Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Day 3 Surgery and clinic

Day 3 went great. 4 cases completed, no hiccups..Carlos has the instrument team running smoothly. Dr Norton and Amanda have worked well with their Veracruz colleagues to get the cases started on time.  We were done and back at the hotel by 4pm. We used up all of the size 3 implants, so while all of day 4 cases are scheduled as size 2, we are not going to have a backup if we sized the X-rays incorrectly.. I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow. The floor nurses and ours have been great.Things are going very well, the air-conditioning works, the patients are working hard with the physical therapists. 12 cases done! More than we had hoped because of the customs fiasco.
The team is happy and confident. The followup patients are doing great, with pain relief,functional return and great motion.
What a privilege it is to work with this team of people!
Carla translating in clinic, Great Motion!
Dr DeBoer examining a new patient
Dr Otto and Dr DeBoer about to start a case, Chris scrubbing, Carlos first assisting
Tyler taking a patient for their first walk
back from the OR
Moving down to the operating room
after surgery with Katie and Tyler

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