“Scalpel! Clamp!” – yeah; they’d don’t actually say this. Nonetheless, today was definitely one of the highlights of my WEP thus far. So, remember the patient that had trouble in paradise? Well, his surgery was the one that I had the honor of witnessing today. Dr. Logel did a complete ankle reconstruction. The best part, I sat about three feet from the patient. Anyways, Dr. Logel made three incisions: medial, lateral, and posterior of the patient’s ankle. Throughout the procedure, Dr. Logel would use wires to decide on the precise position for the screws, taking x-ray pictures throughout to see which angle was best. Thankfully, the procedure went really well and Dr. Logel didn’t need to put an external fixator to try and maintain ankle stability. An external fixator is the contraption that one might see with the pins sticking into the inflicted area and metal rods holding it in place outside of the skin. It was honestly amazing to watch how Dr. Logel took an extremely unstable ankle and was able to irrigate the debris, remove the fragmented bones, and put them back in place with the help of screws all in under an hour and a half. I am looking forward to watching more procedures on Monday!!