SurgTalk

You are in the Urology OPD, you receive an urgent referral from a GP about a 20 year old male who has a new mass in his right scrotum. What would be your initial approach to this patient?

SurgTalk is an educational podcast series designed to support the undergraduate surgical curriculum in Trinity College Dublin. Hosted by Susie O'Neill, Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, produced by Paul Quinlan and funded by The Monkstown Hospital Foundation, this is a case-based series where consultant surgeons are interviewed on their approach to common clinical presentations. This podcast may not reflect the curriculum of other universities. This podcast series is designed for educational purposes and is not a source for medical advice or expert opinion. You should consult your physician or other health care professional if you are seeking medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Get in touch with feedback and episode suggestions at surgtalkpodcast@gmail.com

A 65 year old female is referred to the haematuria clinic with anemia, abdominal pain and haematuria. Whats questions would you like to ask regarding her symtoms?

SurgTalk is an educational podcast series designed to support the undergraduate surgical curriculum in Trinity College Dublin. Hosted by Susie O'Neill, Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, produced by Paul Quinlan and funded by The Monkstown Hospital Foundation, this is a case-based series where consultant surgeons are interviewed on their approach to common clinical presentations. This podcast may not reflect the curriculum of other universities. This podcast series is designed for educational purposes and is not a source for medical advice or expert opinion. You should consult your physician or other health care professional if you are seeking medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Get in touch with feedback and episode suggestions at surgtalkpodcast@gmail.com

A 50 year old female is admitted with a 3 day history of worsening fever, vomiting and right upper quadrant pain. She's tender in the right upper quadrant on exam and she's Murphy's positive. She's awaiting elective interval laparoscopic cholecystectomy after previous admission for acute cholecystitis. Her white cells and CRP are very elevated. She has nonspecific LFT derangement and a normal bilirubin. She's hemodynamically, unstable and febrile on admission and requires large volumes of fluid resuscitation. She undergoes CT abdomen and it confirms inflammatory changes in the gallbladder and an organized pericholecystic collection. This be consistent with perforated acute cholecystitis.

SurgTalk is an educational podcast series designed to support the undergraduate surgical curriculum in Trinity College Dublin. Hosted by Susie O'Neill, Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, produced by Paul Quinlan and funded by The Monkstown Hospital Foundation, this is a case-based series where consultant surgeons are interviewed on their approach to common clinical presentations. This podcast may not reflect the curriculum of other universities. This podcast series is designed for educational purposes and is not a source for medical advice or expert opinion. You should consult your physician or other health care professional if you are seeking medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Get in touch with feedback and episode suggestions at surgtalkpodcast@gmail.com

A sixty year old diabetic male is admitted with osteomyelitis of the navicular bone following an episode of cellulitis. Decision is made to arrange discharge with outpatient intravenous antimicrobial, therapy, or OPAT and a PICC line is requested by the team. The first question is what are the indications for PICC insertion and what would be the main complications of that procedure?

SurgTalk is an educational podcast series designed to support the undergraduate surgical curriculum in Trinity College Dublin. Hosted by Susie O'Neill, Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, produced by Paul Quinlan and funded by The Monkstown Hospital Foundation, this is a case-based series where consultant surgeons are interviewed on their approach to common clinical presentations. This podcast may not reflect the curriculum of other universities. This podcast series is designed for educational purposes and is not a source for medical advice or expert opinion. You should consult your physician or other health care professional if you are seeking medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Get in touch with feedback and episode suggestions at surgtalkpodcast@gmail.com

This is the case of a 72 year old male referred by his GP to the rapid access prostate clinic with an elevated PSA of 7. He attends for annual PSA testing with his GP and his most recent result last year was 5.2. The first question in this case is what is a PSA and what is its clinical relevance.

SurgTalk is an educational podcast series designed to support the undergraduate surgical curriculum in Trinity College Dublin. Hosted by Susie O'Neill, Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, produced by Paul Quinlan and funded by The Monkstown Hospital Foundation, this is a case-based series where consultant surgeons are interviewed on their approach to common clinical presentations. This podcast may not reflect the curriculum of other universities. This podcast series is designed for educational purposes and is not a source for medical advice or expert opinion. You should consult your physician or other health care professional if you are seeking medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Get in touch with feedback and episode suggestions at surgtalkpodcast@gmail.com