This week was much lighter in the OR than last week, but I observed the placement of a patient-derived skin graft, as well as a mastectomy and tissue expander placement. Mini lessons in the OR this week included the history of the mastectomy and how to calculate the maximum safe dose of local anesthetic for patients. I also spent a lot of time in the outpatient clinic, where I was able to observe follow-up visits for patients that I had seen in the OR so that Dr. Spector and his team could monitor the healing process. We also saw a patient that was recovering from a traumatic injury to the ear, and it was informative to learn how the reconstructive process changes from reconstruction that is a planned part of surgery to reconstruction after a traumatic injury. I also learned a lot about scar tissue formation and scar revision. We are planning on doing some fluorescent imaging of patient-derived adipose tissue, so I started laying the groundwork for those experiments.
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