First Ascent

I'm proud of me, so I thought I'd post it.

I performed the first Laparoscopic Splenectomy ever in out little community last night.

This is a rare case to be performed for non-trauma purposes, so no one has a lot of experience with it.

It is one of those situations where I knew I had the abilities, but didn't have a ton of experience. But who does up here? It is also a surgery that can go from routine to a bloodbath very, very quickly with one wrong move.

I went in with careful preparation, and was able to successfully remove a very large, inflammed, infected spleen with a two inch incision so this otherwise healthy guy will be back to work quickly.

In general the experience was emotionally exhausting because you get all the adrenaline rush of teasing a cobra for 3 hours, but you have to keep still, and have no flight/fight outlet for those neurotransmitters.

I don't think I would want to do this every day, but when you pull off a challenge it definitely gives you a buzz for a while.

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