Skeptical Scalpel

Next time you eat a club sandwich, think about this

Posted by SkepticalScalpel | Aug 15, 2019 | Doctor's Voice, Skeptical Scalpel |

A 2014 review collected 136 case reports of accidental toothpick ingestion over an 85 year period....

State rules surgeon whereabouts must be documented

Posted by SkepticalScalpel | Jul 31, 2019 | Doctor's Voice, Skeptical Scalpel |

Last week the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine ruled that surgeons must chart every...

Unusual Cases Part 2

Posted by SkepticalScalpel | Jul 17, 2019 | Doctor's Voice, Skeptical Scalpel |

Patient eel thyself A 50-year-old man presented to a Hong Kong emergency department with abdominal...

Three unusual cases

Posted by SkepticalScalpel | Jul 1, 2019 | Doctor's Voice, Skeptical Scalpel |

You couldn’t do again it if you tried A 42-year-old man was stabbed in the right chest and was...

Who still uses a pager?

Posted by SkepticalScalpel | Jun 18, 2019 | Doctor's Voice, Skeptical Scalpel |

Seven years ago, a medical student asked me why doctors still used pagers. I blogged about the...

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