Posted by MSD on April 17, 2013 at 19:11:23 from (71.209.119.220):
In Reply to: O/T Knee Discomfort posted by John B. on April 17, 2013 at 16:29:27:
I had a fall one time and cracked my pelvis. The plan was to send me to the Mayo clinic to have surgery but the doctors decided it couldn't be repaired surgically so they put me in traction to take all the pressure off the pelvis. The doctor came in the morning they were going to put me in traction with a bag of stainless steel tools. He numbed my knee and then pulled out his cordless drill and drilled a 3/8" hole through the knee. He then put a steel rod through the knee. He got his bolt cutter out of the bag and cut the rod off while it was in the knee. Then he tied a rope onto the parts hanging out of the knee and ran the rope over a pulley at the end of the bed with a weight attached. I managed to sit up enough to watch him do the whole thing. I laid like that for 3 weeks while the pelvis healed. Nurse would come in twice a day and clean around the rod to keep it open and not get infected. I had to learn to walk again after laying that long, then on crutches for a couple weeks and finally a cane. Everything works fine now with just a small scar on each side of the knee.
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