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[-] [email protected] 86 points 2 years ago

Yeah, If there has been work done on the bones and sudenly a bit is missing...

[-] [email protected] 45 points 2 years ago

Also, Are those screws supposed to be poking out? Doesn't that damage all the squisy bits?

[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago

Orthopaedic surgery is harrowing stuff... Think of 60's panelbeaters on your squishy stuff in amongst the bones

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I had to intubate patients as part of my clinical time for paramedic, which meant time in the OR. Some surgeons would let us hang out and watch the surgery. Orthopedic surgery sounded like a cross between a construction site and an automotive shop. Die grinders, saws, and power drills.

Also, apparently knee replacement involves one guy doing MMA submission moves on the patient's leg while another goes at their exposed, hyper-flexed knee joint with a hammer and chisel.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

This one time, I got to have my femur cut mostly through with a saw then slowly bent (did you know bones are viscous?) open and filled in with bone spackle then bolted together with a plate at screws, which was unpleasant.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Bone spackle" being the #5 worst part of this comment, at most, is quite a fucking achievement.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Thanks! Now I'm nauseous...

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