• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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      17 hours ago

      Yeah… Watching spinal surgery can be gnarly. There’s a procedure to debris the spinal column before you install hardware called spinal flossing. You basically get a shop towel and wrap it around the spine and shimmy the towel like you’re cleaning a bowling ball.

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        11 hours ago

        I saw a video of a knee implant extraction, and it was just one doctor hammering the living fuck out of the implant until he got tired and gave the hammer to the next doctor.

        My dad had a recall on a hip implant so they cracked his femur open longways to get it out. Still has better mobility than pre-surgery.