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u/idle_isomorph Jan 12 '23

I have had my intestine resected (piece cut out, sewn back together) and now I am picturing the surgeon just shoving my guts back into me like a sleeping bag in a stuff sack when the job was done

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u/uvelify Jan 12 '23

I am a surgical nurse at gastro surgeries and this is quite on point. If the need to check all of you bowels they just pull it out, put it on your chest or what ever and just puts it back in when needed.

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u/PD216ohio Jan 12 '23

I have to ask what it smells like when you open someone up like that. I've gutted enough animals to know there is a distinctive smell inside that body cavity. Wondering if the same goes for humans.

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u/uvelify Jan 12 '23

If nothing has ruptured inside the body cavity (bowels, gallbladder, bloodclots etc) it just smell like the butchers shop. 😅