tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post3968934854080751550..comments2024-02-18T13:53:30.168-08:00Comments on Surgeonsblog: Swan Thing or AnotherSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-29892876036043471382007-05-23T09:36:00.000-07:002007-05-23T09:36:00.000-07:00Hi, sorry to hear about your injury, especially as...Hi, sorry to hear about your injury, especially as I have just received the same injury by doing a handstand! I have a splint on mine but am off to the hospital tomorrow to meet the "hand doctor" i know they want to avoid surgery, and having read your story so do I ! Being a girl, it's not a pretty sight! will let your know, cheers, HeatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-37447058182654423112007-03-23T17:36:00.000-07:002007-03-23T17:36:00.000-07:00Dr. Schwab, you did well to go on and do the wonde...Dr. Schwab, you did well to go on and do the wonderful work you did with a finger that wouldn't cooperate with you ... however, I'm not surprised!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-23577083986727048932007-03-23T11:19:00.000-07:002007-03-23T11:19:00.000-07:00You think you're frustrated??!!?? I had something...You think you're frustrated??!!?? I had something to contribute regarding this post that now escapes me. I'm sure that it was eminently succinct and insightful.....if only I could pluck it from the nether regions of my brain. Alas, I fear it is lost forever.......On a much brighter note, I'm reading and thoroughly enjoying your book and have all but made it required reading for my nursing students!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020789326552801153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-65508337263747834722007-03-22T19:11:00.000-07:002007-03-22T19:11:00.000-07:00Getting a swan-neck after FDP repair is a bit unus...Getting a swan-neck after FDP repair is a bit unusual. I'd more expect tendon adhesions leaving you with a flexion contracture. I'm not quite sure how your surgeon achieved that. Of course knocking out your ulnar digital nerve is a sweet trick. (at least it looks like the ulnar side) He had the good thought to do it to your non-opposition side!<BR/><BR/>Ah, hand surgery . . . queen of the disciplines . . .Guy With a Knifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03962890600493801562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-57403004529373734602007-03-22T11:10:00.000-07:002007-03-22T11:10:00.000-07:00Three years aftert he mastectomy, and my body fool...Three years aftert he mastectomy, and my body fools itself into thinking there is still feeling there. That is a very weird sensationLisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-75209953191460706212007-03-22T07:26:00.000-07:002007-03-22T07:26:00.000-07:00my friend has boutonnieres on all his fingers from...my friend has boutonnieres on all his fingers from suffering abuse as a kid - he had the door slammed shut on his fingers millions of times!<BR/><BR/>but at least you're a walking example, and really, that's the best way to put your patients at ease =Dditzydoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008315483151243641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-55907386164266956062007-03-21T22:11:00.000-07:002007-03-21T22:11:00.000-07:00Good photos and story for Dr Charles' Eschara site...Good photos and story for Dr Charles' Eschara site, except you wouldn't be anonymous, because we all saw it here first.<BR/>jmbjmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.com