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So, a moth later, he's healed and ready for a skin graft with the hopes of getting fitted for a prosthesis.
The stretch of the nerve that I couldn't get to is causing him alot of grief. Tried neurontin, now swtitching to lyrica and mentioned the mirror trick and he's following up with a rehab doc.
No infection thank goodness and an excellent recovery.
Time from injury to OR was about 90 minutes.
Will give more info after I see him next week.
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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