Deep Cuts: A Series on Excision: Recent Episodes

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Welcome to Deep Cuts: A Series on Excision, in which surgeons from a variety of specialties discuss excisional debridement, one of the cornerstones of successful wound reconstruction and care.

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In this episode, Dr. Roselle Crombie, general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, speaks with Dr. Paul Glat, Director of Burn Unit at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, about the unique challenges of pediatric burn care, including scar management techniques and finding the right depth of excision.

*The opinions expressed, and techniques described, herein are general in nature and based on the clinical experience of the presenting physician. Physicians should use their own professional judgment and consider patient-specific factors in treating their own patients.

Drs. Crombie and Glat are paid consultants of Integra LifeSciences, but they have not been compensated for their participation on this podcast.*

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In this episode, Dr. Roselle Crombie, general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, speaks with Dr. Nicole Kopari, the Pediatric Burn Medical Director at Children's Hospital New Orleans, on why she became a burn surgeon, her preferred blade techniques, and how operating in the “Swamp” has its own challenges.

*The opinions expressed, and techniques described, herein are general in nature and based on the clinical experience of the presenting physician. Physicians should use their own professional judgment and consider patient-specific factors in treating their own patients. 

Drs. Crombie and Kopari are paid consultants of Integra LifeSciences, but they have not been compensated for their participation on this podcast.*

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In this episode, Dr. Roselle Crombie, a general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, speaks with special guest Dr. James C. Jeng, general, burn and trauma surgeon at the University of California-Irvine Medical Center.  Dr. Jeng shares why he almost always does multi-staged burn excision and grafting surgery, and what he thinks surgeons have to look for beyond robust bleeding.

*The opinions expressed, and techniques described, herein are general in nature and based on the clinical experience of the presenting physician. Physicians should use their own professional judgment and consider patient-specific factors in treating their own patients. 

Dr. Crombie is a paid consultant of Integra LifeSciences. Neither Dr. Crombie nor Dr. Jeng has been compensated for their participation on this podcast.*

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Dr. Roselle Crombie, general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, speaks with Dr. Derek Bell, plastic surgeon and Director of the Kessler Burn Center at University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Bell  explains in detail his approach to excision, including why he looks for signs of “paprika” and “glistening corn silk” to evaluate the readiness of a wound bed.
*The opinions expressed, and techniques described, herein are general in nature and based on the clinical experience of the presenting physician. Physicians should use their own professional judgment and consider patient-specific factors in treating their own patients.

Dr. Crombie has a consulting relationship with Integra LifeSciences. Neither Dr. Crombie nor Dr. Bell was compensated for their participation on this podcast.*

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In this episode of Deep Cuts, Dr. Roselle Crombie, general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, speaks with Dr. Brett Hartman, plastic surgeon and Medical Director of Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center at Eskenazi Health. Hear Dr. Hartman describe his approach to debridement, which he says centers on constant re-evaluation of the wound.

*The opinions expressed, and techniques described, herein are general in nature and based on the clinical experience of the presenting physician. Physicians should use their own professional judgment and consider patient-specific factors in treating their own patients. 

Dr. Crombie has a consulting relationship with Integra LifeSciences. Neither Dr. Crombie nor Dr. Hartman was compensated for their participation on this podcast.*

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In this episode, Dr. Jeffrey Carter, Medical Director of the University Medical Center Burn Center in New Orleans, is joined by Dr. Roselle Crombie, general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, to discuss why it’s so important to talk about failures with excisional debridement. Hear what she wished she knew when she excised a facial burn early in her career.

*The opinions expressed, and techniques described, herein are general in nature and based on the clinical experience of the presenting physician. Physicians should use their own professional judgment and consider patient-specific factors in treating their own patients. 

Dr. Crombie has a consulting relationship with Integra LifeSciences. Neither Dr. Crombie nor Dr. Carter was compensated for their participation on this podcast.*