Guest Episode on Operative HPB with Michael Crawford

This week's guest episode features Dr Michael Crawford who is a hepatobiliary, hernia and liver transplant surgeon from Sydney.We cover a wide range of operative topics including:How to perform gastroenterostomyDifficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy-       Features preoperatively that make you suspicious it will be difficult-       Mirrizi syndrome-       Bail out options for difficult gallbladder including subtotal cholecystectomy-       Bile duct injury and how to avoid it.-       We talked about this video of a bile duct injury that was circulated online last week. This video can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0AtJqCj2dI and as Dr Crawford mentioned provides a rare opportunity to learn from this injury. Definitely worth a watch-       Routine versus selective cholangiography Laparoscopic splenectomy: tips, tricks and pitfalls.Chronic liver failure: tips for operating on patients with ascites, and what to do with umbilical hernias in cirrhotic patientsTranscystic bile duct exploration and laparoscopic choledochotomy Dr Crawford’s youtube channel where there are some fantastic operative videos and descriptions can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLzesA4ZAxYpFbuFCRO__uADisclaimerThe information in this podcast is intended as a revision aid for the purposes of the General Surgery Fellowship Exam.This information is not to be considered to include any recommendations or medical advice by the author or publisher or any other person. The listener should conduct and rely upon their own independent analysis of the information in this podcast.The author provides no guarantees or assurances in relation to any connection between the content of this podcast and the general surgical fellowship exam.  No responsibility or liability is accepted by the author in relation to the performance of any person in the exam.  This podcast is not a substitute for candidates undertaking their own preparations for the exam.To the maximum extent permitted by law, no responsibility or liability is accepted by the author or publisher or any other person as to the adequacy, accuracy, correctness, completeness or reasonableness of this information, including any statements or information provided by third parties and reproduced or referred to in this document. To the maximum extent permitted by law, no responsibility for any errors in or omissions from this document, whether arising out of negligence or otherwise, is accepted.The information contained in this podcast has not been independently verified.© Amanda Nikolic 2021