BME Immersion - Second week 2

 


Day 6-8: 

I had the opportunity to sit in for the patient round meetings. The action list consists of hospitalized and consultations of new patients.  The meetings are crucial not only for the well-being of the patient but to discuss any potential alternatives to take prior surgery. The surgeons all come together and take a look at the results of all exams, and discuss any potential concerns before moving forward with the actual surgery. The resident students help and assist doctors by updating the action list prior to every meeting. In the last three days, I observed 2 cases of distinct hernia operations. One surgery was a hernia mesh-based method, while the second surgery was performed without the need for mesh, which requires more extensive training and experience.

8 AM TRAUM TEAM MEETINGS


Day 9:

After my one-on-one meeting with Dr. Shou, he suggested as a first project that he would like for me to look into: in what ways we can improve upon the Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) pixel imaging accuracy since MRCP lacks clarity when producing high-quality bile duct images. In other words, Dr. Shou would like to improve upon the software and instrumentation of MRCP imaging. 

As a second project, Dr. Shou suggested comparing MRCP images versus Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) images in order to prove that MRCP misses a lot of imaging detail than ERCP images do. Ultimately, I would be proving if ERCP/MRCP is better than MRCP/ERCP in terms of imaging stones or/and tumors within the abdomen (bile duct) area. 

Day 10:

We had a presentation from Dr. Martin Prince, a diagnostic radiologist, who enlightens us on the differences of imaging modalities and to when and what parts of the body each imaging technique can be used for. 



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