All that hardware tells us otherwise.
Could be doctors trolling the staff.
I got into a car crash and went to the ER to get an X-ray done to make sure nothing was off, not this was a week after the crash. Anyways hurt like a bitch and after awhile of waiting the X-ray gets done and the tech just kinda looks at it for a minute, turns to me and says "Two bits of good news, your knee is just inflamed and swollen no breaks, also Ive been doing this for awhile and your bone density is absurd" which is how I found out that I'm a freak of nature who has borderline unbreakable bones. Explains why I struggle to swim in fresh water so much.
I have this exact same anomaly, I learned about it from a dexa scan.
Yeah it's not too uncommon as I understand just not the norm. Though with me being so short it does give me the joke that evolution is trying to reinvent Neanderthals and I'm it's Alpha version.
Basically they told me that I was in the top 1% of their data collection efforts And I want to say he said something about it being two standard deviations off normal.
Do you have claws?
Sadly no. But I am five foot five, can go berserk, and like retro motorcycles. Though I think Wolverine is more of a Harley guy rather than a Honda and Enfield guy.
"Do you want the good news or the bad news first?"
"The good news"
"We're going to name the disease after you"
"Well, then what's the bad news?"
"We're going to name the disease after you"
Looks like major leg construction, someone removed it and forgot to put it back in
".... limb lengthening surgery side effect may include missing bones , desire to reverse the surgery,.... death... and other terrible things. Results may vary. No batteries included . No refunds guaranteed. Ask your doctor today."
🌟🌟 Happy Go Lucky music continues to play in the bacckground 👯💃
Didn’t think of limb lengthening
That's not what this is. That hardware is to set a bone, and those bone lengthy rigs are more complex.
Most likely scenario is either the bone was shattered enough that repair wasn't possible, or it was used for a bone graft. The fibula is a common bone that's used because it's not very load bearing.
It's always a great feeling when a doctor looks at something from you and then calls their colleagues to look as well..
"Good news, you're about to have a disease named after you!"
Back in school went to the school clinic for strep throat, and upon listening to my heart, he said "just a moment", then pulled in the med student and quizzed them on what they were hearing and how it was abnormal.
Which led to a follow up echocardiogram where the technician was explaining everything we were looking at and what it was, until a very specific view then she shut up, tapped a bunch of things on the device, printed out something, then moved to another view and resumed describing everything except what she just saw.
How.. reassuring.. did she ever tell you what that was about?
Oh the tech wasn't allowed to discuss medically relevant stuff.
The doctor followed up and I have an essentially benign heart anomaly. Growing up first doctors didn't think it was worth exploring, then doctors said it went away, that was my first visit to a doctor after moving to a bigger city and those doctors were shocked a doctor would say it went away and not even bother to image it before dismissing it.
My eye doctor did that on one of my recent visits. Apparently my astigmatism is exceptional...
Is it better when it’s a bunch of young doctors?
A little better, at least then it's something the doctor likely understands, but thinks it is at least a bit of a teachable situation.
If they call in a peer or superior, then it means something was over their depth and then you really worry.
The students just want to see freaky stuff. E. g. my appendix ruptured when I was 15 and it took my mother a few days to realize I'm not faking. So I have a bunch of scars, some parts are missing and other's just look a bit off. Nothing I don't know or can't live with.
But when they call their fully grown colleagues to look at THAT. That's creepy. That's not good.
I'd say yes. If it's regular rare it's interesting for the younglings, if its extra rare it's interesting even for the experienced.
Skeleton harvester at work
One time I was in the ER, and a doctor noted that my heart beat has a rather pronounced split s2 rythm which is something that doctors need to learn to discern when listening to a heartbeat, so for the next hour as I was waiting around, I had several other younger physicians stop by and say "hey I was told to come listen to your heartbeat."
Made me feel a little special in a very peculiar way I haven't known since.
A girlfriend's father had a condition where his organs were mirrored to the opposite side of the body and his circulatory system ran backwards (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_inversus)
Him and his family doctor loved bringing new coworkers in to do a "liver check" or something like that, and watch the person probe around with their hand and slowly get confused, then kind of freak out, when they couldn't find organs in the body.
They did it for many years and both thought it was hilarious.
I'm left-handed and always secretly wished I had this and a right-handed twin so we could literally be mirror copies of each other.
Couldn't they just, you know, simulate it on a computer? Or listen to a recording? I guess it's possible you're very old.
Not a doctor, but am in various situations where I have to pick sounds out. There’s something very valuable about having a natural example, especially if the person listening has to find that example all on their own.
They were told they should listen to the heartbeat. Also I've worked at several colleges, I've seen what they train with - it's very impressive. They can definitely simulate it today
Well, could be genetic. You figure out when the main bone cracks.
When you put something back together and end up with spare parts.
I have a screw box.
That's a strange thing to call your partner.
I call my box Glory.
I don't care obviously, but my friend wants to know if there's a story behind this.
Um... so looking at the tibia, that is 100% an intramedullary tibial nail:
...which means their tibia was broken as fuck, and there's a pretty hefty chance the fibula was also broken as fuck in that same injury.
My guess is the missing segment was fragmented to the point of not being saveable, and removed during the same operation the IM nail was placed.
That doesn't necessarily mean the OP is bullshit - maybe they had some new resident docs, or nurses, or techs or w/e who hadn't seen that before and it was a genuine wtf moment for them. I love it when new staff get that look!
Hmm that must be the same medullary as medullary rays in wood!
Huh. I've only ever seen that word in the context of anatomy, but I guess it also belongs to the cores of trees. TIL.
Can't have shit in Detroit
As a person who has successfully stolen shit from Detroit? I dont think youre correct.
PS : Detroitians. Please lay off the deep dish pizza. AND eat more fibre please!
The defibrillator strikes again!
Full disclosure: I am not a doctor.
Defibulator 😂
They didn‘t put everything back after the operation. That’s how I end up with random screws after any repair I do.
[doctor sweeping piece of bone under carpet after surgery]
It probably was not recoverable when they repaired whatever made that Titanium splint and screws neccesary.
Edit: apparently the middle portion of the fibula is so non-essential for weight-bearing that it is the most common bone harvested for bone grafts elsewhere in the body
A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
Rules
