tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post1794116649309889986..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Mine's BiggerDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-36425104094750264182014-03-17T11:31:26.160-05:002014-03-17T11:31:26.160-05:00Did we forget the nephrologists' 13 french dia...Did we forget the nephrologists' 13 french dialysis catheter?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04865247584001269788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-72401275489884957832010-08-25T15:04:11.461-05:002010-08-25T15:04:11.461-05:00Don't the trauma bay folks use 14 gauge needle...Don't the trauma bay folks use 14 gauge needles for resuscitation? Yours may be longer, but theirs is thicker. <br /><br />Haha.OMDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937425894428802591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-62381063863692855562009-11-22T09:47:24.835-06:002009-11-22T09:47:24.835-06:00I stumbled across your post while digging around (...I stumbled across your post while digging around (in this case, a BAD idea) into what an 18 gauge needle looked like. I have to have a liver biopsy tomorrow - now you know why it was a bad idea...Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616061412062835634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-42445821636740966682008-11-01T06:51:00.000-05:002008-11-01T06:51:00.000-05:00what is the 16 g for???what is the 16 g for???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-72874945143035696782008-10-01T21:51:00.000-05:002008-10-01T21:51:00.000-05:00Hope you don't mind, I borrowed that picture for a...Hope you don't mind, I borrowed that picture for an angiocath rant I wrote in my own blog :)Medic61https://www.blogger.com/profile/02527485246537262332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-15777534959929026632008-03-23T20:33:00.000-05:002008-03-23T20:33:00.000-05:00Clearly you have not been around enough Oncologist...Clearly you have not been around enough Oncologists to know that the most common needle we use is the Jimshadi bone marrow biopsy needle - which is both long and think and come in an extra long version.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-89402324400939908102008-03-06T00:38:00.000-06:002008-03-06T00:38:00.000-06:00This may sound odd to all of you in the US, but I ...This may sound odd to all of you in the US, but I haven't seen an orthopedist handling a needle except to get a bone biopsy or for vertebroplasty - which uses a long & thick needle. What do the Orthopedists in the US use needles for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-19097510746661831452008-03-02T20:19:00.000-06:002008-03-02T20:19:00.000-06:00Thicker... longer....Hmmmmm.I sense some defensive...Thicker... longer....<BR/><BR/>Hmmmmm.<BR/><BR/>I sense some defensiveness....<BR/><BR/>;)DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-31298759749215691012008-03-02T17:32:00.000-06:002008-03-02T17:32:00.000-06:00I have to go with the Happy Hospitalist here and r...I have to go with the Happy Hospitalist here and remind you that girth IS more important than length. I mostly make the point because, as a pediatric oncologist who does BONE MARROW HARVESTS, I use the needle with the largest girth. After all, my needle has to penetrate the iliac crest and be thick enough to not bend AND to allow the withdrawal of bone marrow from said pelvic bone.<BR/><BR/>So Doctor Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561641468831789428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-74143121263571066702008-03-01T07:48:00.000-06:002008-03-01T07:48:00.000-06:00Very funny!Very funny!Margaret Polaneczky, MD (aka TBTAM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16555722791007332247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-57019551310957349852008-03-01T00:06:00.000-06:002008-03-01T00:06:00.000-06:00Sorry, but a question for you. How do you feel ab...Sorry, but a question for you. How do you feel about the very recent suggestion of a hole in the heart causing to migraines? Could you do a post about that? I didn't see anywhere to email my question. I assume that you don't want to dispense medical advice and so don't publish your email adddy. I was just curious as to your opinion.Amelia Ameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296224743117560163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-30491616244427437112008-02-29T23:57:00.000-06:002008-02-29T23:57:00.000-06:00That's a scary needle, but not nearly as scary as ...That's a scary needle, but not nearly as scary as the pathologist's needle used to extract samples of bone marrow. (At least the pathologists at my lab collected the bone marrow.)Amelia Ameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296224743117560163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-68052385238288030402008-02-29T11:58:00.000-06:002008-02-29T11:58:00.000-06:00Very entertaining, thanks. HH beat me to the punch...Very entertaining, thanks. <BR/>HH beat me to the punchline with the girth/length comparison. I figured ED docs would win with the intraosseous trocars. Then you cardiology guys still win out with the Cordis catheters. <BR/>Dang it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561557089676907651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-43190118556012849632008-02-29T04:04:00.000-06:002008-02-29T04:04:00.000-06:00I get stuck twice a week with a nice 17g plasmapho...I get stuck twice a week with a nice 17g plasmaphoresis needle >).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-51617846495738853802008-02-28T10:58:00.000-06:002008-02-28T10:58:00.000-06:00Hilarious!! I was waiting for the punch line.But ...Hilarious!! I was waiting for the punch line.<BR/><BR/><BR/>But Dr Wes, You know that girth is much more important than length.The Happy Hospitalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392872203166584371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-41560523364856997902008-02-28T00:49:00.000-06:002008-02-28T00:49:00.000-06:00Great post and really informative. I prefer the s...Great post and really informative. I prefer the smallest gauge needle possible to get the job done. 18 gauge...ouch. I am picturing you, Dr. Wes, with your penny and camera.Toni Brayer, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258759363309666629noreply@blogger.com