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@gammacounter.bsky.social

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Radiologist. Broadly enthusiastic. Science, outdoors/nature, travel. Photos. Home experiments. Local environments. Lakes.

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Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 2m

the anterior disc space is abnormal. I don’t think the greatest consensus. I think this is a good example where a radiologist input is nearly useless. The surgeon who knows the patient will look at the images and decide what comes next.

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 2m

Yeah. I think I’ve only seen them for about four or five years. Said to result in something more closely “resembling the complex kinematic behavior of a natural disc.” In the postop xrays though, what’s “clearly abnormal” ? I mean. I’ll mention the kyphosis. And I guess the metal-on-metal contact at

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 9m

I can probably think of 100 things to call it, it’s just a color

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 1h

They just look cursed. And from what I know about these vegetables is they are not hollow like a pumpkin and seem like they would be very hard to carve. But I guess needs must if you have nothing else.

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 1h

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, I will see it eventually. I don’t go there very often, honestly, only when I want to search to find a picture of mine that I have lost or can no longer find in my files. For me, it purely serves as a huge file cabinet.

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 1h

turnip Jacko’-lanterns are cursed

via @lillyh.bsky.social

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 1h

Interesting that they would ship them from the US. I wonder if maybe they grow pumpkins in Germany or Eastern Europe or somewhere else closer. And I have forgotten about those turnip jack-o’-lanterns!

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 1h

So you were in North America at that time? I guess in my mind I thought you have been in Scotland for like 20 years.

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 1h

I’ve heard about that, making pumpkin pie with sweet potato. Is it pretty good?

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 1h

Also, I wonder about the longevity of the viscoelastic spacers. These are still relatively new. I hope a much better track record than sillastic implants they used to use in small joints.

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 1h

Innocent little things. You asked them to do just one job, and they get delusions of grandeur.

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 1h

Hahaha

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 1h

Also, I never knew this until today that Illinois produces about 80% of the United States output of pumpkins. The next highest-producing state Indiana not even really that close.

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 1h

“Pumpkin Patch Paradox:
Complexities of Cultivation in a Shifting Climate.” The precipitation anomaly of 2015 when too much rain flooded fields causing mold and a 50% decrease in IL pumpkin production. www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/pumpkin... via @noaa.gov

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 2h

But usually the cut the partner makes it somewhere in the middle of the cord later on somebody else trims it close to the baby. So that cut that you made was not really anywhere near the navel.

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, that cut is called an episiotomy, should only be done to prevent serious complication to the mother or child.

And yes, I forgot that part they will sometimes hand the scissors to the partner to cut the cord!

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 2h

Here’s one on ebay, they say from the 1940s or 1950s. Design looks like it has not significantly changed.

Imagine how many umbilical cords were cut by these scissors.

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 2h

Here are the umbilical cord scissors. Avoids shearing the cord like normal scissors, allows for a very clean, perfect cut, improves, healing, decrease stump infection, etc..

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 2h

need for a variety of different procedures, and often about 20% of what’s in the tray gets actually used, and the rest is fully discarded.

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 2h

They certainly cut the cord, but there are special (very cool looking) “scissors” for that. Episiotomy as well, when it can’t be avoided, but that’s with another instrument, I can’t remember anymore.

The kits unfortunately are very wasteful. They often include every possible thing you might

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 2h

@saspist.bsky.social the cervical central canal and neural foramina are somewhat obscured by susceptibility artifact from cervical disc prostheses, but there are no major abnormalities identified. clinical follow up is advised

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 3h

This small scalpel was like yours. Had a flat tubular plastic sheath. Short handle, as it had just one purpose, to make a small nick in the dermis down to the sq fat so you could easily insert a larger needle-catheter assembly for some kind of drainage.

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 3h

Reminded me of this color. Vanishingly rare, so you have to enjoy it when you see it. “Midcentury Medical Turquoise.” Or “Legacy Hospital Green.” Items: Short handle scalpel. Bottletop of Omnipaque 249. “Green ring nipple.” And the same below fullsize scalpel.

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 3h

West Coast Time. Good memory. I don’t know why I thought Upper East Side! In fairness, he did the work and sourced the fabric & made pretty decent straps. Good buckles. But then he kind of just took it for granted that everybody had to buy from him or at least that’s how I kind of remember it.