibiotics

[sallygator]

excellent- thankyou

You graduated yet?

[edmundseloy]

hey dude if your institution dsnt practice surgical perioperative calls prior to the strt of operation then it is bound that some of your surgery will go wrong. ^^ example a circulating nurse identifies the OR Team by calling their names after that the name of the patient the operation to be performed etc. that simple.. makes a more safer Operation ^^

[nico3212]

hear this guy.

it is no one's fault that doctors do wrong site surgery.

well mate--welcome to the industry of medieval medicine.

never compares to greek medicine that really cares for the cure and not make money on the symptoms

[TheMakhai]

I've had three knee surgeries. Before each one my doctor came in and marked the correct knee with his initials and had me verify it verbally.

He was an extremely good orthopaedic surgeon. I can imagine I would have been pretty upset had he tried to operate on the wrong knee. They were arthroscopic so they were fairly non-invasive as far as surgery goes, but still.

Thank you for all of your videos it is really cool to see your progress from 1st year med student to now.

Take it easy.

[cdubs136]

i love your videos, don't be surprised if i comment on all of them. but i do wonder ... are the 24hr abx after surgery IV, or does po cover it? I'm a med school hopeful trying to rise from a not-so-wonderful past. i aspire to be a cutter. keep doing what you are doing. best of luck to you.

[chuele]

Good idea to use YouTube to draw attention to this issue. There's a new product called "The CheckSite System" (manufactured by CheckSite Medical, Inc.) which uses bracelet technology to ensure that 100% of surgeons mark the surgical site in pre-op. It's extremely effective and not expensive.

[freezzertime]

I hope you received my message. I know you will accomplish your goals.

[missbussy10]

interesting subjects you talk about. You have ay idea if in the future, tablets are becoming more specified on the individual patient? If you look to the individual, seize, weight and age from the patient? Perhaps you can give also a college about this subject on Youtube. Anyway your videos are really eye-openers!

[usmedstudent]

Thanks for your comment! Some drugs are becoming more specific -- like the lung cancer drug Iressa, which works for certain people with a specific EGFR gene type. Unfortunately, there's still a lot of work needed, but hopefully drugs will be less toxic, more specific in the future.

[adnansaami]

hey antimicribial prophylaxis that are given pre op, should they be gives 30 mins before incision??? wht about if a surgeion gives it 45-50 mins before incision? say of a knee replacement

[SwimmerKeri]

What some hospitals do now is write the words: "RIGHT" on the correct side and "WRONG" on the wrong side... This way the right side IS operated on and the WRONG side is left alone. :)

good video, looking forward to more.

[kite973]

I had only heard about wrong site surgery's mentioned in operation scenarios. Thanks for explaining, and I look forward to more.