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Succesful surgery in a Girl with eight limbs
2 Comments Published by Jon Mikel Iñarritu November 7th, 2007 in Medical Images, News, Medical videoLakshmi is the hindu goddess of of wealth, fortune, love and beauty, the lotus flower and fertility. She is represented by an icon of a lady with four arms.
Lakshmi Tatma is a girl who is two years old but she was born with 8 limbs, because she is joined at the pelvis to what is, […]
Surgical model
3 Comments Published by Jon Mikel Iñarritu October 9th, 2007 in Medical Images, Medical videoThis surgical model is made of glass fiber and has abdominal and thoracic compartments separated. A selective bronchial intubation can be done in this model. It also has a structure that simulates a diaphragm. You can perform both laparoscopy and thoracoscopy.
The organs of a pig are placed within the model.
The model is intubated with an […]
A woman survived internal decapitation
0 Comments Published by Jon Mikel Iñarritu May 17th, 2007 in News, Medical video
On January 25th, a car crash took place in Nebraska and Shannon Malloy (a previously healthy 30 year old woman) was seriously injuried. Her skull became separated from her cervical spine, this is what is called internal decapitation.
“I remember the impact and then I had no control over my head… I wasn’t focused so much […]
Anorexia, Bulimia & Body dysmorphic disorder
2 Comments Published by Jon Mikel Iñarritu March 16th, 2007 in Medlinks, Medical videoLets think about this disorders.
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Surgery Simulator
5 Comments Published by Jon Mikel Iñarritu August 10th, 2006 in Med Gadgets, Medical videoVia Wired News
Is it possible to train yourself in a virtual patient?
A short answer is Yes.
In India, Professor Suvranu De is developing a surgery simulator with help of this couple of devices:
Cyberglove & Phantom devices
Sounds nice, but… I personally believe that you cannot train yourself in a virtual environment because there are not […]
Worst case of hemorrhoidal prolapse ever & PPH
11 Comments Published by Jon Mikel Iñarritu July 25th, 2006 in Fast Facts, Medical Images, Medical videoBEWARE! Gory image
A 45 year old male with history of chronic reducible hemorrhoidal disease came to the emergency department with excruciating pain, rectal bleeding and an anal non-redicible mass after a bowel movement.
On examination, we found this:
In this case, the only way to reduce the prolapse is a procedure for prolapsing hemorrhoids (PPH) which is […]


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