Knee surgery day! I went to the Eppworth, one of Melbourne's private hospitals, today to observer knee surgery. We started at 7:45 and did 8 cases, it should have been 9 but there was a mishap with a bone graft. If I were a surgeon I would definitely choose to work here. Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea are all catered as well as coffee, tea, and hot chocolate between each patient. It's pretty sweet. So today I saw 3 Arthroscopes, 4 ACL reconstructions, and 1 ACL revision. It was fun and educational. By the end I had the hang of the room and could identify most of the anatomy during the scope. It was definitely a fun room to work in. They also let me have a feel of some of the joints while the patients were sedated. The tests of the knee are much more elegant when the patient cannot guard against them. Knee surgery is definitely the best way to study for the exams that start tomorrow.
After surgery I went on a fantastic 18km bike ride along yarra blvd. Which is very hilly but bike rider heaven. I really enjoyed the bike ride but I would still consider it to be the worst part of my day, the rest was so amazing.
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