dave
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Pediatric Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon In Phoenix Arizona. Father of 4. Grandad. Surgical innovation. Additive prototyping. Woodwork. Applied regression analysis. Author. Curious.
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Tonight in the December Comfort Watches: Apollo 13, perhaps the best film ever for competent people doing competent things competently, both on screen and off of it:
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Nine: Apollo 13
Apollo 13 is a film that sits atop a small but diverse and, for some people, extremely enjoyable sub-genre of film: Competence Porn. This has nothing to do with actual pornography (well, I guess it…
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December 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Tonight in the December Comfort Watches: Apollo 13, perhaps the best film ever for competent people doing competent things competently, both on screen and off of it:
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Regretfully I must depart from conversation and obligation alike, and take to bed as discretion dictates. In closing, I thus do relinquish the last claims of wakefulness and surrender myself to the sweet embrace of nightslumber.
December 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Regretfully I must depart from conversation and obligation alike, and take to bed as discretion dictates. In closing, I thus do relinquish the last claims of wakefulness and surrender myself to the sweet embrace of nightslumber.
Orthopaedic surgeons - remember to use the “past continuous” when asking for something. This is known as “the language of polite desperation”. It makes requests feel less like a demand and more like a shared vision betwixt you and the recipient.
December 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Orthopaedic surgeons - remember to use the “past continuous” when asking for something. This is known as “the language of polite desperation”. It makes requests feel less like a demand and more like a shared vision betwixt you and the recipient.
Accept a dawn greeting, offered with fervorous respect with hopes that your labours proceed in sound propriety. Allow this early light acknowledgment, conveyed with serendipitous consideration.
December 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Accept a dawn greeting, offered with fervorous respect with hopes that your labours proceed in sound propriety. Allow this early light acknowledgment, conveyed with serendipitous consideration.
Higher mortality rates among surgeons may be associated with work environment, professional demands, & lifestyle. A cross-sectional study analyzes mortality rates & leading causes of death among US surgeons compared with other occupation groups.
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Mortality Among Surgeons in the United States
This cross-sectional study examines mortality rates and leading causes of death among US surgeons compared with nonsurgeon physicians and other occupation groups.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Higher mortality rates among surgeons may be associated with work environment, professional demands, & lifestyle. A cross-sectional study analyzes mortality rates & leading causes of death among US surgeons compared with other occupation groups.
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They say you never sprint after age 30 but I think I have done most of my sprinting after age 30.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
They say you never sprint after age 30 but I think I have done most of my sprinting after age 30.
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I attend the evaluations for 3 (soon to be 5) residency programs, and one fellowship. Almost every performance-related complaint I hear about can be addressed by developing the habit of doing (and keeping) a careful pre-op plan before cases.
December 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I attend the evaluations for 3 (soon to be 5) residency programs, and one fellowship. Almost every performance-related complaint I hear about can be addressed by developing the habit of doing (and keeping) a careful pre-op plan before cases.
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Teen with ankle pain
AP radiograph(left) shows metaphyseal lesion that is lucent with thin sclerotic rim, narrow zone of transition+no periosteal reaction
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AP radiograph(left) shows metaphyseal lesion that is lucent with thin sclerotic rim, narrow zone of transition+no periosteal reaction
#FOAMed #MedEd #radiology #pediatrics #radiologia #Ortho #Orthopedics #Orthopaedics #OrthoTwitter #medstudent #medicalstudent
December 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Teen with ankle pain
AP radiograph(left) shows metaphyseal lesion that is lucent with thin sclerotic rim, narrow zone of transition+no periosteal reaction
#FOAMed #MedEd #radiology #pediatrics #radiologia #Ortho #Orthopedics #Orthopaedics #OrthoTwitter #medstudent #medicalstudent
AP radiograph(left) shows metaphyseal lesion that is lucent with thin sclerotic rim, narrow zone of transition+no periosteal reaction
#FOAMed #MedEd #radiology #pediatrics #radiologia #Ortho #Orthopedics #Orthopaedics #OrthoTwitter #medstudent #medicalstudent
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Relatives Gather From Across The Country To Stare Into Screens Together https://theonion.com/relatives-gather-from-across-the-country-to-stare-into-1819575960/
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Relatives Gather From Across The Country To Stare Into Screens Together https://theonion.com/relatives-gather-from-across-the-country-to-stare-into-1819575960/
December 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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It is Christmas Eve so I will allow you to open one gift from me today; my warm regards:
“Be assured: my salutations arrive with restrained warmth and exact civility, for your forenoon. Consider this my respectful wish, that your hours proceed in steady ease, framed by unimpeachable restraint”
“Be assured: my salutations arrive with restrained warmth and exact civility, for your forenoon. Consider this my respectful wish, that your hours proceed in steady ease, framed by unimpeachable restraint”
December 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It is Christmas Eve so I will allow you to open one gift from me today; my warm regards:
“Be assured: my salutations arrive with restrained warmth and exact civility, for your forenoon. Consider this my respectful wish, that your hours proceed in steady ease, framed by unimpeachable restraint”
“Be assured: my salutations arrive with restrained warmth and exact civility, for your forenoon. Consider this my respectful wish, that your hours proceed in steady ease, framed by unimpeachable restraint”
I have some good news on this holiday eve:
Found out that the “prior authorization system is actually perfect”, per the veterinary chiropractor peer who denied my patient’s claim today.
