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Dr. K8
06-06-2006, 05:25 AM
I work at Egleston Children's Hospital and I work in the operating room pharmacy at least once a week. Yesterday there was a surgery that they say you will only see once in a lifetime. So I went and watched part of the surgery. It is called a Van Ness Rotationplasty. Basically, the kid's ankle will become his knee joint! Check out both of the links below... I think you'll find this interesting! :goodjob:

http://www.wmt.com/expandableimplant/Patients/tamputation.asp

http://www.amputee-coalition.org/inmotion/mar_apr_05/rotationplasty-01.jpg
SNapper
06-06-2006, 06:23 AM
intersting
4dmin
06-06-2006, 09:34 AM
http://www.amputee-coalition.org/inmotion/mar_apr_05/rotationplasty-01.jpg

wow that shit is fucked up... crazy shit :eek:
The Ren
06-06-2006, 09:37 AM
That is just so interesting to me. Its amazing...
The Yousef
06-06-2006, 09:38 AM
....wow

that's impressive/scary/awe inspiring
The Golden Child
06-06-2006, 01:24 PM
i think the surgery failed cause his feet is pointing the other direction ..
Julio
06-06-2006, 03:22 PM
hey, look at it from the bright side.. you can run/kick both ways =]
1439/2000
06-06-2006, 03:39 PM
Gross! I would kick people in the crotch standing behind me all the time.


Honestly I would rather have them amputate that than put it on backwards.
4dmin
06-06-2006, 04:37 PM
[This is Kate; I didn't realize that Paul is signed on and not me]

The reason that they do that is so the kid/person can run. You know, if the leg is amputated above the knee, they will have a limp and a prosthetic knee which is harder to function. However, this way, there is a joint there that moves and so it allows the kid to be more normal as far as movement. I asked myself what I would do and I say I would do it. Plus, you could really freak out your friends... and like 1439/3000 said, I could kick those guys in the crotch who rape me with their eyes from behind me :D
Hulud
06-07-2006, 02:09 AM
the wonders of science
Big J
06-08-2006, 08:23 PM
I used to follow cases from the ER to the OR, but trauma is another matter. It's amazing what a skilled surgeon can do. Imagine being the first patient to undergo that operation, trying to understand what they are going to do, and being cool w/ it never having been done before.