tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post4117303814107932272..comments2024-02-18T13:53:30.168-08:00Comments on Surgeonsblog: Tales From the Right Lower Quadrant: appendixes I have known. Part two.Sid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-52044306236485824872006-10-19T15:02:00.000-07:002006-10-19T15:02:00.000-07:00Before I had a sense of what was going on in medic...Before I had a sense of what was going on in medical school (not that it's true now anyway), it always impressed me that my surgeon friend knew so much about embryology, a subject seemingly removed from operating on adults. Now I know it's because SOOOO many anatomical abnormalities come from problems--sometimes mechanical, sometimes biochemical--in embryological development. Now looking back, it fascinates me how the gut develops, rotating in 90-degree increments, corkscrewing, extruding, etc. and how even slight aberrations in that process can lead to some interesting anatomy.<br /><br />It never ceases to amaze me how good surgeons, who have a hard enough road to hoe memorizing and visualizing "standard" anatomy, deal so fluidly with all the nonstandard anatomy in the field. We know people come in all shapes, sizes and colors, but we're brought up thinking that on the inside, everyone's the same. That is, until you wield a scalpel. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-12078700399748898102006-10-02T09:24:00.000-07:002006-10-02T09:24:00.000-07:00I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your frie...I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your friend and colleague. My son was at Children's just last Aug/Sept. His first surgeon has the initials SK. His second surgery, thought to be an adhesion obstruction, was done by the current Surgeon-in Chief. Both wonderful docs. We feel so fortunate. Although the fear of reobstruction never subsides...<br /><br />Really enjoy your blog. I'll have to order your book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-74985790566475096312006-09-17T07:42:00.000-07:002006-09-17T07:42:00.000-07:00Iw: Thanks for the comment. It's an interesting co...Iw: Thanks for the comment. It's an interesting condition, with variations in severity. Sounds like you son had it about as bad as it gets, and has done well! Sometimes it's minimal enough that it's never even discovered because it has no impact. In others, as in the case I described, it just means the cecum ends up in an unusual position. By the way: don't know when your son was there, but for several years the chief of surgery at Children's was a friend and a man with whom I went through surgical training. A great guy who died not long ago, of cancer...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-74379683901824247622006-09-16T20:55:00.000-07:002006-09-16T20:55:00.000-07:00Dr. Schwab,
You piqued my curiosity regarding a p...Dr. Schwab,<br /><br />You piqued my curiosity regarding a potential future post about malrotation. My son has malrotation and was operated on day 2 of life for midgut volvulus and five weeks later for reobstruction, both at Seattle Children's. He is a very lucky boy, with special thanks to surgeons like you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com