Did you get your Surgery Video?

01.20.2009 | Author: Henry | Posted in ACL Surgery

My surgeon sent me home with with a video of my surgery on DVD.  Did other people get that?  It’s really cool to hear his commentary while he was working on me, but some of the visuals are a little hard to stomach!

Did you get sent home with a video, or any other cool perk for that matter?

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6 Responses

  1. Deidra January 22nd, 2009 at 7:07 am

    I’m not sure I could watch a video, but I know I’ll be getting pictures from the surgery.

    My doctor recommended I get a Game Ready cooling machine at my pre-op appointment yesterday, but it’s not clear if insurance will cover it. Did you have anything special for icing / RICE after surgery?

  2. Henry January 22nd, 2009 at 8:47 am

    That’s interesting that some docs offer pictures, i wonder if the pictures are from the arthroscope or from an external camera.

    I didn’t get any kind of cooling machine, just a continuous motion machine. I’ve spoken to a couple of co-workers who did get the cooling device for their ACL surgeries, and they found them quite helpful.

  3. Michele January 22nd, 2009 at 9:27 am

    A video?! Wow. I did not even want to look at the pictures they took.

  4. Eric January 22nd, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    I only got pics and they were from the arthroscope.

  5. tesh March 7th, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    I didn’t get a video - got to see pictures taken of the torn ACL plus a picture of the graft as well as the screws that are holding the ligament together.

  6. Micky May 16th, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    Just found your blog! VERY helpful! Had my ACl reconstructed (autograft) and meniscectomy on Monday May 11th. Just wanted to confirm I got sent home with a video as well. But I must admit I didn’t look at my 1st one 20 yrs ago and probably won’t look anytime soon now at this one. But I think it’s a cool thing to have!

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