Pod 1 June 2023

4. a doctor who has finished their residency and is pursuing additional education for a specialty
5. the generic name for the most commonly used pre-incision antibiotic
6. the company who supplies and supports MyoSure, NovaSure, and Fluent
11. a tissue which is sited outside of its normal organ, e.g. a pregnancy
14. what you have to do when your room is busy and your circulator is drowning
16. the term for a suture that is composed of a single strand of material
17. the number of minutes allotted for lunch breaks
18. one of few non-synthetic “natural” suture materials
19. what is created when two lumens of an organ or vessel are (re)joined, or, the A in GIA, TA, or EEA
20. a procedure which removes a small portion of tissue, usually for diagnostic purposes
22. fixative for pap or diaphragm smear
23. the expanded form of “tech” as in “surgical/scrub tech”
24. the parent company for the da Vinci robots

1. along with Gordon, the first of the two least-used instruments in the GU Major Pan
2. another name for the type of X-ray used in GU endo cases
3. the “P” in APR, or, the general site for vaginal surgery
7. vacuum dressing used when a patient’s abdomen is left open
8. everyone’s favorite case
9. to use a form of surgical energy to obliterate tissue, e.g. the endometrium
10. plastic protective feet placed on clamps to protect suture
12. a retractor with holes like Swiss cheese (lives in the Deep Abdominal Pan)
13. the acronym for endoscopic alteration of the pyloric sphincter
15. a straight hysterectomy clamp
21. a cordless energy device similar to Harmonic