Cemented hip hemiarthroplasty

So usually I stay away from orthopedic procedures on here because it’s not my specialty. For me it’s a lot going on in the case I don’t get much time to really sit back and watch, I’m always moving. 

So I go through the motions like a robot and pass what they need when they need it, but this is the beta and I want to help. So I need to tell you..

I am so pleasantly surprised with the procedure I couldn’t stop doing it!!! I have done so many of these on call and at night and I never really understood what I was doing or why I was doing it. I didn’t know why I was handing certain things and why we didn’t ream the acetabulum or need an implant for it.

And honestly.. I was cool with that, I am the girl with the stuff, as long as I had what they needed and knew the steps of what they wanted. I didn’t ask any questions.. I’m a Vascular person I like to get my hands in there and do it myself and work with the surgeon.. I’ll lose my finger if try to participate as much as I usually do. But..

I learned SO MUCH about a hemiarthroplasty I’m amazed🤯!!!!  I had so many “oohhh that’s why,” “we’ll that makes sense,”🤔 “no way I’ve been doing that all this time,”😧 “that’s what that foam thing on the cement gun was for (cement pressurizer).” I feel truly enlightened and it’s from watching and doing a case without having to turn my back every 5 seconds to switch out broaches, measure the femoral head, get the cement ready, and communicate with the rep from the company providing the implant.

Mind BLOWN awesome job!