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Episodes
83 episodes
Chapter 89 - Part E: Successful Resection, Failed Patient: The Jaw Surgery Trap
In this BoardsCast episode, we conclude Tobias Chapter 89 - Mandibulectomy and Maxillectomy with a hard surgical truth: a perfectly executed jaw resection can still leave you with a failing patient....
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Episode 83
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16:41
Chapter 89 - Part D: Reconstruction vs Second Intention: When Fixing the Defect Makes Things Worse
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 89 - Mandibulectomy and Maxillectomy by exploring one of the most counterintuitive truths in maxillofacial surgery: Sometimes, the worst thing you can...
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Season 1
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Episode 82
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18:19
Chapter 89 - Part C: Maxillectomy Isn’t Mandibulectomy: Why the Upper Jaw Fails Differently
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 89 - Mandibulectomy and Maxillectomy by breaking down a critical but often misunderstood reality: maxillectomy is not mandibulectomy.
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Season 1
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Episode 81
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16:42
Chapter 89 - Part B: Mandibulectomy Mechanics: Curved Beams, Load Paths, and Fracture You Created
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 89 - Mandibulectomy and Maxillectomy by shifting from oncology to biomechanics. Mandibulectomy isn't just about removing bone — it permanently alters a curved ...
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Season 1
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Episode 80
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13:45
Chapter 89 - Part A: Margins Are Not Enough: The Mental Model of Jaw Resection
In this BoardsCast episode, we begin Tobias Chapter 89 - Mandibulectomy and Maxillectomy by addressing one of the biggest misconceptions in oral oncology: jaw resections are not about margins — they’re about mechan...
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Season 1
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Episode 79
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15:36
Chapter 88 - Part B: The Sialocele Trap: Why Drainage Always Fails
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 88 – Salivary Glands by examining one of the most misunderstood conditions in small animal surgery: the sialocele.Sialoceles look like abscesses, be...
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Season 1
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Episode 77
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13:08
Chapter 88 - Part C: Successful Excision, Failed Patient: The Salivary Surgery Trap
In this BoardsCast episode, we close out Tobias Chapter 88 – Salivary Glands by exposing one of the most frustrating paradoxes in head and neck surgery: the gland excision goes perfectly… and yet the patient...
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Season 1
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Episode 78
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17:43
Chapter 88 - Part A: Saliva Is Not the Enemy: When Swellings Aren’t Glands at All
In this BoardsCast episode, we begin Tobias Chapter 88 – Salivary Glands, and tackle one of the most common diagnostic traps in head and neck surgery: not every swelling near the mandible, cheek, or throat is a sal...
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Season 1
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Episode 76
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15:21
Chapter 87 - Part E: Successful Resection, Failed Patient: The Oral Surgery Trap
In this BoardsCast episode, we conclude Tobias Chapter 87 – Soft Tissues of the Oral Cavity by exploring one of the most deceptive problems in oral surgery: the trap where the resection is perfect… but the patient ...
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Season 1
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Episode 75
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17:18
Chapter 87 - Part D: Saliva Is Not Benign: Fistulas, Dehiscence, and the Oral Failure Cascade
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 87 – Soft Tissues of the Oral Cavity by focusing on the single greatest enemy of oral wound healing: saliva.Saliva isn’t harmless — it is enzymat...
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Season 1
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Episode 74
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13:27
Chapter 87 - Part C: To Close or Not to Close: When Oral Wounds Should Heal Open
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 87 – Soft Tissues of the Oral Cavity by challenging one of the biggest misconceptions in oral surgery: Not all wounds in the mouth should be closed. So...
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Season 1
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Episode 73
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16:56
Chapter 87 - Part B: Margins, Depth, and Deception: Why Oral Tumors Are Harder Than They Look
In this BoardsCast episode, we move deeper into Tobias Chapter 87 – Soft Tissues of the Oral Cavity and focus on one of the most deceptively challenging areas of surgical oncology: oral tumors.Oral neopl...
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Season 1
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Episode 72
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18:00
Chapter 87 - Part A: The Mouth Is a Battlefield: Why Oral Soft Tissue Never Behaves Like Skin
In this BoardsCast episode, we begin Tobias Chapter 87 – Soft Tissues of the Oral Cavity by tackling one of the most misunderstood principles in soft-tissue surgery: Oral tissue is not skin w...
