this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
379 points (92.0% liked)

Funny

6800 readers
1284 users here now

General rules:

Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 172 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"No one has any idea" is code for "we know exactly what happened but we don't want to be sued for malpractice by admiting it"

[–] Wutchilli@feddit.de 87 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] leds@feddit.dk 45 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 27 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Speak for yourself.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

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

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 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.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's very cyberpunk, really.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yep. I got wood screws sticking out my femur. Hurt like hell for a year or so, had to learn to walk again. Ached every winter for a decade.

No problem now, forget it ever happened. But I stand on my tippy toe like a girl from the remembered pain. Small price!

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

I was gonna say, someone's clearly been in there to put that metal in, are we sure they didn't take a souvenir

[–] sxan@midwest.social 34 points 11 months ago

You're so right. Seeing the hardware, it's post-op, so someone made a boo-boo. "No one has any idea" is code for: stalling for time to give the hospital's legal team a head start.

[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 67 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nope, that's straight up bullshit. It was either osteotomized in surgery (cut out), or it was missing as a result of the injury. Both of these are semi common in fractures like that and for the fibula it's fine. The fibula does not bear weight and really just helps add stability tonthe ankle joint, so as long as the lateral malleolus (the bottom of the fibula) is in tact there's usually no problem.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

There are several pins in the bones in the X-ray, so they definitely already had surgery, and I'd wager the surgeon has a pretty good idea of where the bone is.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 62 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I’m not a doctor but I believe that piece of bone is fairly important

[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The fibula isn't a weight bearing bone. The part near the ankle is important, as it's part of the joint, but the middle doesn't do much. It's frequently used for bony reconstruction, like for head and neck cancer surgeries.

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

I've just straight up cut one out because it got in the way of our bypass (I think fem to peroneal)

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Bet you couldn't run without it

[–] degen@midwest.social 54 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I enhanced the x-ray and found this

The marvels of the human body

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

Hehe, marvels.

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It renders as [OBJ] here. ... Or if it's the joke then that's pretty funny

[–] degen@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Took a second to find a working image lmao

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This looks like the work of the Bone Fairy. The Bone Fairy is the Tooth Fairy's less patient cousin.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 41 points 11 months ago

not to be 'that guy' but its fake

[–] AlexDrago@ani.social 32 points 11 months ago

Someone just had a bone to pick with you and they actually did it

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bone eating bacteria? Had that shit and lost part of my neck.

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck, that shit exists? That's just about the most horrifying thing I've ever heard. Second to like, botflies.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don't look up prions, then.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Thanks, I won't.

[–] ma11en@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Skele-grow potion required

[–] underwire212@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago

Fibula hasn’t rendered completely yet

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 20 points 11 months ago

Good thing they took the x-ray. Might have missed it otherwise.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] archonet@lemy.lol 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] hypnotoad__@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Narra uretee

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 16 points 11 months ago

No doc or anything, but sort of looks like the top of the bone with pins has a dense section roughly the size of the missing part.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Walks into room with bone crumbs around my mouth and a mysteriously part-of-fibula-shaped bulge in my stomach

"Oh, geeze, uh, that's a weird one"

[–] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Fibula Nolongata

[–] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

All your bones are just waiting for a chance to escape

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You ever get one of those random full-body shivers? That's your skeleton trying to escape its flesh prison.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just look which doctor has a nice new bone keychain souvenir.

[–] jopepa@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Say, Bob, weren't you making soup this morning?

[–] CJOtheReal@ani.social 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Forgetting a screw is one thing... Forgetting a part of a bone...

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When the patient woke up a part of his skeleton was missing and the doctor was never heard from again.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 4 points 11 months ago

Anyways, that's how I lost my medical license.

load more comments
view more: next ›