Caterina Contreras

Residente de Cirugía @FacMedicinaUC
Médico @MedicinaUChile

[Caterina Contreras @CateConB]

@pastto Te confiaría mi coloncito any day ❤️

[vic @unatalvickycar]

Ser adulto es básicamente… pagar y pagar y pagar y pagar y pagar y pagar y seguir pagando.😥

[Caterina Contreras @CateConB]

@NuevoPudahuel limpiando de forma ecológica un derrame. Gracias por estas soluciones en medio de la crisis climática en el año 2022. #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateActionNow

[Caterina Contreras @CateConB]

@franbelmar93 Infaltable el bisturí en la billetera 💅🏼 #justgirlthings

[Shafeeq @Y2SHAF]

when the rules of literally any card game are explained to me

[Kee Park @keepark]

Outstanding talk @HarvardPGSSC by @KiranHarding @OrthoGlobal @BIDMChealth on #GlobalOrthopedics. Incredible progress on research, advocacy, education, and innovation👏👏👏.

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

Over the past 10 years, I ranked 7th in the Nurse Licensure Examination, 3rd in the Physician Licensure Examination, and 1st in the Philippine Specialty Board of Internal Medicine.

What most people don’t know?

I use the same 3 study strategies every time.
🧵👇

[Caterina Contreras @CateConB]

RT this for… a friend…

[Caterina Contreras @CateConB]

Such amazing and inspirational work. Still thinking about this day!

[Nakul Raykar @NakulRaykar]

Heartbreaking and heartfelt tales of courage and sacrifice from @NelyaMel @Sean_Kivlehan @GeoffAndersonMD @BrighamSurgery as they relate recent experiences in Ukraine

[Ron Barbosa MD FACS @rbarbosa91]

For those of you familiar with the 'survivorship bias' bomber graphic: there is also a similar diagram for gunshot wounds to the abdomen.

This is from a British surgeon in 1917 (WW1) who notes that those who reached the hospital were more likely to have wounds on the sides.

[Ron Barbosa MD FACS @rbarbosa91]

🧵regarding the important suturing concept of whether to use one bite to grab both ends of the tissue ('taking it in 1'), versus using two bites ('taking it in 2').

We will go over some technical pointers about each of these, especially as they pertain to Lembert sutures.

[Sanjee Baksh @S__Baksh]

@Gay__MD @holympus Listen “I’m cool and fun” embarrassing is different than “I went to school for 12 years just to spend 80+ hours a week being told I ordered the vanc wrong again” embarrassing

[Ron Barbosa MD FACS @rbarbosa91]

🧵regarding the comparative ability of 3 different commonly used surgical drains to evacuate Italian salad dressing from a mason jar: a pilot study.

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[Caterina Contreras @CateConB]

@franbelmar93 Jajajajaj yo cuando estoy apurada. Envejezco como 5 años cada vez si

[Sara Schonfeld @SaraSchon]

I had a therapist who once told me, “if you don’t schedule a break, your body will take one for you. And it probably won’t be at a convenient time.”

[Caterina Contreras @CateConB]

Our ex-simulation fellow, Dr Cristian Jarry, operating on a Parkland V Acute Cholecystitis 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 @SimulacionUC @gaboescvi @LappSurgery @SAGES_Updates

[Martin Dib @dibmartin]

Primer trasplante hepático del programa internacional de donante vivo @TrasplanteUC. Hayjiro y Angie, viajaron desde Honduras para realizar el trasplante en Chile. Donante vivo totalmente laparoscopico. Esperamos el primero de muchos pacientes de Latinoamerica! @ucchristus

[Caterina Contreras @CateConB]

@franbelmar93 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Caterina Contreras @CateConB]

Quedándome dormida en pabellón, post turno x2 / saliendo tarde todos los días: Quizás estoy anémica.