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[–] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Oh, I hadn't heard that he said that about ovals, but I've heard many other people say that Indy is too dangerous for them, so I can understand that. I reckon there's a good chance he will try WEC at least?

[–] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I reckon once Max tires of the F1 circus, he will try his hand (and probably absolutely dominate) at everything else.

Congrats on the kidneyversary!

[–] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are they going for 80s cartoon villain vibes? Because that's how it's coming across...

[–] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some other superlative that's less than hyper? Super? Mega? Very good?

Even if he is Legendarily Dense Man™️?

The part of the urethra that passes through the prostate is usually bent. As I said, I'm only guessing, but I think by angling the penis down and pushing the prostate forward from behind, it should make it less of a sharp angle for the scope to pass through, therefore reducing pain and risk of urethral injury.

[–] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I assume you were making a joke, but just in case you weren't, it is not.

[–] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

No, it doesn't. The surgeons I work with don't do prostate manipulation when they insert the scopes, but my guess is that it's a way to straighten out the urethra to assist with scope insertion in awake or lightly sedated patients (with local anaesthesia).

Update: I ran into an actual urologist in the change room and showed him the diagram. He said the only time he would apply pressure like that is to improve the position of the prostate during a prostate resection, but not just to do a cystoscopy. I asked if this was more common during direct vision cystoscopy (using your eye to see down the scope rather than a camera unit as we do now), and he said he didn't think so but wasn't sure. This guy is not that far off retirement, so he's been around long enough to remember a lot of advances in technique and technology. I think this diagram belongs in a museum.

[–] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)
[–] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nice! How long are you planning to continue?

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