Found out that the “prior authorization system is actually perfect”, per the veterinary chiropractor peer who denied my patient’s claim today.
December 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I have some good news on this holiday eve:
Found out that the “prior authorization system is actually perfect”, per the veterinary chiropractor peer who denied my patient’s claim today.
Found out that the “prior authorization system is actually perfect”, per the veterinary chiropractor peer who denied my patient’s claim today.
Each day opens under the sun’s steady governance; I issue a neutral mark of recognition, suitable to the moment, record. Under the early glare, our intentions become actions, and I tender you a calm acknowledgement with due receipt.
December 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Each day opens under the sun’s steady governance; I issue a neutral mark of recognition, suitable to the moment, record. Under the early glare, our intentions become actions, and I tender you a calm acknowledgement with due receipt.
n=1386 UE 1349(97.3%) LE 37(2.7%); infxn 33(2.4%): PTI 16(48.5%) OM 11(33.3%) deepSTI 3(9.1%) FUO 3(9.1%). S aureus, no MRSA. <9yo OR2.8 p=.012/.036; summer RR2 p=.014/.033; wires#, site, timing, reduction NS; -> extra pin+cast care counseling.
December 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
n=1386 UE 1349(97.3%) LE 37(2.7%); infxn 33(2.4%): PTI 16(48.5%) OM 11(33.3%) deepSTI 3(9.1%) FUO 3(9.1%). S aureus, no MRSA. <9yo OR2.8 p=.012/.036; summer RR2 p=.014/.033; wires#, site, timing, reduction NS; -> extra pin+cast care counseling.
With the hush of dawn still upon the world, I lay this greeting at your threshold quietly measured, deliberately kind, and offered in the steady cadence of counsel that has outlasted many storms.
December 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
With the hush of dawn still upon the world, I lay this greeting at your threshold quietly measured, deliberately kind, and offered in the steady cadence of counsel that has outlasted many storms.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Trainees, if you’re not
- planning your cases
- seeing lots of patients in clinic
- reading a review on new cases
- reading research
- asking for feedback
- presenting cases
- seeing tons of surgeries
- knowing indications
- reading textbooks
- asking “why”
you’re missing huge learning opportunities
- planning your cases
- seeing lots of patients in clinic
- reading a review on new cases
- reading research
- asking for feedback
- presenting cases
- seeing tons of surgeries
- knowing indications
- reading textbooks
- asking “why”
you’re missing huge learning opportunities
December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trainees, if you’re not
- planning your cases
- seeing lots of patients in clinic
- reading a review on new cases
- reading research
- asking for feedback
- presenting cases
- seeing tons of surgeries
- knowing indications
- reading textbooks
- asking “why”
you’re missing huge learning opportunities
- planning your cases
- seeing lots of patients in clinic
- reading a review on new cases
- reading research
- asking for feedback
- presenting cases
- seeing tons of surgeries
- knowing indications
- reading textbooks
- asking “why”
you’re missing huge learning opportunities
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I agree with *all* of this, and would add only this: While there are shortcuts for making a piece of writing, there are no shortcuts for making a writer.
So, since we have Yet More Discourse going on, I wanna toss out a thing because I keep seeing it come up.
Writing is not always fun, and that’s actually pretty normal.
Writing is not always fun, and that’s actually pretty normal.
Same. Frankly, I can’t imagine any situation where using an LLM to generate text would not make writing the book take ten times as long.
December 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I agree with *all* of this, and would add only this: While there are shortcuts for making a piece of writing, there are no shortcuts for making a writer.
Slings don’t work on kids under 6.
December 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Slings don’t work on kids under 6.