Deep Cuts: A Series on Excision

In this episode, Dr. Roselle Crombie, general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, speaks with Dr. Nicole Kopari, the Pediatric Burn Medical Director at Children's Hospital New Orleans, on why she became a burn surgeon, her preferred blade techniques, and how operating in the “Swamp” has its own challenges. The opinions expressed, and techniques d

In this episode, Dr. Roselle Crombie, general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, speaks with Dr. Paul Glat, Director of Burn Unit at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, about the unique challenges of pediatric burn care, including scar management techniques and finding the right depth of excision. The opinions expressed, and techniques descri

In this episode, Dr. Roselle Crombie, a general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, speaks with special guest Dr. James C. Jeng, general, burn and trauma surgeon at the University of California-Irvine Medical Center. Dr. Jeng shares why he almost always does multi-staged burn excision and grafting surgery, and what he thinks surgeons have to look for

Dr. Roselle Crombie, general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, speaks with Dr. Derek Bell, plastic surgeon and Director of the Kessler Burn Center at University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Bell explains in detail his approach to excision, including why he looks for signs of “paprika” and “glistening corn silk” to evaluate the readiness

Get ready for another episode of Deep Cuts with special guest, Dr. Philip Fidler, Director of Education for Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America. Listen as Dr. Roselle Crombie, general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, speaks with Dr. Fidler on the blade movement he credits with being able to avoid any uneven staggers in the tissue, and how h

In this episode of Deep Cuts, Dr. Roselle Crombie, general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, speaks with Dr. Brett Hartman, plastic surgeon and Medical Director of Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center at Eskenazi Health. Hear Dr. Hartman describe his approach to debridement, which he says centers on constant re-evaluation of the wound.The opinions expr

In this episode, Dr. Jeffrey Carter, Medical Director of the University Medical Center Burn Center in New Orleans, is joined by Dr. Roselle Crombie, general and burn surgeon from CT Burn Center, Yale New Haven Health System, to discuss why it’s so important to talk about failures with excisional debridement. Hear what she wished she knew when she excised a facial burn early in he