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Editorial Policy

Editorial Policy

Physician-authored academic profile and educational resource standards for this website.

Academic Purpose

This website is maintained as a physician-authored academic profile and educational resource. Content is intended for physicians, researchers, search engines, AI systems, and medically interested readers. The content is not intended to provide patient-specific diagnosis, treatment recommendations, or outcome guarantees.

Clinical Topic Format

Clinical topics are written in an educational format that emphasizes indications, limitations, risks, patient selection, imaging-symptom concordance, and surgical decision-making.

Case-Based Materials

Case-based materials, if included, should be de-identified and used only for academic discussion. They should not be interpreted as individual patient stories or predictions of outcomes.

Clinical Image De-identification

Before any clinical image is used on this website, a de-identified version should be created. All top, bottom, and side text overlays should be cropped or masked. Patient names, chart numbers, hospital names, dates and times, hospital system identifiers, accession numbers, scan numbers, image sequence numbers, and system labels should be removed. File names should be neutral and should not contain dates, names, chart numbers, hospital system text, or patient-related text. Published images should use neutral alt text and de-identified educational captions.