# The Scalpel Report Surgical videos, techniques, and insights from CSurgeries — peer-reviewed content and the surgeons behind it. Page: Feed: --- ## [Surgical residents have 80 hours a week. Where does the time actually go?](https://thescalpelreport.substack.com/p/surgical-residents-have-80-hours) _2026-08-14 · The Scalpel Report_ A viral Reddit thread about general surgery residency exposes a deeper tension between service demands, documentation and the operative experience residents need to develop. ## [Surgeons want more operative video for teaching. So what’s stopping them?](https://thescalpelreport.substack.com/p/surgeons-want-more-operative-video) _2026-08-13 · The Scalpel Report_ The obstacle was never the value of video. It was the time, the editing and the uncertainty about where the footage ends up. ## [Why a small nasal tip defect can become a big reconstructive problem](https://thescalpelreport.substack.com/p/why-a-small-nasal-tip-defect-can) _2026-08-11 · The Scalpel Report_ The bilobed flap works because it recruits mobility from the upper nose while keeping tension away from the tip and alar rim. ## [This seed-sized robot packs five surgical functions into 4.4 millimeters](https://thescalpelreport.substack.com/p/this-seed-sized-robot-packs-five) _2026-08-10 · The Scalpel Report_ Researchers at NTU Singapore designed the millimeter-scale robot to switch between cutting, drug delivery, tissue collection and localized heating in under a second. ## [A 30-minute laser fix for the wound that used to take months to heal](https://thescalpelreport.substack.com/p/a-30-minute-laser-fix-for-the-wound) _2026-08-06 · The Scalpel Report_ Traditional excision leaves a wound that heals for months and recurs in up to a third of cases; this minimally invasive laser technique aims to replace it. ## [The part of robotic surgery no one was measuring](https://thescalpelreport.substack.com/p/the-part-of-robotic-surgery-no-one) _2026-08-06 · The Scalpel Report_ A live-OR study found that surgeons’ brain activity, shoulder tension, heart rate and heart-rate variability changed with perceived stress at the console. ## [What your eyes reveal about surgical expertise](https://thescalpelreport.substack.com/p/what-your-eyes-reveal-about-surgical) _2026-08-03 · The Scalpel Report_ Macquarie researchers found that visual expertise leaves a measurable gaze pattern, one an AI model could classify with more than 93 percent accuracy. ## [The surgeon you never scrubbed with](https://thescalpelreport.substack.com/p/the-surgeon-you-never-scrubbed-with) _2026-07-24 · The Scalpel Report_ Standing beside another surgeon has always been one of the oldest ways to learn an operation. Peer-reviewed operative videos are extending that experience far beyond a single operating room. ## [The day someone finally handed you the scalpel](https://thescalpelreport.substack.com/p/the-day-someone-finally-handed-you) _2026-07-23 · The Scalpel Report_ A review of surgeons' firsthand accounts, and the research behind them, reveals why that moment stays with us for the rest of our careers. ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BJ9TXiPdZXT8) _2026-07-23 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [One detail made this quadruple-organ transplant a bit more complicated](https://thescalpelreport.substack.com/p/one-detail-made-this-quadruple-organ) _2026-07-22 · The Scalpel Report_ The patient needed a second bilateral lung transplant, along with a liver and kidney, a combination never before reported in the United States.