Hosted by Scrub Battle · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 70 episodes
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Surgery Shelf Prep! Get ready to crush your surgery shelf exam with Surgery Shelf Prep! – a podcast designed for busy medical students on the go. These quick, high-yield episodes break down challenging surgical concepts into bite-sized pieces you can listen to on your way to or from the hospital. Each episode focuses on topics that frequently appear on the shelf exam, helping you reinforce key knowledge and build confidence for test day. Whether you’re reviewing for your rotation or cramming on your commute, Surgery Shelf Prep! keeps it simple, efficient, and focused. If there’s a topic you’d like to hear covered, drop a suggestion in the podcast reviews—we’d love to hear from you! Note: Episodes are generated using AI text-to-speech technology to deliver content efficiently.
Scrub Battle hosts Surgery Shelf Prep!, a education show with 70 episodes published.
Primary sclerosing cholangitis can look quiet at first, but it carries major shelf-level consequences. If you see a young man with cholestatic labs, pruritus, and ulcerative colitis, this is the diagnosis you need to cat
Pyogenic liver abscess can look subtle at first, but on the shelf it is a big-time diagnosis. Fever, right upper quadrant pain, leukocytosis, and a rim-enhancing liver lesion should make you think fast. In this episode o
Abnormal liver function tests can feel like a mess—until you learn the pattern. In this episode of Surgery Shelf Prep, we break down how to approach elevated liver labs the way the shelf wants: fast, organized, and high-
Complications of cirrhosis can show up in a lot of different shelf-style ways, and this episode helps you organize them fast. In this high-yield review, Chris and Mars walk through the major complications every medical s
Cirrhosis can look slow and chronic on the surface, but on shelf questions it shows up with big consequences fast. If you do not recognize the clues behind ascites, varices, encephalopathy, and spontaneous bacterial peri
GERD is one of those shelf topics that seems simple, but the exam loves to test the complications, alarm symptoms, and when surgery becomes the answer. In this episode of Surgery Shelf Prep!, Chris and Mars break down th
Groin bulge on the shelf? Don’t get trapped by the anatomy. In this episode of Surgery Shelf Prep!, Chris and Mars break down inguinal hernias in a fast, high-yield way that helps you separate indirect from direct, recog
Hiatal hernias are a classic Surgery Shelf topic because the exam loves the distinction between sliding and paraesophageal hernias. In this episode, Chris and Mars break down the anatomy, the classic symptom patterns, an
Achalasia can be tricky, and it is absolutely fair game for the Surgery Shelf. In this episode of Surgery Shelf Prep!, Chris and Mars break down the classic presentation of progressive dysphagia to both solids and liquid
In this episode of Surgery Shelf Prep, Chris and Mars break down esophageal perforation, a rare but life-threatening emergency classically seen after forceful vomiting or esophageal instrumentation. They review the class
Pancreatic cancer can look subtle at first, but on the shelf it is a major diagnosis you cannot miss. Painless jaundice, weight loss, dark urine, pale stools, back pain, and Trousseau syndrome should all make you think p
Burning epigastric pain, meal-related symptoms, and sudden complications like bleeding or perforation make peptic ulcer disease a classic Surgery Shelf topic. In this episode, Chris and Mars break down the two major caus
Pancreatitis is a classic Surgery Shelf topic because the exam loves the presentation, the diagnosis criteria, and the management steps. In this episode, Chris and Mars break down acute versus chronic pancreatitis, the m
Gastrointestinal bleeding is a must-know Surgery Shelf topic because the first step is always the same: decide if it is an upper bleed or a lower bleed, then determine how sick the patient is. In this episode, Chris and
Crampy abdominal pain, vomiting, abdominal distension, and obstipation? That is classic Small Bowel Obstruction, and this is one of the most high-yield Surgery Shelf topics because the exam loves to test both recognition
Rectal prolapse looks obvious… until the shelf exam tries to trick you with hemorrhoids, mucosal prolapse, and the wrong operation. In this episode of Surgery Shelf Prep, Chris and Mars break down rectal prolapse step-by
Hemorrhoids are common and easy points—but they’re a high-yield shelf exam trap, especially when the question is really testing anatomy, rectal bleeding workup, and when to escalate treatment. In this episode of Surgery
Anal cancer is the classic “hemorrhoids” misdirection—and the shelf loves it. If you miss the risk factors, the lymph node drainage, or the treatment algorithm, you’ll bleed points fast. In this episode of Surgery Shelf
Anorectal pain with fever is a surgery shelf trap you can’t afford to miss. If the skin looks normal but the digital rectal exam is exquisitely tender, think deep abscess—then move fast. In this episode of Surgery Shelf
Ogilvie Syndrome can fool you: the colon looks obstructed, the belly is huge, but there’s no mechanical blockage. In this episode of Surgery Shelf Prep, Chris and Mars break down Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction with the
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