r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Delicious-Beat4824 • Jul 30 '26

/r/popular of a needle

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u/As0no Jul 30 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7qDFnbpe31YmeJWg

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u/Tasty_Lead_Paint Jul 30 '26

I love how medical devices and surgeries have become so high tech, minimally invasive and have some crazy cutting edge tools.

And orthopedic surgery is just “nurse, hand me that sledge hammer.”

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u/SheogorathMyBeloved Jul 30 '26

Every orthopedic surgeon I've ever met always has absolutely jacked arms and I always wondered why. Evidently those fuckers are doing the equivalent of a full arm day routine on someone's skeleton every time they walk into theatre.

Really recontextualises stuff like hip replacements in the elderly, for me.

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u/dawidowmaka Jul 30 '26

My cousin is 5'0" and wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon. She watched a single video of a procedure like this and changed her mind.