Prior to rotating at QHC’s surgery department, I had high hopes since I was initially interested in surgery at the start of PA school. I was not disappointed since this rotation may have been the best rotation thus far. I really enjoyed the combination of having clinic and being scrubbed into OR cases since it…

Site Evaluation Presentation Summary   For my final site evaluation, I presented on a case of a 42 year old female who came into the ED c/o abdominal pain that woke her up from sleep as a surgery consult due to intractable abdominal pain. The patient experienced bilateral upper quadrant pain with epigastric pain that…

Journal: Perineal resectional procedures for the treatment of complete rectal prolapse: A systematic review of the literature   Reasoning: Several procedures exist for the surgical management of complete rectal prolapse via the abdominal or perineal approach, including Altemeier procedure, Delorme procedure, and perineal stapled prolapse resection (PSR) Given the psychiatric history of our patient, what…