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Aug 09, 2005 02:15

I'm tired and have to be up soon, but I had a really cool experience earlier today. Last night we had this lady in who broke her hip. I talked to Dr. Vance last night about it, and after it was okayed by his attending, Dr. Druiliard (sp?), I was able to watch the entire surgery. It was so cool to watch them cut open her leg, use a power saw to cut ( Read more... )

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doctorogenki August 9 2005, 14:25:16 UTC
Yo bastidge, I'm posting from trauma #2.

That sounds cool as hell, I'll have to buddy up to vance next time I help him out with something. Before I switched to dental I wanted to do orthopedics, specifically joint replacement. I've done a few papers on the artificial joints used, and its just fascinating.

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emmaleighbeth August 9 2005, 17:24:52 UTC
I had a chance when I first started at the Garden, to watch them crack open someone's chest. I backed out. I kind of wished I had gone up there and seen it...

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Jealous! anonymous August 14 2005, 00:31:00 UTC
I am overly jealous that you got to sit in on a surgery. That is absolutely amazing.

-Yvonne

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