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Re:Surgeons Cut a Giant Tumor Out of My Head. Is There a Bet... by bluefirebrand on Sunday August 18, 2024 @02:26AM (#41280537)
What would the difference be in your mind?

As long as the blade is suitable for cutting bone and it's all sterilized, what would make it medical grade over carpenter grade?

My Dad was the manager of a tool store for decades. He has had a lot of knee problems and he has a funny story about his knee surgeon coming into the store looking for a drill bit to drill out a stripped screw. He jokingly asked if the stripped screw was in someone's knee, and sure enough it was.

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Re:Surgeons Cut a Giant Tumor Out of My Head. Is There a Bet... by acchow on Sunday August 18, 2024 @02:59AM (#41280662)
My woodworking equipment has a certain amount of jitter and give. It seems to have precision to about 1-1.5mm. I imagine medical grade machine cutting would have higher precision?
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Re:Surgeons Cut a Giant Tumor Out of My Head. Is There a Bet... by vasco on Sunday August 18, 2024 @03:10AM (#41280700)
Probably, but when you're watching these surgeries as a layman for the first time it's surprising how much fumbling around they seem to do. I have a few pieces of metal inside me so took more of an interest at some point, and even those surgeons admit their job is mostly carpentry on hard mode.
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Re:Surgeons Cut a Giant Tumor Out of My Head. Is There a Bet... by wbl on Sunday August 18, 2024 @04:02AM (#41280893)
My grandfather was an orthopod and an amateur carpenter. The skills really do transfer.
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Re:Surgeons Cut a Giant Tumor Out of My Head. Is There a Bet... by soared on Sunday August 18, 2024 @10:56AM (#41282744)
Next time you go under ask your surgeon to take pictures and videos. Very interesting to see inside your body!
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Re:Surgeons Cut a Giant Tumor Out of My Head. Is There a Bet... by vasco on Sunday August 18, 2024 @11:47AM (#41283065)
I even kept the metal rods they had in my leg in between surgeries that would otherwise be thrown out!
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Re:Surgeons Cut a Giant Tumor Out of My Head. Is There a Bet... by ChrisMarshallNY on Sunday August 18, 2024 @12:06PM (#41283177)
A friend of mine got a hip replacement, and asked for the old hip.

They refused to give it to him. They said it was "medical waste," and they weren't allowed to deal with it, except in whatever federal manner was required.

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Re:Surgeons Cut a Giant Tumor Out of My Head. Is There a Bet... by robertlagrant on Sunday August 18, 2024 @02:33AM (#41280563)
> what would make it medical grade over carpenter grade?

In my experience, about $50000.

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Re:Surgeons Cut a Giant Tumor Out of My Head. Is There a Bet... by KMag on Sunday August 18, 2024 @03:16AM (#41280728)
As long as it survives an autoclave and doesn't leave behind any debris in the site, it seems fine.
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Re:Surgeons Cut a Giant Tumor Out of My Head. Is There a Bet... by davrosthedalek on Sunday August 18, 2024 @08:08AM (#41281855)
You will have a very hard time sterilizing a carpenter grade saw.
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Re:Surgeons Cut a Giant Tumor Out of My Head. Is There a Bet... by HeyLaughingBoy on Sunday August 18, 2024 @11:40AM (#41283020)
It would need to be survive an autoclave, for one thing. It would need to be possible to actually clean it, not shed bits of paint and plastic into the patient's skull, material compatibility with antiseptics, etc.

If I thought about it for a few minutes, I'm sure I could create a long list of requirements for a suitable saw.

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