Pics of my fasciotomy***It's Healed!!!

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: TheBDB
I had that done on my lower legs to cure compartment syndrome, but mine was closed up. I guess I'm lucky :shocked:

What is compartment syndrome?

 

[Shawn]

ugh that's disgusting

 

[MrDudeMan]

where are the pics with proof that its you?

I feel for you, I really do, I can only imagine the pain you are in, I remember the pain i was in when I accidentally shot myself hunting and had to have my leg amputated, and I actually had the skin stitched closed. The process of bandaging alone would bring tears to my eyes. The pain of the surgeries actually caused hallucinations... and I was on the strongest dose of morphine they could give me without killing me.

WTF?!?! are you serious? pics? proof? anything!!!

 

[TheBDB]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: TheBDB
I had that done on my lower legs to cure compartment syndrome, but mine was closed up. I guess I'm lucky :shocked:

What is compartment syndrome?

Compartment syndrome is where the fascia that surrounds the muscle is too tight, so in my case when I ran the muscle couldn't expand, so it would hurt and cramp up and my feet would go numb. They opened up my lower legs and cut a long slit in the fascia all the way up my shins.

 

[ethicalsangel]

I have a pic but I would have to scan it... no scanner. I could only stomach keeping one picture of preop

 

[n7]

Argh :Q

 

[dudeman007]

OH SICK MAN!!!!!!!! Yuck *bleh*. Hope you heal up soon.

 

[z0mb13]

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!

and I just ate too

 

[Shuxclams]

Originally posted by: Kobota

Originally posted by: notfred
How'd you break it?

I was drunk and apparently jumped off a roof

Oh... smooth move ex-lax....









SHUX

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: Beau
:shocked:

** more carnage **

My little brother sent me these pics of what happens when you don't get a deep puncture wound treated. (Keep that leg clean! :Q)

First you notice the pain and puss...
Then you open it up and find sh!t growing in there that wasn't supposed to be.
So, they have to remove it.

Yummy. Think I want some pasta for lunch.

Hmm...from a medical point of view, that is very interesting to see the tendons and musale and whatnot in your hand. And to think how incredibly complex it is to transplant them.

 

[jlee]

Heh..I was reading another page (tabbed in Firefox)..forgot I had those pics loading in the background (dialup)..then I closed my tab. :Q

 

[TheBDB]

Here are some pics from after my fasciotomoy

Legs 1
Legs 2
Legs 3

Not quite as dramatic

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: TheBDB
I had that done on my lower legs to cure compartment syndrome, but mine was closed up. I guess I'm lucky :shocked:

What is compartment syndrome?

It's when the perfusion pressure falls below the tissue pressure in a closed anatomic space that compromises the circulation and function of tissues. ~50% of lower extremity CS is causesd by tibial fractures. In acute CS, muscles can tolerate ~4h of ischemia fairly well, but after ~8h irreversible damage can occur, so it usually has to be treated (fasciotomy) within 30h of onset. We had a guy in the MICU with rhabdomyolysis from lower extremity CS a couple of weeks ago.

 

[BlueWeasel]

In order to keep balance to the fragile state of OT, I declare Kobota to be an attention whore for posting pics.

 

[Wolverine27]

Those are not pretty pics!?! Hope you get well soon dude.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: TheBDB
I had that done on my lower legs to cure compartment syndrome, but mine was closed up. I guess I'm lucky :shocked:

What is compartment syndrome?

It's when the perfusion pressure falls below the tissue pressure in a closed anatomic space that compromises the circulation and function of tissues. ~50% of lower extremity CS is causesd by tibial fractures. In acute CS, muscles can tolerate ~4h of ischemia fairly well, but after ~8h irreversible damage can occur, so it usually has to be treated (fasciotomy) within 30h of onset. We had a guy in the MICU with rhabdomyolysis from lower extremity CS a couple of weeks ago.

Is there an English translation for doctor speak?

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: TheBDB
I had that done on my lower legs to cure compartment syndrome, but mine was closed up. I guess I'm lucky :shocked:

What is compartment syndrome?

It's when the perfusion pressure falls below the tissue pressure in a closed anatomic space that compromises the circulation and function of tissues. ~50% of lower extremity CS is causesd by tibial fractures. In acute CS, muscles can tolerate ~4h of ischemia fairly well, but after ~8h irreversible damage can occur, so it usually has to be treated (fasciotomy) within 30h of onset. We had a guy in the MICU with rhabdomyolysis from lower extremity CS a couple of weeks ago.

Is there an English translation for doctor speak?

Perfusion: flow of blood per unit volue of tissue (i.e. ventilation/perfusion ratio)
Ischemia: local anemia caused by a mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
Rhabdomyolysis: Acute, potentially fatal disease of skeletal muscle that entails destruction of muscle

Anything else? Sorry, I didn't really think it was that complex.

 

[lokiju]

So did you quit drinking? I know that'd get me to quit in a second!

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: TheBDB
I had that done on my lower legs to cure compartment syndrome, but mine was closed up. I guess I'm lucky :shocked:

What is compartment syndrome?

It's when the perfusion pressure falls below the tissue pressure in a closed anatomic space that compromises the circulation and function of tissues. ~50% of lower extremity CS is causesd by tibial fractures. In acute CS, muscles can tolerate ~4h of ischemia fairly well, but after ~8h irreversible damage can occur, so it usually has to be treated (fasciotomy) within 30h of onset. We had a guy in the MICU with rhabdomyolysis from lower extremity CS a couple of weeks ago.

Is there an English translation for doctor speak?

Perfusion: flow of blood per unit volue of tissue (i.e. ventilation/perfusion ratio)
Ischemia: local anemia caused by a mechanical obstruction of the blood supply
Rhabdomyolysis: Acute, potentially fatal disease of skeletal muscle that entails destruction of muscle

Anything else? Sorry, I didn't really think it was that complex.

Nope that pretty much covers it, I didn't know what A, B, and C meant. Thanks!

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Beau
:shocked:

** more carnage **

My little brother sent me these pics of what happens when you don't get a deep puncture wound treated. (Keep that leg clean! :Q)

First you notice the pain and puss...
Then you open it up and find sh!t growing in there that wasn't supposed to be.
So, they have to remove it.

Yummy. Think I want some pasta for lunch.

Best pics ever!!! OP, I hope you get better soon. You're in a lot of pain, I know. Next time, don't jump off the damn roof, ya'drunk fool!

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Best pics ever!!! OP, I hope you get better soon. You're in a lot of pain, I know. Next time, don't jump off the damn roof, ya'drunk fool!

Or pick a lower roof. Or at least learn how to do a PLF, it might have saved your a$$... or at least saved your hip.

 

[rbrandon]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: Kobota

Originally posted by: rh71
proof that it's really you ?

what do you want? ATOT sign?

Something like this

HOLY FUCK!!! ITS BUFFALO BILL!!!1111!!!

 

[UNCjigga]

There's all sorts of sick and twisted fun you could have with people with a leg like that...

 

[xXped0thugXx]

bone looks pretty cool

 

[Nevada]

yikes! :Q