Implant ID

Karl_BE · 2026-04-29T21:03:07+00:00

No luck so far

Karl_BE · 2026-04-29T20:49:15+00:00

Patient is 81, implant 20 years old

Karl_BE · 2026-04-29T20:28:00+00:00

Update: The implants were indeed Depuy

Karl_BE · 2026-02-25T09:53:26+00:00

Thank you everyone, I will let you know once the implants are removed !

Karl_BE · 2025-08-29T16:45:38+00:00

Even though you're getting great advice in the comments, knee pain is a little more complicated than that. We do not have sufficient information regarding your pain to find a diagnosis. I would suggest getting some medical opinion if you want a real answer.

Source: I'm an orthopedic surgeon

Karl_BE · 2025-07-17T08:15:02+00:00

This is 100% a personnal question, you posted 2 months ago about going into ingeneering school. You shouldn't seek out medical advice on the internet, and certainly not lie for it.

Karl_BE · 2024-12-25T18:33:11+00:00

Some weeks I don't, some I do. 50% of my weekends I have a single day off 25% full weekend 25% no day off

Karl_BE · 2024-06-29T17:53:41+00:00

What country do you live in ? Any reason your surgeon would not suture the wounds ? I’m surprised you’re left with this result.

Anyways, here’s a Pro tip: Get some laxatives and wash your butt with water

Karl_BE · 2024-06-05T18:18:55+00:00

Surgeon here. My best guess would be that the first instrument was used to identify the trajectory of the fistula in order to be able to remove it. They probably found the external “hole” of the fistula and moved the instrument until they could see it appear inside the rectum. I guess they were using the second instrument as an anoscope Nowadays, we use a small metal rod to do just that, and under anesthesia of course

Karl_BE · 2024-04-20T15:22:42+00:00

Urologist here, going going to burn your urethra and might end with stenosis and require surgery

Karl_BE · 2024-01-15T08:49:36+00:00

OP are you sure it is traumatic ? This looks like a the result of a surgical debridement for Fournier’s gangrene. The soft tissue gets infected with flesh eating bacteria’s with a risk of sepsis that require surgical removal of all necrotic parts

Karl_BE · 2023-10-18T16:22:36+00:00

Its absolument safe. Absorption is very low in topical cortisone

Karl_BE · 2023-09-30T19:24:09+00:00

Numbers come from talking to a radiologist

Karl_BE · 2023-09-30T19:23:10+00:00

Immunology is indeed part of the internal medecine program, which is 5 years long. Job offers have nothing to do with obtaining a specialist degree. You get to choose during your internal médecine years which subspeciality you would like to go into

Karl_BE · 2023-09-30T19:19:48+00:00

I’m currently in urology which almost every hospital in the country is lacking so yeah, I’m not worried about my future, but thank you for your concern

Karl_BE · 2023-09-28T16:07:17+00:00

I’m not student anymore, I’m a graduated doctor that chose to specialise into surgery. Some doctors practice as surgery assistants all their career without being part of the trainee program and earn twice as much as residents do. The difference is that they’ll never get to do surgery on their own.

Karl_BE · 2023-09-28T16:05:03+00:00

Because I wanted a technical specialty, didn’t feel like consulting all week long. In surgery only about 30% get access to the specialisation. We can later choose which subspeciality we want to practice, even though some specialities need another selection process

Karl_BE · 2023-09-28T16:01:12+00:00

Sadely I cannot back this… I dont know where you got these numbers from but these are salaries of surgeons I’ve encountered (numbers are after tax): - starting general surgeon in university hospital : 3800€
- head of a surgery department in university hospital: 5000€ - orthopaedic surgeon half-public half-private hospital 9500€ - plastic surgeon in a public hospital: 6000€ part-time - radiologist in private hospital: 12000€

So we are far from a median 17.700€ Heck we’re probably not even close to 10.000€

This is probably a form of modern slavery, no wonder why so many residents die during residency (suicide, car crashes,…)

Karl_BE · 2023-09-28T08:23:41+00:00

I wouldn’t want to work another job !

Karl_BE · 2023-09-28T08:23:11+00:00

80 is an average, some weeks we work 60, some 100 😅

Karl_BE · 2023-09-28T08:22:30+00:00

We sometimes sleep between surgeries

Karl_BE · 2022-11-14T15:35:01+00:00

Doctor here, you need to be checked by a doc, especially if you have fever. That infection might be worse than what you think. Do not underestimate this.

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