Google: "The fibula is the long, thin and lateral bone of the lower leg. It runs parallel to the tibia, or shin bone, and plays a significant role in stabilizing the ankle and supporting the muscles of the lower leg" a significant role.
oh my god i'm reading about if you lose your jaw like due to cancer or something they reconstruct it by just taking our your entire fucking fibula which apparently you like, don't need (??) and carving a new jaw bone out of that. modern medicine is fucking insane
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apparently a whole lotta people are walking around totally fine without one!! https://hci-portal.hci.utah.edu/sites/factsheets/Shared%20Documents/fibular-free-flap.pdf …
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Chief of Medicine: ok, the patient’s entire jaw was destroyed in the crash, so we’ll need to think of something From the back: so you know how removing the fibula basically doesn’t hurt anything right? ......
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Gracilis muscle for neosphincter was the most memorable for me
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same feeling but for laparoscopic surgeries
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modern medicine is like evolution on steroids
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We once helped to perform such op. CT scan, software, 3D printer, metal 3D printer, decent surgeons and...voila. She has a titanium upper jaw and lives pretty normal life
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Well that’s a mouthful
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