Some days I get to navigate past the carotid and beside the esophagus to help remove a degenerative disc in a patient with numbness and weakness in their hands. Under a microscope, we’ll place a bone graft and some screws to hold it in place.
In the afternoon, I’ll spend a few hours helping remove an infected knee replacement and filling the space with an antibiotic-filled piece of bone cement.
The next day I’ll help deliver twins in a C-section, and then spend 3-4 hours sewing in a plastics case.
Usually, I’ll also have one or two robotic hysterectomies or sacrocolpopexies (Don’t look that one up – you might not like what you find). Maybe a shoulder scope with rotator cuff repair or an ACL or thyroidectomy.
It’s a pretty sweet gig. But only if you pass your exam.
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Brian Wallace
