other things amanzi

the thoughts of a surgeon in the notorious province of mpumalanga, south africa. comments on the private and state sector. but mostly my personal journey through surgery.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

leaking

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people are basically sacks full of water. the skin keeps the water inside. trust me when i say you want to keep your water inside. the secon...

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ct scans

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i'm usually quite good at reading ct scans, but this one just left me with one big question mark.

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Friday, May 29, 2009

suboptimal

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recently i did a submandibular gland excision. i always find them challenging. i think i know why though. i was no longer a junior registrar...

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

lights, knife, action

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i was reading a post by a really good medblogger i follow. it reminded me of an incident years ago when i was rotating through neurosurger...

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Sunday, May 17, 2009

the patient is gasping

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in the old days at kalafong (hell), the sentence 'the patient is gasping' was euphemistic for the patient is stone dead, rigor morti...

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

one shouldn't laugh, but ...

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when i wrote the third principle , i was reminded of another incident. then i couldn't laugh. now i shouldn't. i was working a casua...

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Monday, May 11, 2009

the leroy-burnell syndrome

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when we were in medical school as with all medical students we were bombarded with many new words. not the least of these were the myriad of...

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Bongi: I'm a general surgeon working in the notorious South African province of Mpumalanga.

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