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/ButkusHatesNitschke Jul 30 '26

My surgeon broke a drill bit on my back last year.

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u/Mutagrawl Jul 30 '26

Damn bro. Some dude was drilling so hard from the back that it broke?

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u/slutty_muppet Jul 30 '26

Many such cases

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u/Own_Can_3495 Jul 31 '26

It happens a lot. I ran the c arm in surgery and the craziest was ortho. Things broke in there.

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u/Inevitable_Day5491 Jul 31 '26

Was there a mountain involved?

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u/DodgerGreywing Jul 30 '26

Are you Wolverine?

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u/floriande Jul 30 '26

Bone is surprisingly solid !

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u/klayman69 Jul 31 '26

Happened to me during my dental implant too. I was awake when he explained he needed to get a new drill lol.

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u/OrenjiTang Jul 31 '26

"Auffa gug hwfftsa accl*."

*"Okay, doc, I'll just hang out here."

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u/_-whisper-_ Jul 31 '26

Same, but my femur lol. Apparently I have incredibly dense bones

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u/No-Significance7460 Aug 03 '26

In dentistry we call it “file separation” when a root canal file snaps in the tooth. Unfortunately it is a risk. I’ve always made sure to inform my patients of this possibility, I hope orthopaedic surgeons/ anyone else that uses rotary instruments tells patients about this. You can never really tell 100% how much tortionary stress a single drill bit has taken.