Today's Operation

     I performed surgery on a patient suffering from cerebral thrombosis. He had thrombosis in his left hand too at the end of last year. Our medical team gave him intensive treatment and everything that we thought was good for him, but we couldn't save his hand. Finally I had to amputate his left hand today.
     I've performed more than ten amputations of the lower leg of patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans, critical infections and malignant tumors. However it was my first case of having to amputate a hand. This surgery was inevitable, but I don't like such kinds of operation in which I surely deprive the patient of his/her ability and those abilities never come back to the patients.
     I refrain from showing you the amputated specimen because some of you would get sick and be troubled with a nightmare.

(Vocabulary)
amputate someone's right hand     （人）の右手を切断する
arteriosclerosis obliterans〔ASO〕  閉塞性動脈硬化症
be troubled with a nightmare       悪夢にうなされる

 

Comments

[KUMO]

Hi, Brittany!

Thank you for your comment, and I'm sorry for late reply. I have several pictures, but I don't have permissions from my patients. However, the picture on this entry is permitted from the patient. Use it freely.

from Japan
KUMO

[Brittany]

Hello, I am giving a presentation on Thromboangiitis Obliterans/Buerger's Disease for a physical therapy class; I am studying physical therapy. Do you have any other pictures that I may use for my presentation? Thanks.

[pedro]

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[KUMO]

>Joe
I'm sorry to hear your condition.　Buerger's disease is one of the diseases that are still incurable. I don't have any suitable word for you. Thank you for your comment and take care!

[Joe]

I suffer from buergers (thromboangiitis obliterans) and have lost both legs and 4 fingers from this disease. Started when I was 25, now 52. For those of you who read this and smoke marijuana....thats how I contracted it. Smoking tobacco is not the only thing that causes this disease. So next time you take a toke, remember that picture.