Ron Barbosa MD FACS on X: Short🧵on how the 'numbers' of surgical drains may mislead you as to their actual sizes: why Charrière comes up yet again, and why a '10' flat

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🧵regarding several ways in which you can inadvertently damage the tissues when approximating them with sutures. These are particularly important to - Thread from Ron Barbosa MD FACS @rbarbosa91 - Rattibha

Ron Barbosa MD FACS on X: 🧵on 'French' and 'Gauge' The 'French' unit of measurement was once known as the 'Charrière', after Joseph-Frédéric-Benoît Charrière, a Swiss knifemaker who moved to France in

Short🧵on how the 'numbers' of surgical drains may mislead you as to their actual sizes: why Charrière comes up yet again, and why a '10' flat JP dra - Thread from Ron

Ron Barbosa MD FACS (@rbarbosa91) / X

🧵regarding the 'groove director': A weird little instrument we use during laparoscopic operations to widen the fascia a little bit. It also has - Thread from Ron Barbosa MD FACS @rbarbosa91 - Rattibha

Ron Barbosa MD FACS (@rbarbosa91) / X

Short🧵on how the 'numbers' of surgical drains may mislead you as to their actual sizes: why Charrière comes up yet again, and why a '10' flat JP dra - Thread from Ron

Ron Barbosa MD FACS on X: The used of pericardial stay sutures is common enough that some of the sternal retractors have little springs on each side which can be used to

Ron Barbosa MD FACS (@rbarbosa91) / X

Ronald Barbosa, MD, FACS

Ron Barbosa MD FACS on X: Now when a retractor gets in the way, the usual response is to look for a better/smaller/flatter retractor, and of course you can't remember the name