Not actually that rare to see. Reabsorption of bone is fairly common place in non unionized fractures that don’t end up getting good blood flow. Osteoclasts will breakdown the bone fragments that don’t unionize, especially if the bone isn’t really responsible for weight bearing.
The only thing thats fake about this is a group of doctors being mystified by any of it.
Reabsorption of bone is fairly common place in non unionized fractures that don’t end up getting good blood flow. Osteoclasts will breakdown the bone fragments that don’t unionize
This is why it’s so important to talk to your coworkers and get organized, if those bones were unionized this never would’ve happened.
Maybe? But again, reabsorption is so commonplace that it’s not particularly a significant teaching opportunity. I
f we’re assuming that what this person claimed is true, the only real educational thing about this is how important it is to stick to the prescribed follow up care. This more than likely would have been caught during follow up imaging post reconstruction.
My granma had a spinal disc missing entirely. It was just gone. Must’ve broken it at some point and didn’t realize. She was mostly bedridden and moved very slowly with a walker, needed a lot of support. May she rest in peace (death unrelated to missing disc)
Not really during normal ambulation, it mainly aids in stability and in certain range of motions in the ankle. Even less so in post traumatic reconstructions like in this particular image.
Prob not, osteomyelitis is pretty nasty and would have been cause for revisional intervention. The limb would have been visibly swollen and the post op wounds prob would have been weeping a bunch of nasty pus.
Nah, the fibula doesn’t really bear much weight, it mainly helps with ankle stability and helps with ankle rotation. Things that probably aren’t really a factor after the reconstruction that this patient acquired after their accident.
Nah, I practice at a teaching hospital. Knowing about reabsorption is stuff you learn when you learn about osteoclasts in med school. If you make it to a residency without knowing about osteoclasts, something horrible has happened.
Nah i mean the teaching doctor might take the opportunity to show the residents an example of it, and the patient perspective given here is totally off, but they’re just guessing why a bunch of doctors are all gathered around to look at the xray.
Not actually that rare to see. Reabsorption of bone is fairly common place in non unionized fractures that don’t end up getting good blood flow. Osteoclasts will breakdown the bone fragments that don’t unionize, especially if the bone isn’t really responsible for weight bearing.
The only thing thats fake about this is a group of doctors being mystified by any of it.
This is why it’s so important to talk to your coworkers and get organized, if those bones were unionized this never would’ve happened.
Bernie your bones, bro.
I’m hearing that she should have joined a union?
Sounds more like a teaching opportunity, which was interpreted as an ‘ah, they have no idea what is going on’ moment.
Maybe? But again, reabsorption is so commonplace that it’s not particularly a significant teaching opportunity. I
f we’re assuming that what this person claimed is true, the only real educational thing about this is how important it is to stick to the prescribed follow up care. This more than likely would have been caught during follow up imaging post reconstruction.
My granma had a spinal disc missing entirely. It was just gone. Must’ve broken it at some point and didn’t realize. She was mostly bedridden and moved very slowly with a walker, needed a lot of support. May she rest in peace (death unrelated to missing disc)
Does this bone not assist with weight bearing?
Not really during normal ambulation, it mainly aids in stability and in certain range of motions in the ankle. Even less so in post traumatic reconstructions like in this particular image.
it assist only a little
Could also be bone eating bacteria.
Prob not, osteomyelitis is pretty nasty and would have been cause for revisional intervention. The limb would have been visibly swollen and the post op wounds prob would have been weeping a bunch of nasty pus.
Or bone eating surgeons
It’s prob boneitis
Alas, my only regret!
Clearly the most obvious answer is bone-eating bones. Dirty cannibals.
Or the moopsy.
Another new fear now. Yay.
Wouldn’t the patient miss the support that bone provided?!
Nah, the fibula doesn’t really bear much weight, it mainly helps with ankle stability and helps with ankle rotation. Things that probably aren’t really a factor after the reconstruction that this patient acquired after their accident.
Maybe it was a teaching hospital like on the tv show scrubs?
Nah, I practice at a teaching hospital. Knowing about reabsorption is stuff you learn when you learn about osteoclasts in med school. If you make it to a residency without knowing about osteoclasts, something horrible has happened.
Nah i mean the teaching doctor might take the opportunity to show the residents an example of it, and the patient perspective given here is totally off, but they’re just guessing why a bunch of doctors are all gathered around to look at the xray.