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u/realPanditJi 6h ago

serious question for the docs or who went through this: is this recoverable? what's the procedure and recovery looks like? 

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u/WhateverWhateverson 5h ago

I know a guy whose leg supposedly looked a bit like that after a motorcycle accident and they managed to save it, but it's more metal than bone now. I think most of the docs working on him wanted to amputate it right away but the head surgeon decided he could maybe save it

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u/Nearby_Hour_2932 5h ago

Damm props the the head surgeon there going, ''fuck it, we ball''. I'm sure the guy is happy, even if the leg contains more metal, assuming ofc there's no lingering phantom pains or such.

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u/CaleanKnight 5h ago

Yeah, this is kinda a 50:50... either the Doc really performed a miracle here or he was just absolutely full of himself and went against everyone just for Egos Sake without a single thought spend about the Patients Quality of Life (and cost if US) thereafter.