The X-Rays
July 12, 2008Whenever I see the word(s) x-ray it reminds me of a bit by a comedian Mitch Hedberg (he passed away in 2005) who said that the letter ‘x’ should never start the word ‘xylophone” he felt it should be ‘zylophone” and that anyone who disagreed should have their head “z-rayed”
Anyhoodle … this post is for the purpose of showing the x-rays of my broken leg both before and after surgery
The first image shows the lower spiral break of the tibia just above the ankle and the upper fibula break beneath the knee.
The second image shows the rod inserted in my leg designed to bring the bones together. In a spiral break because the break is so far from horizontal there are a lot of shear forces if weight is ever put on the leg. To stabilize this the rod is designed to keep the whole thing from “slipping”.
Knowing the quality of Chinese construction techniques I am sure everything will be just fine.
