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With that ecchymosis pattern there is a risk of a torn ligament....I'm not an orthopod but having seen alot of these, I'd be suspicious especially if your range of motion is less than pre-injury after Ice, rest, antiinflammatories may want to use celebrex or Bextra since they don't inhibit platelet function...had enough bleeding down there.
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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