Open Vascular volume

[Guest]

https://twitter.com/stanfordnsurg/status...88005?s=21

3 PGY-7s scrubbing one aneurysm. Translation, “our vascular volume is low”

What programs have good open vascular volume besides Barrow?

[Guest]

Buffalo

[Guest]

Scope isn’t even in, so three chiefs for a crani. Much disappoint.

[cdrake]

Geisinger

[Guest]

UIC, BIDMC (Ogilvy), Hopkins

Better question is why you’re seeking open experience when there are fewer and fewer indications

[Guest]

Hopkins, thats a laugh.

[Guest]

Geisinger is the place for open and endo vascular. just not an exciting city

[Guest]

What constitutes "good" vascular volume? How many open vascular cases a week?

[Guest]

Stop the presses - they don't do boatloads of open vascular at Stanford???

50+ clippings a year is good volume for any program these days. There are <10 places with that though.nToday, vascular means endovascular means stroke call. If you don't like thrombectomies, don't even consider it. Source: friends applying for fellowships.

[Guest]

Seems like nothing has changed at that institution. Four residents scrubbing in to a glioma comes to mind.

First response from Francisco Aquino is priceless: "And where is the attending"
Answer: Scrubbing in to take over the critical part of the case.