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Episodes
103 episodes
Chapter 93 - Part E: Successful Colectomy, Failed Patient: The Colon Physiology Trap
In this BoardsCast episode, we finish Tobias Chapter 93 — Colon by confronting the scenario that haunts surgeons:successful colectomy. failed patient.Margins were clean. The anastomosis looked perfect. No leak...
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Season 1
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Episode 103
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13:44
Chapter 93 - Part D: Foreign Bodies, Linear Tension & Colonic Obstruction
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 93 — Colon by confronting the most common (and most lethal) trap in abdominal surgery:“It’s just constipated.” “It’s just a foreign body.” ...
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Season 1
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Episode 102
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16:55
Chapter 93 - Part C: Colonic Anastomosis: Why This Leak Is Worse Than the Last One
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 93 — Colon by confronting the nightmare scenario that feels like a betrayal:You’ve repaired small intestinal leaks before.You’ve done a hundred resections.
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Season 1
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Episode 101
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17:18
Chapter 93 - Part B: Megacolon Is a Neurologic Problem, Not a Stool Problem
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 93 — Colon by deleting the most dangerous mental model in constipation medicine:megacolon is not a plumbing problem.If you treat it like a clog—more laxatives, m...
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Season 1
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Episode 100
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13:36
Chapter 93 - Part A: The Colon Isn’t Just Dirtier — It’s Less Forgiving
In this BoardsCast episode, we begin Tobias Chapter 93 — Colon by dismantling the most dangerous assumption in large bowel surgery:“I’ll just close it like small intestine.”That mindset is how you get t...
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Season 1
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Episode 99
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15:48
Chapter 92 - Part E: Successful Anastomosis, Dead Dog: The Small Intestine Failure Pattern
In this BoardsCast episode, we finish Tobias Chapter 92 — Small Intestine by locking in the most brutal (and most common) postoperative pattern in GI surgery:successful anastomosis. dead dog.The leak test was dry. Th...
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Season 1
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Episode 98
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17:42
Chapter 92 - Part D: Foreign Bodies, Linear Traps, and the Bowel You Shouldn’t Save
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 92 - Small Intestine by confronting one of the most lethal instincts in GI surgery:“Save as much bowel as you can.”With linear foreign bodies, that...
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Season 1
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Episode 97
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15:37
Chapter 92 - Part C: Anastomosis Isn’t Closure: Tension, Diameter, and the Leak You Built
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 92 - Small Intestine by dismantling the most dangerous misconception in GI surgery:An anastomosis is not “closure.”It’s engineering — a dyna...
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Season 1
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Episode 96
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16:44
Chapter 92 - Part B: Blood Supply, Margins, and the Ischemic Lie
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 92 - Small Intestine by confronting the most dangerous belief in intestinal surgery:“It’s pink. It moves. It’s fine.”That assumption kills patients.
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Season 1
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Episode 95
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18:28
Chapter 92 - Part A: The Small Intestine Is a High-Risk Organ: Why Leaks Kill Fast
In this BoardsCast episode, we begin Tobias Chapter 92 - Small Intestine with the most important (and most ignored) truth in GI surgery:The small intestine is not “just another tube.”It’s a high-risk organ wit...
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Season 1
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Episode 94
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15:50
Chapter 91 - Part E: Successful Surgery, Dead Dog: The Gastric Failure Pattern
In this final episode of the stomach series, we dismantle one of the most dangerous illusions in soft-tissue surgery:👉 A perfect gastric surgery does not guarantee a living patient. 👉 The stomach lies...
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Season 1
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Episode 93
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16:24
Chapter 91 - Part D: Gastric Outflow Is a Trap: Why Pyloric Surgery Breaks Patients
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 91 by exposing one of the most deceiving failure patterns in soft-tissue surgery:👉 The pylorus is not a pipe you “open.” It is a timing valve in a pressure-...
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Season 1
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Episode 92
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18:33
Chapter 91 - Part C: Gastrotomy, Gastrectomy, and the Blood Supply You Forgot
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 91 — Stomach by exposing one of the most dangerous misconceptions in gastric surgery: Most stomach leaks are not caused by bad knots, they ...
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Season 1
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Episode 91
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13:44
Chapter 91 - Part B: GDV Isn’t About the Stomach — It’s About Circulation
In this BoardsCast deep dive, we continue Tobias Chapter 91 — Stomach by reframing GDV in the way surgeons must understand it for boards, for practice, and for saving lives.GDV is ...
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Season 1
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Episode 90
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18:01
Chapter 91 - Part A: The Stomach Is a Reservoir, Not a Bag
In this BoardsCast episode, we begin Tobias Chapter 91 – Stomach by dismantling one of the most common (and dangerous) mental models in soft-tissue surgery: The stomach is not a bag.&n...
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Season 1
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Episode 89
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17:37
Chapter 90 - Part E: Successful Repair, Dead Patient: The Esophageal Surgery Trap
In this BoardsCast episode, we conclude Tobias Chapter 90 – Esophagus by uncovering the most dangerous misconception in esophageal surgery:👉 A technically perfect repair does not mean the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 88
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13:48
Chapter 90 - Part D: Leaks, Strictures, and Aspiration: The Delayed Failure Cascade
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 90 – Esophagus by confronting one of the deadliest assumptions in soft-tissue surgery: “If it’s perforated, just close it.”For the esophagus, that l...
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Season 1
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Episode 87
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16:36
Chapter 90 - Part C: Primary Repair Is a Trap: When Closure Guarantees Dehiscence
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 90 – Esophagus by confronting one of the deadliest assumptions in soft-tissue surgery: “If it’s perforated, just close it.”For the esophagus, that l...
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Season 1
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Episode 86
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15:23
Chapter 90 - Part B: Timing Kills: Why Esophageal Surgery Is a Race Against Biology
In this BoardsCast episode, we continue Tobias Chapter 90 – Esophagus with the single most unforgiving truth in esophageal surgery: timing is life — or death.Unlike intestine, skin, or stomac...
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Season 1
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Episode 85
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14:33
Chapter 90 - Part A: The Esophagus Is Not a Tube: Why It Fails So Easily
In this BoardsCast episode, we begin Tobias Chapter 90 – Esophagus by dismantling the biggest misconception in thoracic and cervical surgery: The esophagus is NOT a simple tube. It is the worst
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Season 1
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Episode 84
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15:43
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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Season 1
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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