Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Alex Winters (Chief Engineer) in Winters’ boarding physical

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Alexis Kane (Assistant Chief Medical Officer) in Winters’ boarding physical

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Alex Winters (Chief Engineer) in Winters’ boarding physical

“Fine by me,” Alex said. “No time like the present. Where do you want me?”

~ Alex Winters, CE

Kane waved to the nurse. “Jt’nal. Get Lt Winters prepped and take her to the surgical suite. I’ll be right there.”

The Vulcan returned, “Right this way Lt.” He led her to a room to change into a gown and then into a surgical suite where he helped her onto the biobed and turned it on, calibrating it for her vitals.

Kane walked in minutes later. “Would you prefer a nerve block or full anesthesia?”

Lt. Cmdr. Kane, AMO

“Nerve block, please,” Alex said, as she settled down fully on the biobed. “Tell me what you’re doing as you’re doing it. That way, I might learn something. I thought I’d bee a doctor before I became an engineer.”

~ Alex Winters, CE

“You won’t feel pain, but in your upper arm and shoulder you will feel the pressure and movement from the connecting tissue. You must remain still.” Dr Kane moved the surgical frame over the bed and activated it. “I am using dechtral beams to separate the neurons in the Musculocutaneous Nerve. You are lucky that the damage is only at the Ulnohumeral joint and not the Radio humeral and Proximal radioulnar as well. The damage is specifically called a malunion. The most common way to correct this is a surgical procedure called an osteotomy. I am separating the bone, removing the malformed section. Now, having oriented them to the correct position the bone knitter and osteo-generator will heal the bone and make all one piece. When that is finished, the tissue migrator will do some minor work on the ligaments.”

“The jerking and shock you are experiencing is from pressure on the ulnar nerve that was compressed when the fracture healed incorrectly. A pinched nerve can become serious, causing chronic pain, or even lead to permanent nerve damage. It can also lead to fluid and swelling which can do irreversible damage to the nerves. I am cutting the medial collateral ligament. This will allow the medical nanites to lift and place the ulnar nerve back into place. This should relieve your symptoms and the tissue migrator will grow back the ligament with more space for the nerve to pass through.”

“I will use the autosuture to seal up the small incision and then the dermal regenerator to finish healing it.” She was quiet for a moment. She pressed a hypo to her neck, “Anti-inflammatory to ease the post-surgical discomfort. Now I will remove the dechtral beams and your feeling will return.”

Lt. Cmdr. Kane, AMO