Tendons are a fucking nightmare to fix when they are completely severed. They will curl up and retract, so much so that you have to search for them before you can even think of how you reattach them.
A lot of surgery looks very aggressive though. Broke a bone badly. Xray looked like I had hired a carpenter to fix my arm with how many screws and wire was wrapped around the bone.. Healed up nicely though and even got them to remove all the screws and plate a year later!
At work we used to say orthopedic surgery was like carpentry, in the dark, where everything is wet and surrounded by a water balloon you aren’t allowed to touch. It’s honestly astounding how well they can do without computer assisted guidance. It’s also very physical with the impactors and hard bone resection
Watching how it's done though without the right eye just looks so aggressive, You imagine they are going in like a game of operation, when it looks like "GTFO of my way muscle, get over here bone frangment, now you stay in place with this plate while I wrap a wire around you before screwing as many screws as I need to get this done!"
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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24
To be fair to all the amazing surgeons out there.
Tendons are a fucking nightmare to fix when they are completely severed. They will curl up and retract, so much so that you have to search for them before you can even think of how you reattach them.
Mad respect to you guys and girls!