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Ever lost something really important?
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Or, when his leg was being put back together they just straight up forgot to put it in during surgery.
Haha, nah. You typically don't excise bone fragments when you plan on putting them back together. That would force you to unnecessarily remove a bunch of soft tissue that surrounds/attaches to the bone.
Yeah, I was thinking more like it was shattered and they forgot to put in the titanium rod replacement.
Really unlikely... It would be hard to miss a shattered tibia if you are already placing hardware in the fibula. Orthopedic surgery isn't really a gentle process, you are usually really moving the limb around a lot and limbs get really floppy when you have unsupportive fractures.
Plus, all hardware is tagged and tracked before, throughout, and after the operation. Mistakes happen, but it usually involves accidentally leaving a foreign body, and usually involves supplies that aren't specific to the individual surgery like gauze, sponges, or clamps.