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IcyPeas

(21,871 posts)
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 05:58 AM Mar 2023

Playdough Surgery series. For those curious but squeamish about watching actual surgeries

These playdough surgeries are great. They are kind of amazing.. take a look...

Knee replacement



Carpal tunnel


Curious about what exactly goes on during a surgical procedure but too squeamish to watch a video of the real thing? Doctor/Youtuber TheBreakfasteur (and her 3-year old assistant) has you covered with her Playdough Surgery series.

Her channel has a whole bunch of playdough surgeries on her channel. ...
Total knee replacement, Hernia repair, Cochlear implant, Coronary artery bypass... And more...
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Playdough Surgery series. For those curious but squeamish about watching actual surgeries (Original Post) IcyPeas Mar 2023 OP
Awesome sorcrow Mar 2023 #1
Thank you for your service padah513 Mar 2023 #2
I just sent this to three friends with knee reolacements. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #3
I have had a knee replacement, TNNurse Mar 2023 #4

sorcrow

(418 posts)
1. Awesome
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 06:29 AM
Mar 2023

Thanks for these. They're great. I'm an OR nurse.

These are amazingly accurate given the limitations of the medium.

Best regards,
Sorghum Crow

Scrivener7

(50,949 posts)
3. I just sent this to three friends with knee reolacements.
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 08:40 AM
Mar 2023

They're amazing!

Love that the kid is doing the surgery.

TNNurse

(6,926 posts)
4. I have had a knee replacement,
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 08:46 AM
Mar 2023

and found this kind of hard to watch.

When I became an RN and worked on an orthopedic floor, I watched a total hip surgery. I understood the pain.

That was of course in the "old days" when the patient came in the night before and stayed a week or more...now it is outpatient.

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