Hiatal Hernia - What Is It and How It Relates to Reflux

It is not uncommon that an ENT often sees patients suffering from reflux causing throat symptoms. As such, problems related to reflux are often encountered during reflux evaluation such as a hiatal hernia. Although ENTs do not "treat" hiatal hernias (general surgeons do), it is an often enough encountered problem in an ENT practice such that I decided to make a few videos related to what a hiatal hernia is and how it is corrected if it significantly contributes to reflux symptoms. Th…

5/25/2021 0

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Why is Medical Animation So Expensive to Create?

I've had a number of inquiries over the years regarding the process of creating medical animations for educational purposes, especially given the decent number of animations I have produced over the years. Beyond the active role of "directing" the animation, I actually hire professional medical animators to do the actual creation, bringing to life what I imagine in my mind. In other blog articles , I have already discussed how to go about informing the animator what I want and…

5/04/2018 0

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Types of Medical Animations and Cost Implications

I've received numerous inquiries from physicians over the years regarding my experiences with medical animation development and cost given I've produced close to 30 animations thus far. Rather than going over the same materials each time I get a new inquiry, I wrote this blog article that addresses many of the questions I get. INTRODUCTION Medical animation is slowly becoming a more common way to educate patients, especially when a surgical procedure or medical concept is difficult f…

12/03/2017 0

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