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Dr. David Kermode
16
DEC
2020

Season 6, Episode 50 – Dec 16, 2020

In this episode, Dr. David Kermode and Dr. Bret Batchelor discuss which surgical treatment is better for chronic anal fissures: Open or closed lateral sphincterotomy. Resources for this episode: Acar T, Acar N, Güngör F, Kamer E, Genç H, Atahan K, et. al. 2020. Comparative...
28
SEP
2020

Season 6, Episode 49 – Sept 13, 2020

via GIPHY Credit: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation In this episode Dr. David Kermode and Dr. Bret Batchelor discuss whether medical or surgical treatment is better for chronic anal fissures. Resources for this episode: Acar T, Acar N, Güngör F, Kamer E, Genç H, Atahan K, et. al....
28
MAY
2020

Season 5, Episode 48 – May 4, 2020

In this episode, Dr. David Kermode and Dr. Bret Batchelor try to figure out if ultrasound is good when a person presents with symptoms of an inguinal hernia, but no hernia on palpation. Resources for this episode: Kwee, RM and Kwee, TC. 2018. Ultrasonography in diagnosing...
04
JUN
2019

Season 5, Episode 42 – May 5, 2019

Credit: Antonio Prohias, via Watson-Guptill publishers In this episode, Dr. Batchelor and Dr. Kermode tackle the time honored debate between different modes of entry for laparoscopic surgery. Resources for this episode: Cornette, B and Barrevoet, F. 2016. Trocar injuries in...
31
MAR
2019

Season 4 – Episode 41 – Mar 14, 2019

In this episode, Dr. Batchelor is once again joined by his American friends Dr. David Kermode and Dr. Joel Wells to discuss topical anaesthesia for reducing post operative pain in tonsillectomies. Resources for this episode: J Grainger and N. Saravanappa. 2008. Local anaesthetic...
05
JAN
2019

Season 4 – Episode 40 – Dec 19, 2018

S P Corey What’s best for small polyps, biopsy forceps or snare? In this wild-west Christmas episode, Dr. Batchelor and Dr. Kermode answer this dog gone question. Resources for this episode: Y Komeda, H Kashida, T Sakurai, G Tribonias, K Okamoto, M Kono, M Yamada, T Adachi, H...
02
OCT
2018

Season 4 – Episode 38 – Sept 16, 2018

Photo: AK Rockefeller Dr. Kermode is back with Dr. Batchelor. This time they discuss beer, bourbon, and ultrasound guided injections of the carpal tunnel. Resources for this episode: J Y Lee, Y Park, K D Park, J K Lee, and O K Lim. 2014. Effectiveness of ultrasound-guided carpal...
07
AUG
2018

Season 4 – Episode 37 – July 24, 2018

Photo: Universal Pictures Dr. David Kermode joins me once again for an episode in which we delve a bit deeper into a discussion started in Banff in January 2018: short term international medical missions, who benefits the most? Resources for this episode: T Green, H Green, J...
31
JAN
2017

Episode 26 – January 26, 2017

Credits: J (appendix), RCCbc (artwork) In this episode, Dr. David Kermode returns to the show to discuss what to do when you’ve gone in suspecting appendicitis, but it turns out to look normal. Do you leave it in, or do you take it out? Conference references: Alberta...
11
MAR
2016

Episode 16 – March 4, 2016

American Gothic (detail, with modification), Grant DeVolson Wood, 1930. In this episode, Dr. Joel Wells and Dr. David Kermode join Dr. Batchelor from way down south in Iowa to discuss whether General Practitioners are any good at removing basal cell carcinomas. Resources for this...

Podcasts

  • Season 6, Episode 51 – Jan 12, 2021
  • Season 6, Episode 50 – Dec 16, 2020
  • Season 6, Episode 49 – Sept 13, 2020
  • Season 5, Episode 48 – May 4, 2020
  • Season 5, Episode 47 – Mar 18, 2020
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