Practicals · SONC

Surgical Oncology

115 practical items from the NBEMS DrNB curriculum, grouped by the curriculum's own sections.

Links point to videos and pages published by others; SolvedPGSS does not host them. Check any technique against your department's protocol before you use it on a patient.

Top education resources

Top education resources for Surgical Oncology

Video libraries, simulators and animations that residents and published reviews rate highly. We opened every link and checked it plays (8 Oct 2026). Ranked best first.

  1. 1
    WebSurg (IRCAD): oncologic MIS
    Video libraryFree accountIndependently endorsed

    Lap and robotic gastrectomy with D2, oesophagectomy, TME and TaTME, hepatectomy, pancreatectomy, RPLND, robotic prostatectomy, endocrine tumours

    Two oncology-specific papers rate WebSurg above YouTube (one scored by surgical oncologists); free account, thousands of videos across HPB (491), colorectal (864) and oesophagogastric (148) sections

  2. 2
    TVASurg (Toronto Video Atlas of Surgery): oncology
    AnimationsFree · no loginIndependently endorsed

    Axillary lymph node dissection, hockey-stick mastectomy, oncoplastic lumpectomy, supraomohyoid neck dissection, free flaps (ALT, fibula, radial forearm, scapula), Whipple variants, pheochromocytoma

    The only top library that plays with no login at all; real operative footage overlaid with 3D anatomy and chaptered steps

  3. 3
    Mark Soliman, MD (robotic colorectal)
    Video channelFree · YouTube sign-inIndependently endorsed

    Robotic colorectal cancer surgery: step-by-step robotic sigmoid/LAR, 17 steps of robotic right colectomy with intracorporeal anastomosis, Kono-S anastomosis, learning curve

    Residents on Reddit name it for robotic colorectal; 'Learn to do a Robotic Sigmoid / Low Anterior Resection' is a narrated step-by-step with 152K views

  4. 4
    Tata Memorial Centre, Surgery Videos 🇮🇳
    Video channelFree · YouTube sign-inSolvedPGSS pick

    Whole MCh syllabus from India's highest-volume cancer centre: robotic total gastrectomy with D2, robotic central pancreatectomy, IVC sarcoma resection, chest wall resection, fibula and ALT flap harvest, lap liver segmentectomy

    Ranked above Tier-A Mark Soliman by exception: it covers every oncology subsite in Indian practice, while Soliman covers robotic colorectal only; no outside endorsement found yet

  5. 5
    Colorectal Disease Journal (YouTube)
    Video channelFree · YouTube sign-inSolvedPGSS pick

    Rectal and colon cancer technique videos: TME with lateral pelvic node dissection, robotic splenic flexure mobilisation, transanal and endorobotic excision, NOSE

    Video channel of the ESCP journal (113K subscribers), current uploads; journal-linked but no rating paper found

115 items

Breast Unit

Radical mastectomy (Halsted)

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Breast conservation surgery - wide local excision with axillary clearance

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Lumpectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Breast reconstruction

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Gastrointestinal unit

Distal pancreatectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Splenectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Right hemicolectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Left hemicolectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Total colectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Extended colectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Anterior resection of rectum

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Hartmann's procedure

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Pelvic exenteration (anterior / posterior / total)

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Colostomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Ileostomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Mesenteric tumour excision

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Right hepatectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Left hepatectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Extended right / left hepatectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Liver segmentectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Non-anatomical liver resection

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Genitourinary Unit

Radical nephrectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Radical cystectomy with urinary reconstruction

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Partial cystectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Radical prostatectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Pelvic lymphadenectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Ureteric tumour excision with reconstruction

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Radical (high inguinal) orchiectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Hemiscrotectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Penectomy (partial / total)

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Thoracic Oncology Unit

Pneumonectomy (right and left)

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Lobectomy (lung)

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Segmental resection of lung

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Hilar lymphadenectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Mediastinal tumour resection

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

McKeown three-stage oesophagectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Total oesophagectomy with three-field lymphadenectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Bone & Soft tissue Oncology

Forequarter amputation

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Shoulder disarticulation

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Elbow disarticulation

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Above-elbow amputation

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Ray amputation

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Hemipelvectomy (hindquarter amputation)

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Extended hemipelvectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Above-knee amputation

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Below-knee amputation

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Hip disarticulation

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Syme's amputation

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Transmetatarsal amputation

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Head and Neck Oncology

Tracheostomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Radical neck dissection

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Modified radical neck dissection

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Selective neck dissection

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Hemimandibulectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Marginal mandibulectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Alveolectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Total glossectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Hemiglossectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Composite resection (commando operation)

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Partial maxillectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Total maxillectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Surgery for orbital tumours

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Enucleation of the eye

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Orbital exenteration

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Skull base surgery

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Wide-field (total) laryngectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Conservative (partial) laryngectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Laryngopharyngo-oesophagectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Tracheo-oesophageal prosthesis (TEP) insertion

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Superficial parotidectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Radical parotidectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Hemithyroidectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Total thyroidectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Gynec Oncology

Cone excision of cervix

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Radical hysterectomy for carcinoma cervix

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Endoscopic & Laparoscopic procedures

Endoscopic polypectomy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Others - melanoma and sarcoma

Excision of melanoma

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Regional lymph node dissection (melanoma)

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Regional (isolated limb) perfusion

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Surgery of abdominal sarcomas

Procedureexperience (DrNB)

Principles of Surgical Oncology

Attitude and Communication Abilities

Breaking bad news

Communication / admin

Teaching and training activities

Clinical audit

Communication / adminonce a month