Most of my days now start around 5:15 am…leading to a 6 am rendezvous at phoenix va medical center. We round on patients until 7:45 and clinic starts 8. In clinic I see an old vet with ischemic ulcers, a young lady with PTTD, TMA post-op, and many more. I can’t lie this is my [...]
Had an early start today since I had to be at the hospital by 7:30 for the exosectomy procedure; after scrubbing into the case and working the back table I quickly change back into my clinic attire and make my way downstairs for Loretto clinic. At the clinic two residents and another student and I [...]
Last day of the hands-on surgery rotation went down today, spent most of the day with my partner Danielle and I doing rear-foot procedures and tendon transfers on our foot. Dr. Latva came around with some helpful instructions and some technique tips. We ended up doing a Christman-Snook tendon transfer and a percutaneous Tendo-Achilles lengthening.
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