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Stamets @lemmy.world

1y ago

Abracafibula

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"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"
- Yeah, If there has been work done on the bones and sudenly a bit is missing...
  
  Also, Are those screws supposed to be poking out? Doesn't that damage all the squisy bits?
  
  I was gonna say, someone's clearly been in there to put that metal in, are we sure they didn't take a souvenir
- 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.

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.
- 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.

I’m not a doctor but I believe that piece of bone is fairly important
- 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.
  
  I've just straight up cut one out because it got in the way of our bypass (I think fem to peroneal)
  
  Bet you couldn't run without it
- Nerp. People that aren't doctors also sometimes believe drinking bleach cures covid. Please check with an expert before deciding which bones are and are not fairly important.
  
  I'm not sure what a nerp is, but they're not advocating for anyone to remove any bones. It's not a big deal.

I enhanced the x-ray and found this
The marvels of the human body
- Hehe, marvels.
- It renders as [OBJ] here. ... Or if it's the joke then that's pretty funny
  
  Took a second to find a working image lmao

This looks like the work of the Bone Fairy. The Bone Fairy is the Tooth Fairy's less patient cousin.
- Hmmm... I thought that was already filled by the fang witch

not to be 'that guy' but its fake

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

Bone eating bacteria? Had that shit and lost part of my neck.
- What the fuck, that shit exists? That's just about the most horrifying thing I've ever heard. Second to like, botflies.
  
  Don't look up prions, then.

Skele-grow potion required

Fibula hasn’t rendered completely yet

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

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.

So close
- I KILLED FITTY MEN
  
  Narra uretee

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"

All your bones are just waiting for a chance to escape
- You ever get one of those random full-body shivers? That's your skeleton trying to escape its flesh prison.

Fibula Nolongata

Moopsy

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

Just look which doctor has a nice new bone keychain souvenir.
- Witch doctor*
  
  Hes just called 'The Doctor', 'The Witch Doctor' is the name of the series :D (which isn't even consistent in classic series).

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

When the patient woke up a part of his skeleton was missing and the doctor was never heard from again.
- Anyways, that's how I lost my medical license.

Spooky

Scotty's been experimenting with the transporter again!

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