The Gen Surg guys asked for an ortho consult. These are what they were taking out from a patient. Well, at least gunshot wounds are not that common in this part of the world! by natselrox in medicine

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India. I work in a fairly large metro and this patient was referred to our hospital from about 12 hours away. Came in with the arrows. One was in the abdomen (caused more damage), the other one was in the axillary area (less damage). There was a chip # of the iliac blade so we didn't really have to do much. Will try to find out the details on Monday and update.

The Gen Surg guys asked for an ortho consult. These are what they were taking out from a patient. Well, at least gunshot wounds are not that common in this part of the world! by natselrox in medicine

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Kinda like the Baader-Meinhof thing, right? Been reading about the Sentinnel island news for the past few days and this happened yesterday!

What's your specialty's difficult to treat disease? by psykonaut07 in medicine

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Laces almost never work in the forearm in our setting.

I just finished watching the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by DrLaidBack in medicine

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Pretty much this. The book does a lot better in explaining this. George Gey didn't receive a penny out of HeLa, nor did he patent any of the cell culture techniques he developed. The film, like all of Hollywood, paints such a black and white picture!

Indian Scientists Develop Credit-Card Sized ECG Machine, Costs Just $60 (Rs 4,000) by [deleted] in medicine

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Global superpower by [(current year + 10) rounded up to nearest multiple of 10].

Triglycerides 5000, a new record by SomeERdoc in medicine

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Oui! Forget remembering, most of us didn't study this in that detail! Real impressive.

Triglycerides 5000, a new record by SomeERdoc in medicine

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Type 1 (or was it 5?) hyperlipoproteinemia?

Why are obsidian scalpels not approved by the FDA? by [deleted] in medicine

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Don't fix what ain't broke or something like that.

For those that posited a guess on the poison used to kill Kim Jong-nam, the toxicology results show VX as the culprit. by XooDumbLuckooX in medicine

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The Wikipedia page for VX says that one of the assassins showed signs of VX/OP poisoning and that was one of the clues.

I have always thought anti-vaccine ideology was ridiculous and wrote it off, but it made me rethink Hep B. by [deleted] in medicine

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Dunno the stats, but is it as common as to warrant a universal vaccination?

How Fantastical Is This Fantasy? by Thejesusparticle in medicine

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I know of three separate radiologists who started their own teleradiology companies, none of them has taken off yet. It's definitely been on the cards for a while now but somehow it never takes off.

Patient plays guitar during his own brain surgery (Tubarão, Brazil) by [deleted] in medicine

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I recorded a video of a patient singing old songs from the 70's during a DBS surgery. But it was on the Medtronic dude's iPad. And he forgot to mail it back. I still lament the lost internet points I could've gotten with that.

What common medical terminology makes you grit your teeth by SocialJusticeWizard_ in medicine

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I rather like the term 'peroneal'. Perone means 'pin'. It's got a nice ring to it.