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by us with the orthotist. However, this youngster was not allowed to return here by his, his, ... Milton, do we have to call them providers?" "Marcus, don't go there. But before you go on, how thick are those rods?" "I don't recall exactly. I can look the OR notes if you want, but practically speaking, the size isn't by desire. It is simply as big and nasty as will fit. See?", pointing to the clouds, "The metal fills the canal. We ream to push the size up to max - but only to a "Well, it is, actually. There is no metal, that we know of, that fitted inside those narrow canals is of sufficient strength - of its own - to prevent major fracture. The rods just keep the many spontaneous microfractures from accumulating deformity which sets up stress leverage that causes the big fractures." "OK. Continue." "His, whatever the hell they are, denied his coming here for general orthopedic care after our emergency care was deemed completed by them. He never received the braces which we prescribed and for which we took plaster cast molds. Nor did he receive the walker or crutches which were also denied under his, his, his... do we have to call it a plan?" "Mar- cussss." "Well guess what. It seems that the broom which he was using as a crutch, gave way on the stairs. Controlled descent yielded to thirty two feet per second square. Johnny, show packet number two. He returned here last week this way. The right femur rod bent, as you can see, is bent eighty degrees inside his healed left femur fracture also, obviously, at eighty degrees." practical limit. Gotta leave something, or, what's the point?" "OK. Sorry, go on. I just thought it might be relevant..."

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