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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 174 points 2 months ago (13 children)

Not actually that rare to see. Reabsorption of bone is fairly common place in non unionized fractures that don't end up getting good blood flow. Osteoclasts will breakdown the bone fragments that don't unionize, especially if the bone isn't really responsible for weight bearing.

The only thing thats fake about this is a group of doctors being mystified by any of it.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 197 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Reabsorption of bone is fairly common place in non unionized fractures that don’t end up getting good blood flow. Osteoclasts will breakdown the bone fragments that don’t unionize

This is why it's so important to talk to your coworkers and get organized, if those bones were unionized this never would've happened.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 months ago

Bernie your bones, bro.

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 94 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The only thing thats fake about this is a group of doctors being mystified by any of it.

Sounds more like a teaching opportunity, which was interpreted as an 'ah, they have no idea what is going on' moment.

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[–] BattleGrown@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

My granma had a spinal disc missing entirely. It was just gone. Must've broken it at some point and didn't realize. She was mostly bedridden and moved very slowly with a walker, needed a lot of support. May she rest in peace (death unrelated to missing disc)

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Could also be bone eating bacteria.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Alas, my only regret!

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago

Clearly the most obvious answer is bone-eating bones. Dirty cannibals.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Does this bone not assist with weight bearing?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't the patient miss the support that bone provided?!

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Or, when his leg was being put back together they just straight up forgot to put it in during surgery.

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[–] xorollo@leminal.space 4 points 2 months ago

I'm hearing that she should have joined a union?

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[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 100 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My only regret

Is that I have

Boneitis

[–] cypherix93@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

oof ouch owie

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 80 points 2 months ago (2 children)

God dang aliens takin our bones I tell you what

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I tell you what is always read as hwat.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Unless it's Boomhauer saying it. Then it's "Itelyawat"

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 42 points 2 months ago

Looks like the person must have lost it in accident that required installing the rod.

[–] ApexHunter@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They could have financed at least two more seasons of lower decks, if they just released an official moopsy plushie

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 months ago

Did they take it out when they put the pins in or maybe accidentally? I guess it could be infection. Crazy.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Btw, couldn't doctors just use git for your medicinal record? Every change is logged and attributed and all.

[–] shoki@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

nooo, that would be too easy. instead we should put tens of millions of taxpayers dollars into a closed source solution that hospitals have to pay thousands of dollars per month to use. (and it has like 12 critical vulnurabilities and the company refuses to fix them)

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Only 12? Wow, so advanced.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Git blame whoever put in those screws

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 months ago

Organ harvesters? .... Does your hospital engage in organ harvesting schemes of any kind?

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Weirdest instance I can think of where somebody lost something important was a young woman doing a bouncy Irish stepdance on a sidewalk above a very steep embankment. Suddenly her phone flew out of her sweater pocket and she back-kicked it over the precipice.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 months ago

I bet the same thing happened. Good eye.

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Orthopods stuck the tibial nail in and probably decided that the fibula didn’t need to be fixed because it doesn’t do much so they didn’t bother. The bone then healed as a malunion.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Screws are not supposed to stick out of the bone either right?

[–] MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You would think, I have a similar intramedullary rod in my leg, and my screws also stick out. Since the screws are there to hold the rod down the inside of the bone in place, they care more about that stability than the screws being a bit long.

I've been told that now that I'm healed, if the hardware is giving me problems, I can have them go in and remove it. Unfortunately, being in the US, that would probably be another 15-20 grand to have done (basically as much as I paid to have it put in when my leg was broken). So at least for now, even though I do have some hardware-related pain, it's not bad enough for me to justify the cost.

[–] logi@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately, being in the US, that would probably be another 15-20 grand to have done

Fucking hell. I told my doctors that the titanium in my arm was interfering with my rock climbing and weight lifting and they took it out. I think I paid some token fee.

In Europe, obviously

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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I had a similar thing done and just looked at my pics of my xrays (was too poor at the time to get copies). None of mine stick out except maybe the head of one of the screws a little.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

AI probably stole your fibula to make crappy imitation fibulas!

[–] TomAwsm@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or God took it to create another gender. Check mate, evangelicals!

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Oh, I know what this is. OP, you just need to select a different floor.

[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 months ago

They don't need that part of the bone anyway.

/S

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Looks like someone had some extra parts left laying around when they put everything back together.

see this is why you should always keep track of your bones

https://youtu.be/2gwA5mQD9Ck

[–] prembil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

The forbidden car crash souvenir

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 7 points 2 months ago

Well it's always in the last place you look

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Classic fibula or, as we call it, the liar's bone. Can't trust it to be there when you need it.

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