The Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery

Official Twitter feed of the Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery #sljs.The journal is the official publication of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lankan @CSSL_AAS.

[The Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery @JournalSri]

Follow SLJS on https://t.co/kQQliA2CLp

[The Roux Group @roux_group]

Some of the most appalling comments made to surgical trainees #Roux2021 that are difficult to even comprehend yet sadly all true. Unacceptable does not begin to cover it, we need to change the narrative #callitout

[The Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery @JournalSri]

Latest evidence from COVIDSURG: Multinational study including Sri Lanka concludes that globally, prioritizing preoperative vaccination of patients needing elective surgery could prevent an additional 58 687 COVID-19-related deaths in 1 year. https://t.co/oZXQ6Bw7H6

[The Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery @JournalSri]

Over 140,000 surgical patients from 116 countries (including Sri Lanka) with pre‐operative SARS‐CoV‐2 infection were compared with those without previous SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. @Dailymirror_SL https://t.co/z4CEhba1uS

[The Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery @JournalSri]

A multicentre international study on optimal timing for surgery afte COVID19 infection- several centers from Sri Lanka have also collaborated in this study. @CSSL_AAS https://t.co/z4CEhba1uS

[Kelaniya Surgery @KelaniyaS]

Improvisation from the department during the pandemic.
https://t.co/JC6djuz1aj

[Pramodh Chandrasinghe PhD FRCS @pramodhchan]

#surgerytwitter 55 yo Male with previous B/L inguinal hernia repair; acute onset left sided abdominal pain; tender mass on palpation; USS echogenic mass outside the rectus - no vascularity. Laparotomy - suspecting strang hernia: find spontaneous rupture of Inf EA with haematoma.

[The Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery @JournalSri]

@elliotthaut @MISIRG1 @amendozazuchini @Cirbosque @SWexner @DrThawabeh @almagoch @ZGJR @sminaev2015 @pferrada1 @DissanaikeMD @CirugiaUis @salo75 Also helpful to know when/if you run in to difficulty (definition varies depending on experience)

[ISFGS @isfgs]

FGS Publication Spotlight:

Ureteric localization with indocyanine green fluorescence during low anterior resection – a video vignette

@ColorectalDis

https://t.co/lyrctVQqJF

#glowgreen #changingtheview #fluorescenceguidedsurgery #surgery #ICG #fluorescentimaging

[Scott R. Steele @ScottRSteeleMD]

Back to adhesions. What do you do to help prevent adhesions following a complex laparotomy / redo operation / bowel obstruction?

[The Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery @JournalSri]

@pramodhchan Complete mesh migration !

[Pramodh Chandrasinghe PhD FRCS @pramodhchan]

71 year old Male previous R.hemi & composite mesh repair of ant abd wall. Lap for metachronus sigmoid ca. SB mass adhered to the scar. Enterotomy reveals migrated mesh in SB , asymptomatic .#colorectalsurgery #meshmigration

[Pramodh Chandrasinghe PhD FRCS @pramodhchan]

Empathy can be explained in various ways. A common interpretation is the ability to feel how another person feels.
Priority: Teaching Empathy to Medical Students – Consult QD https://t.co/J6hiqJB7mv

[JAMA Surgery @JAMASurgery]

Excess mortality seen with care fragmentation after emergency general surgery driven primarily by severity of patient illness, not hospital characteristics or procedures https://t.co/zqdBii6edy @martamccrum @BenjaminSBrooke @UofUSurgery

[The Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery @JournalSri]

C‐reactive protein trajectory to predict colorectal anastomotic leak: PREDICT Study.
A change in CRP level exceeding 50 mg/l between any two postoperative days had a sensitivity of 0·85 for detecting a leak, and a high negati https://t.co/WPXztTUjI6

[The Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery @JournalSri]

Do you prescribe PPIs generously ?
https://t.co/on2ZhDo9FR

[Dr Celestino Gutiérrez González MD 🇪🇸🍏🇻🇪 @CelestinoGutirr]

@JournalSri MANY thanks. A feedback between our Twitter sites is coming now👍

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

While the authors used challenging methods and made some novel discoveries this reviewer is still concerned that the manuscript contains significant gaps and it is unclear how they reached their conclusions https://t.co/n2HbORITcs

[Scott R. Steele @ScottRSteeleMD]

#quickcase #colorectalsurgery you are in the OR for presumed appendicitis on a 53 yo patient with abdominal fluid (CT read) and on laparoscopy see a dilated appendix and mucin in the abdomen and omentum. No solid lesions. Scope 3 years ago normal. How do you proceed?