tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post1648403331992313924..comments2024-02-10T02:14:39.898-05:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: Lymph Node Retrieval in Colon Cancer SurgeryJeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-32276495765964873092010-01-07T16:43:44.988-05:002010-01-07T16:43:44.988-05:00There is also an article in November's (I thin...There is also an article in November's (I think) Journal of Clinical Oncology saying that it doesn't matter half as much as we thought in T1-2 lesions. <br /><br />patAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-89486112699993785852009-12-31T10:38:19.331-05:002009-12-31T10:38:19.331-05:00Like it's YOUR fault the patient doesn't h...Like it's YOUR fault the patient doesn't have more lymph nodes....<br />Reminds me of the bad old days when I had to do Pap Smears...Brrrr..almost get the PTSD just thinkin about it...and if the report came back with "No Endocervical Cells seen" I had to call the patient up to tell them umm OK, I just pretended to call them and they got the postcard from the Health Dept tellin them to come back cause there Pap Schmear was "Inadequate"...<br />Maybe it was Inadequate because they gave us a Q-tip and a Popsicle Stick to stick in the Cervix instead of that Copper thing with the bristles that looks like what I used to run through the barrell of my .357 Magnum that they use nowadays....<br />Then sometime in the 90's they stopped requiring Endocervical cells be present, and now, they admit Pap Schmears are basically worthless....<br /><br />That "Scraping the Sacrum with a Rake" description is gonna give me nightmares...<br /><br />Have a Great 2010,<br /><br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com