Twosday – Double the Surgeries, Double the Fun
Happy Twosday – Double the surgeries, double the fun! Today we're tackling a two-level cervical disc replacement to treat one patient, and treat severe stenosis in our second patient, an active…
LandPro Equipment
With all the rain lately I'm glad my LandPro Equipment guys came out in April to get my lawn care equipment summer-ready! Gonna put these bad boys to good use. Struggling with…
Sacroiliac Joint Fusion (Part 2/2)
(Part 2/2) For our second sacroiliac (SI) joint fusion, this patient has severe osteoarthritis of the SI joint. Today we're starting on the right joint and in a month, we'll…
Running the Rack
Raising the bar on... well, raising the bar! This Wednesday workout was all about the upper body like our triceps and shoulders. We started with "fat bar" bench presses and…
Cooking with Capicotto: Short Rib Ravioli (3/4)
(Part 3/4) Duck, duck...egg! When it comes to making pasta, sometimes we freehand it and sometimes we use a mold to achieve that perfect ravioli shape. Since we need a…
Road Trip to Kentucky!
From calamity comes something good! Mel and I had the pleasure of road tripping to Kentucky and seeing some beautiful fall foliage along the way. However her brother's experience...didn't go…
Cooking with Capicotto: Short Ribs (Part 2/3)
(Part 2/3) We coaxed the flavor from our mirepoix and now it's time to add the short ribs and prep for the oven! Next up: ricotta dough! Struggling with chronic…
Healthy Disc Height vs Problematic Disc Height
In this Anterior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion, I removed a herniated disc and re-established the disc height to stabilize the patient's neck and relieve the nerves extending through the patient's…
Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusions
I love being a spine surgeon and seeing how far we've come with expanding minimally invasive procedures! This was such an informative lab session with Dr Charles E. Shuff, MD about…
Cooking with Capicotto: Stracciatella Ravioli (Part 2/3)
(Part 2/3) Holy ravioli! While making the sauce for our corn, ricotta, and stracciatella ravioli, we (and by we, I mean Mel) almost forgot one key ingredient... Struggling with chronic…
