Clinical Challenges in Minimally Invasive Surgery: Acute Gastric Volvulus and Duodenal Perforation

It’s 1AM and the emergency department is calling about *insert terrifying foregut problem you haven’t seen since you were an intern here* and you wake up in a cold sweat to realize it was just a dream…this time. Tune in to this clinical challenge episode for some tips and tricks for managing foregut nightmares with Drs. Mike Weykamp, Nicole White, Andrew Wright, and Nick Cetrulo from the University of Washington’s Minimally Invasive Surgery team. 

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