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Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast 500 episodes Latest Jun 1, 2026

Behind the Knife is the world's #1 surgery podcast, offering high-yield educational topics and interviews with leaders in the field. It delivers timely, relevant, and engaging content designed to help listeners dominate the day. The podcast is more than just audio; it also provides additional resources at behindtheknife.org.

Episodes

Clinical Challenges in Surgical Oncology: Melanoma Jun 11, 2026 2125 Join the Behind the Knife Surgical Oncology Team as we discuss clinical challenges through case-based examples including the diagnosis, workup, and management of patients with cutaneous melanoma. Learning Objectives:In this episode, we review the workup and management of patients with cutaneous melanoma and both microscopic and macroscopic nodal disease. References used in the making of this episo
Clinical Challenges in Vascular Surgery: Phlegmasia in Pregnancy Jun 8, 2026 2305 A 25-year-old pregnant woman presents with a 1-day history of progressive pain and swelling. The foot is cold, pulseless and neurologic function is deteriorating by the hour. Imaging shows a massive iliofemoral DVT. Now both the limb and the pregnancy are threatened. Do you anticoagulate, thrombolyse or operate? Join us as we break down the management and decision making behind this rare but deva
Bad Day on Call: Live Case Discussion from ASGBI Conference Jun 4, 2026 1972 Get a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most anticipated sessions from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Conference: “Bad Day on Call.”In this session, expert surgeons from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada work through challenging real-world acute care and trauma cases. As each case unfolds, the panel explores key decision points while highlighting bo
Clinical Challenges in Emergency General Surgery: C Diff - When to Pull the Operative Trigger Jun 1, 2026 1952 It’s hospital day five. The patient looked better yesterday… but now she’s hypotensive, on vasopressors, acidotic, and spiraling toward multi-organ failure. The CT scan doesn’t show perforation or megacolon, but your gut tells you this is going south. Do you keep pushing medical therapy… or is it time to operate?Join Drs. Rushabh Dev, Jeffrey Coughenour, Kevin Bartow, Raymond Okeke, and Desra Fle
BIG T Trauma Ep. 28: Retained Ballistic Fragments: What We Were Never Taught May 28, 2026 1640 The majority of non-fatal gunshot wound survivors walk away with a bullet still inside them. Most are discharged without a removal attempt, without a surveillance plan, and without a conversation about what comes next. This episode fills that gap.Dr. Patrick Georgoff is joined by BIG T co-host Dr. Teddy Puzio (UT Houston), gun violence survivor and trauma surgeon Dr. Madhu Subramanian (Duke), and
Journal Review in Surgical Education: What We Can Learn From America’s Literacy Crisis May 25, 2026 1480 In this episode, hosts Drs. Maya Hunt, Nicole Santucci, Bryanna Stukes and Zoe Zhou explore the parallels between the literacy crisis in America and current challenges in surgical education, drawing insights from the podcast "Sold a Story." They discuss how both systems advance learners without true competency, blame struggling students rather than examining flawed teaching methods, and look to t
Journal Review in Colorectal Surgery: Methods for Ileocolic Anastomosis in Crohn's Disease May 21, 2026 1756 Ileocolic resection is one of the most common operations performed for Crohn's disease, yet the optimal approach to anastomotic construction and mesenteric management remains an active area of debate. From the configuration of the anastomosis to the extent of mesenteric excision, emerging evidence suggests that surgical technique may play a meaningful role in disease outcomes. Join Drs. Jared Hen
Cancer Vaccines: The Future is Now May 18, 2026 2153 As cancer vaccines move into Phase II and III clinical trials, it isincreasingly important for surgeons to understand their role in thisevolving landscape. What exactly are these vaccines, how do they work,and what should the surgical community know about theirimplementation? Join BTK surgical education fellows Kara Button andMichelle LaBella as they sit down with Professor Robert Jones to breakd
Using AI Today: A Practical Guide May 14, 2026 2691 Can an algorithm actually give you your life back? A recent Stanford paper revealed that using large language models at home yields massive efficiency gains—up to 176%. For busy surgeons drowning in clinical duties and administrative bloat, every reclaimed second is priceless.In this episode of Behind the Knife, Ayman and Patrick sit down with Christian Péan—an orthopedic trauma surgeon, Duke’s E
Journal Review in Endocrine Surgery: Updates of the 2025 American Thyroid Association Guidelines for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer May 11, 2026 2172 What are the experts saying about thyroid cancer treatment in 2025?  Maybe it’s time to discuss deescalation of aggressive surgical care for lower risk thyroid cancers.  We can accept that less surgery may be appropriate in select cases, including more thyroid lobectomies versus total thyroidectomies, consider less invasive approaches such as percutaneous ablation techniques, and utilize more obs
Clinical Challenges in Vascular Surgery: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis May 7, 2026 1995 For decades, a tight carotid stenosis felt like a ticking time bomb — a plaque waiting to throw an embolus and cause the next stroke. We were taught that severe narrowing meant surgery, and trials like ACAS and ACST-1 seemed to prove it. But medicine has changed. Statins, antiplatelets, tighter blood pressure control, even PCSK9 and GLP-1 therapies have quietly slashed stroke risk, and now newer
Journal Review in Burn Surgery: Early Excision of Burn Wounds May 4, 2026 1347 In this episode, our expert panel dives into the critical, historically debated topic of early burn wound excision using a real-world case of a patient with massive surface area burns. We explore the dramatic shift from the pre-1970s "wait and watch" approach to the modern standard of early source control, backed by landmark literature showing reduced mortality and shorter hospital stays. The dis

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