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Reaming a femur  
   

Reaming a femur

The Haitians have been really healthy with very strong bone. I had to use all kinds of problem solving and sweat to get the reamer to even enter the femur, but I got it in the end!
That delicate radiation exposure glow

February 25th 2018
Saturday started with a plan to operate all day again. After a bit of a late start (it’s a weekend in a developing country – this was not unexpected) our first case took much longer than we had expected. We were just going to “pin some broken toes,” basically, but it’s much harder to hit tiny little bones with tiny wires than you would think. To add to our woes, our drill that pushes the ... read more
Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Port-au-Prince

Haitian Flag The native Arawak Amerindians - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when it was discovered by Columbus in 1492 - were virtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispan... ... read more
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