Orthopedic Quotes

“Many people report reduced back problems when sleeping on memory foam.”
― Steven Magee, Hypoxia, Mental Illness & Chronic Fatigue

“The story was an 82 year old guy with a broken neck. He had apparently fallen in his bathroom that morning, cracking his 1st and 2nd vertebrae. I had a vague memory from medical school that this wasn't a good thing--the expression "hangman's fracture" kept bobbing up from the well of facts I do not use --but I had a much more distinct impression that this was not a case for cardiology.
"And Ortho isn't taking him because?" I said wearily.
"Because he's got internal organs, dude."
I sighed. "So why me?"
"Because they got an EKG."
The MAO was clearly enjoying himself. I remembered he had recently been accepted to a cardiology fellowship. I braced myself for the punch line.
"And?"
"And there's ectopy on it. Ectopy." He then made a noise intended to suggest a ghost haunting something.”
― Terrence Holt, Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories

“Vicente Bernabe DO graduated from Des Moines University with his Doctor of Osteopathy degree. He went on to intern at Doctors Hospital and completed his residency in Orthopedic Surgery at Ohio University at Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital. Vicente Bernabe DO has performed over five thousand orthopedic surgeries.”
― Vicente Bernabe Do

“Forever a Freshman!
The worst day writing is better than any other job!
That's the way it goes, first your money, then your clothes!
Never believe what you hear or read. Check it out first.”
― Thomas J. Neviaser, Bones & Me