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Revision total knee arthroplasty Dennis DA, Berry DJ, Engh G, Fehring T, MacDonald SJ, Rosenberg AG, Scuderi G J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2008 Aug 16(8):442-54
It’s rare that there’s one sort of treatment. It’s usually there are multiple treatments available, and patients occupy a spectrum — from being very nervous about surgery to very eagerly seeking some sort of surgical treatment. And I like to meet the patient where they’re at in terms of where their comfort level is and help them — if they need surgery — become more comfortable with the concept of having a surgical intervention. Or in some cases explaining to patients that surgery is not really necessary at all, that physical therapy or appropriate medication will make them better.
I like surgery because I love working with my hands. I like building things out of wood. I like playing the guitar. And I couldn’t imagine myself going day after day at work without doing something with my hands. And orthopedics is very much a tool-driven specialty. It’s like a craft. And the idea of combining my thinking process — the cognitive processes — with working with my hands and then the emotional relationship with the patients that develops, it’s really getting to use your head, your heart, and your hands simultaneously, which I find very gratifying.