We update AccessSurgery at the end of each month. The October 2006 release offers a wealth of new content:

Two new surgical animations adapted from Zollinger’s Atlas of Surgical Operations

• Breast Anatomy and Incisions
• Resection of the Tail of the Pancreas (image below)

One new surgical video

• Large Ventral Hernia Repair with Componen’s Separation

One text update to Chapter 37. Thyroid, Parathyroid and Adrenal of Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery

• “Observation or Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Adrenal Incidentaloma? A Surgical Decision Analysis”
  by F. G. Eladoumikdachi, Surgery Instructor, General Surgery Division, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX; F. Charles Brunicardi, DeBakey/Bard Professor and Chairman, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Two new Editor’s Journal Reviews

• Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD reviews an article from the Journal of Clinical Oncology on chemotherapy and steatohepatitis following surgery for hepatic colorectal metastases.

• F. Charles Brunicardi, MD and Roger Smith review an article from the World Journal of Surgery comparing minimally-invasive approaches to parathyroidectomy for solitary parathyroid adenoma.

Does anyone out there claim to have data to support this (that is newer than 1993?)

The AccessSurgery E-Newsletter provides regular updates on new AccessSurgery features and content additions. Our special QuickTest feature (coming in late 2006) will quiz your surgical knowledge and compare your results to those of your peers.

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We’re looking forward to the American College of Surgeons meeting in Chicago next week (Oct 9-12). We’ll have computers set up at the McGraw-Hill booth. Come visit us and test the site. Or contact Helen Parr (me) directly at 646-823-3873 or helen_parr@mcgraw-hill.com to set up a demonstration time.

On a completely unrelated note, seems like time to change the blog poll. The correct answer to last month’s question — “Which search do you think was most popular during the week of August 7th?” — was subclavian line placement.