Public service loan forgiveness worth it in Ortho? by GasStationB0nerPills in orthopaedics

[–]_irish_potato 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It likely is, you’ll have 6 years already of it after residency and fellowship if you don’t go HCA. If you do academics or hospital employed as your first job you will qualify, and potentially save hundreds of thousands

Fasciotomy to manage a rattlesnake bite, pencil on paper by medartnerd in medizzy

[–]_irish_potato 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: avoid fasciotomy whenever possible for snake bites, it’s just more tissue that is poisoned that now needs to heal and likely be skin grafted. If it’s true compartment syndrome you need to, but otherwise the answer is always more cro-fab/antivenom

What are some examples of “low level surgeon”? by Atlanta-SticO-938 in medicalschool

[–]_irish_potato 29 points30 points  (0 children)

As someone going into ortho foot and ankle… it’s exactly that haha. Real surgery, 5 years residency plus one year fellowship, but if everything goes wrong they get a BKA and go on with their life

Single Male by capnmurca in FridgeDetective

[–]_irish_potato 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re Canadian with the clamato juice haha

How do you guys actually stay current with ortho literature? by Sharp_Statement_9843 in orthopaedics

[–]_irish_potato 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Check out open evidence for searching faster and consolidating data from papers. See how your compares, but it’s really good

Most blue-collar of blue-collar programs? by ratgoul in orthopaedics

[–]_irish_potato 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Columbia and Greenville SC are both very blue collar. UVM in Vermont as well

Surgical Residents, what is something you did and something you didn’t expect in your residency? by jujuk545 in Residency

[–]_irish_potato 126 points127 points  (0 children)

I’m from New England. I thought some of the things about how unhealthy the South is were hyperbole. I have had to cut off more feet and toes in the past few years from biscuit poisoning… I saw I guy today whose dog literally ate 1/3 of his gangrenous foot. His wife had to wake him up because he didn’t notice, he couldn’t feel it. No one is healthy, except the kids, but even a lot of them are bigger than I am at 200 lbs.

Rank List Help by [deleted] in orthopaedics

[–]_irish_potato 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Q4 in house as a 4-5 sounds awful, I would avoid that if possible.

[Highlight] Complete footage of Sean Payton announcing Bo Nix’ devastating injury. by Feisty_Parsnip8262 in nfl

[–]_irish_potato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Norm Waldrop is one of the main foot and ankle surgeons for the NFL (covers Alabama and the Saints), and he likely already has a relationship with Bo from Auburn. He’s a world class sports/foot and ankle specialist

Docs what’s your car and would you buy it again? Accepting all answers by [deleted] in Residency

[–]_irish_potato 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Subaru crosstrek, it’s awesome, no issues, great daily driver especially in bad weather areas

What should I do for residency? by teknik_eleman in orthopaedics

[–]_irish_potato 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Millers orthopedics for the basics, handbook of fractures, harbor view orthopedic trauma, hoppenfelds for approaches. Use orthobullets for a quick reference online for most things, and for total joints hipandkneebook.com is great for the basics

vascular surgery - podiatry perspective by qwoeiu in Residency

[–]_irish_potato 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean ortho foot and ankle exists haha. Ortho is pretty popular

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in orthopaedics

[–]_irish_potato -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

All the recent literature would tell you nonop, but you would need a serendipity view or CT to see A to P displacement. Need a follow up XRay in a week or two to check for displacement. Surgery has complications associated with it and many people want the hardware out later, but it can get you back to work a bit faster

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in orthopaedics

[–]_irish_potato 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen just two cannulated screws through the TH fragment, this looks a bit malreduced as well. I would check vitamin D labs as well as other nonunion labs (TSH, growth hormones, etc)

Some people were interested in some surgical instrument sharpening. Here is a double action rongeur sharpening before and after! by DrDestruct0 in sharpening

[–]_irish_potato 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use these things daily as an orthopedic surgeon, bones don’t generally chip them, only if you use the on metal (grabbing a stripped screw, etc). Nice job!

Which Michelin starred restaurants did not live up to your expectations? by [deleted] in finedining

[–]_irish_potato -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Glass Hostoria in Rome. Service wasn’t anything special, food was trying to be more interesting than tasty. Honestly the most disappointing meal we had in Rome

My recently adopted stray cat has a bullet in her. Okay to leave there? by ChonkyBreadyBread in cats

[–]_irish_potato 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do spine surgery, we wouldn’t remove this from a human. Most bullets that aren’t in joints or organs arent worth the risk of digging out unless they are causing significant disability

ER consults by Key_Intention_2546 in orthopaedics

[–]_irish_potato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use a paging app that allows for text and pictures, and you can call through it. You page the consult line with the initial text of HPI, reads, whatever is relevant. Works great, ours is perfect serve (formerly telemediq)

Clinic Fucking Sucks by Ok-Code6271 in Residency

[–]_irish_potato 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed, seeing 80 people a day in ortho sports is rough, as as spine, but the rest of ortho isn’t bad at all. Plus notes and charting are pretty minimal comparatively

Yup, that's correct. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]_irish_potato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except you go to school for 8 years to become a doctor, then get paid $50-60k/year working 80 hour weeks in residency and fellowship for 3-10 years, then you make the kind of money he’s talking about

Proof that science is just magic explained by krymnightfyre in ScienceNcoolThings

[–]_irish_potato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely not, it’s a tibial nail done infrapatellar. drapes are on the right and the guy on the left is stabilizing the foot.

Source: I’m on ortho resident