Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Saw, drill and hack.

Orthopaedic surgeons are like carpenters.

Their theatre is like a handyman's garage with lamina air flow, and their tools probably came straight out of your standard toolbox, only difference is that it is all sterile.

Throughout the surgery the surgeon kept talking about how foundation is the most important bit when building a house and how you need to have grout and cement to hold the bricks together - all the while drilling holes and sawing and hammering nails into this poor old lady's femur.

I think orthopods would naturally be very good at DIY jobs.

1 comment:

saru-kun said...

they should well be, judging by the way you describe their natural use of said instruments/tools ^^