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Season 1
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Episode 71
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18:05
Chapter 86 - Part C: The Retroperitoneal Trap: Why Sick Patients Look Normal Until They Crash
In this BoardsCast episode, we finish our exploration of Tobias Chapter 86 – Peritoneum & Retroperitoneum by focusing on the retroperitoneal space—the anatomy that hides disease so well that patients appear sta...
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Season 1
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Episode 68
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14:56
Chapter 86 - Part E: Successful Lavage, Dead Patient: The Peritoneal Failure Pattern
In this BoardsCast episode, we conclude our Tobias Chapter 86 – Peritoneum & Retroperitoneum series with one of the most dangerous misconceptions in soft-tissue surgery: “The abdomen looks good after lavage, so...
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Season 1
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Episode 70
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16:36
Chapter 86 - Part D: Effusion Isn’t the Diagnosis: Blood, Bile, Urine, or Pus?
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue through Tobias Chapter 86 – Peritoneum & Retroperitoneum by confronting one of the biggest diagnostic errors in abdominal surgery: Calling effusion the diagnosis....
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Season 1
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Episode 69
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14:14
Chapter 86 - Part B: Localized vs Generalized Peritonitis: The Lie Surgeons Tell Themselves
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue our deep dive into Tobias Chapter 86 – Peritoneum & Retroperitoneum, expanding on how the peritoneum behaves as a biologic surface, not a “space,” and how that reality sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 67
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14:18
Chapter 86 - Part A: The Peritoneum Is Not a Space: Why Fluids, Infection, and Cancer Spread the Way They Do
In this BoardsCast episode, we open Tobias Chapter 86 – Peritoneum & Retroperitoneum and reframe the peritoneum not as an “empty space,” but as a dynamic, vascular, absorptive surface that determines how fluid,...
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Season 1
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Episode 66
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15:07
Chapter 85 - Part C: Successful Repair, Dead Patient: The Diaphragmatic Trap
In this BoardsCast episode, we confront the deadly paradox at the heart of diaphragmatic hernia surgery: Sometimes the repair is successful… and the patient still dies.Using Tobias Chapter 85 – Diaphragmatic Hernias<...
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Season 1
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Episode 65
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14:37
Chapter 85 - Part B: Timing Kills: Stabilize or Die
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue our deep dive into Tobias Chapter 85 – Diaphragmatic Hernias, focusing on the most unforgiving variable in these cases: timing. Diaphragmatic hernias are not simply “surgical pr...
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Season 1
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Episode 64
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13:51
Chapter 85 - Part A: The Diaphragm Is a Pressure Valve, Not a Wall
In this BoardsCast episode, we open Tobias Chapter 85 – Diaphragmatic Hernias and reframe the diaphragm not as a rigid barrier, but as a dynamic pressure valve that responds to changes in t...
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Season 1
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Episode 63
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12:25
Chapter 84 - Part E: Contamination, Infection, and the Dirty Abdomen: Why Perfect Repairs Still Fail
In this BoardsCast episode, we complete our exploration of Tobias Chapter 84 – Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and Hernias by focusing on the surgical environment every clinician fears: the contaminated o...
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Season 1
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Episode 62
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18:53
Chapter 84 - Part D: Contamination, Infection, and the Dirty Abdomen: Why Perfect Repairs Still Fail
In this episode of BoardsCast, we stay inside Tobias Chapter 84 – Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and Hernias, focusing on the high-risk abdominal wall: the contaminated, infected, or downright dirty abdomen...
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Season 1
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Episode 61
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12:42
Chapter 84 - Part C: Mesh or Muscle: When Primary Closure Is a Lie
In this BoardsCast episode, we dive into Chapter 84 of Tobias & Johnston’s Veterinary Surgery (2nd ed) to tackle one of the most deceptively simple decisions in abdominal wall reconstruction: Can you actually c...
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Season 1
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Episode 60
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14:56
Chapter 84 - Part B: Hernias Explained: Congenital, Traumatic, Incisional — Same Physics, Different Stories
In this episode of BoardsCast, we continue our walk through Tobias Chapter 84 – Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and Hernias by breaking down the three major hernia categories surgeons must recognize immediately:
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Season 1
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Episode 59
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13:44