life as a resident

June 28 2009 Sunday 9 30 am

After a week long hectic schedule again a sunday break so relieved today
just woke up This week goes to spinal dysraphism . Dont know from where all these cases
of meningomyelocele with hydrocephalus came .
So our whole 3 days OT was listed with meningocele and hydrocephalus .
3 cases with unstable cerivical dislocation . one with basilar invasion with associated congenital anomalies of vertebra which is yet to be explored .
Prof on leave these days so AP is taking care of us
He is a nice guy and so is our Registar
I got oppurtinity to excercise my hands in one subdural hematoma one VP shunting
and two Crutzfield traction for cervical unstable fractures dislocation courtesy of my registar
Plus assist in spine surgeries and meningocele
I think I should built up my stamina strengthen y muscle power I will find out the way
This weeks on call was so bg that i hardly hard time to close my eyes
Lots of call from neurology and surgery ward though most of them need just conservative management only .
Now thinking about upcoming week one temporal lobe solitary mets from Lung and pituitary tumor on waiting list plus 5 cases of lumbar disc hernia and two with TB spine dorsal region and few more short cases . plus we are expecting more cases from outdoor . So a busy week lying ahead .

life as a resident

Finally after a week of hectic schedule I got a free sunday to relax a bit, sleep a more and loosen up the muscles for while. Three operatons in a week with two subsequent 5 hr assist was a tiresome job. MVD operations for Trigeminal neuralgia used to be maximum 2 hr operation but this week it was for 5 hrs each both one with anamolous unnamed compressing artery and the other complete anatomically challenging scenario. Plus point of this week one Crutzfield traction and one VP shunting . Wow ! little bit of neurosurgical skills gained still long way to go .

Confusion of this week I should say was still the approach to brain tumor. No worries I will find it out. Lots of MRI scans to study for this weekend plus neurology chapters to cover

21/6/2009