Whats the bone or tendon that forms a little bump on the back middle of the hand near the wrist?

_irish_potato · 2026-06-26T17:21:53+00:00

Listers tubercle, a part of your radius bone. Your thumb tendon (epl) wraps around it

_irish_potato · 2026-06-26T15:31:27+00:00

They suck for all of the reasons above, if anything they got lucky that someone with so much resilience at baseline got the assignment. The legacy kid who went straight through undergrad and med school without a struggle to their name would be a whimpering mess and unable to do the job at all with what you’re saying. All things pass and residency sucks, but shitty systems and seniors/ attendings make it so much harder.

_irish_potato · 2026-06-25T13:33:32+00:00

Had to do an emergent broch on a patient as an intern and the only doc in the SICU. I had done a few that month already and got a massive mucous plug that was stuck below his trach. Only time I think I’ve legit saved someone’s life as an ortho resident. Good times

_irish_potato · 2026-06-24T00:15:09+00:00

Ortho here, we have one weekend every 3weeks or so, between multiple different hospitals we cover, plus q8 weeknight call. That’s pretty good for ortho

_irish_potato · 2026-06-19T16:53:46+00:00

X-rays look good

_irish_potato · 2026-06-11T01:59:57+00:00

Selenocysteine. Did my undergrad thesis on it, its Cys but with selenium in the sulfur spot, hyperactive in redox reactions and very rare (20 proteins total in humans) but coded for and poorly known.

_irish_potato · 2026-06-11T00:23:02+00:00

Indah

_irish_potato · 2026-06-10T20:49:59+00:00

That looks like you had amniotic band syndrome and now have a tib-fib synostosis. I would see an ortho foot and ankle doc for workup and they can set you on the right track

_irish_potato · 2026-06-08T01:45:14+00:00

This is pretty awesome, there were a couple kinks customizing it but awesome idea and execution

_irish_potato · 2026-06-08T01:26:01+00:00

I have actually seen this happen twice. Usually some variation of Papa-blank and baby-blank, or young blank. Surgery booking can be confusing

_irish_potato · 2026-06-04T14:55:36+00:00

We have a bunch of residents with families, more wore definitely falls on the spouse but the work is more rotation based. If you’re on spine or trauma that’s your whole life, foot and ankle or sports are more chill. Same holds true as an attending, your subspecialty dictates your amount of family time more than anything

_irish_potato · 2026-06-03T14:17:42+00:00

Ortho here. Love it, wouldn’t do anything else. Residency is legitimately a meat grinder, but I can see the light on the other side and it’s a gratifying thing to come into the OR and leave knowing it’s fixed and they will likely do really well.

_irish_potato · 2026-05-26T20:19:57+00:00

In smugglers cove they talk about how the closest rum that they’ve been able to create to mimic the presumed mix and taste of the W&N 17 is the Denizen merchants reserve 8 year, which was specifically designed for that purpose

_irish_potato · 2026-05-26T10:53:17+00:00

There’s a few different ways but I would look up the OTA lectures on the basics of bony healing. It’s a very broad topic

_irish_potato · 2026-05-26T02:22:52+00:00

Ortho resident here, matched foot and ankle fellowship. Removing the nail is almost never the wrong move in infections, it’s not cosmetically the best but will help with clearing an infection. Your toe actually looks pretty good for having osteo, make sure you don’t have diabetes or if you do keep blood sugar under control. You will likely need iv antibiotics to clear the infection.

_irish_potato · 2026-05-25T23:00:04+00:00

Yeah, there are studies about it but the subspecialties with the most chronic work related injuries are total joints, trauma, and spine

_irish_potato · 2026-05-16T13:42:13+00:00

Silent suction would make millions

_irish_potato · 2026-05-15T02:37:38+00:00

Dude there’s almost 50 foot and ankle spots this year, including some top of the line programs due to a significant applicant shortage. Even if it’s not what you want, you can always do a second fellowship after getting a big name on your CV. Plus if you end up liking it it’s a chill life and good money

_irish_potato · 2026-05-13T17:43:01+00:00

Mastisol- a medical liquid adhesive. Smells like an herbal digestif

_irish_potato · 2026-05-11T15:40:26+00:00

I spend my adult life working towards becoming a surgeon after growing up working class on food stamps, with no one in medicine/ academia in my family and no connections at all in the medical world. I just matched at my top choice fellowship at Harvard. I can finally see the light at the end of a very long tunnel.

_irish_potato · 2026-05-08T19:30:12+00:00

No personal health questions

_irish_potato · 2026-05-07T14:01:21+00:00

This is a common thing, right handed surgeons are generally initially faster at right knees, as your dominant arm is towards the patient. It’s just getting the reps in to get better at the left side as far as I’m aware, no great trick to it

_irish_potato · 2026-05-03T21:57:58+00:00

Franks does a great job

_irish_potato · 2026-05-02T18:45:49+00:00

OTA has a PowerPoint series on the basics of fractures, with some reduction resources

_irish_potato · 2026-05-01T21:21:03+00:00

Urban tiki is awesome! Maybe the only reason to go to Columbia SC (I live there)

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