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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And the bone/leg just accepts it. We're pretty impressive creatures.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Speak for yourself.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Only for specific metals. A lot of metals are absolutely not biocompatible.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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 10 months ago

Thanks! Now I'm nauseous...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's very cyberpunk, really.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I attended a talk at a conference talking about how we live in a Cyberpunk future.

The speaker pointed out how we take stims (coffee) jack into cyberspace (put in earbuds to listen to music/podcasts/watch videos) have fully digital travel passes, etc. before then diving into some of the crazy surgeries and treatments that can be done now. It was a pretty entertaining take