Digit removal

I got to see my first toe enucleation today. It was a very interesting case because they think this toe was most likely impacted by cancer. In the x-ray you can see that the one toe is very swollen and the bone is basically deteriorating. If this is cancer, it is very impressive to remove the deterioration to try and limit the spread. We are sending the toe out for a biopsy (which is in the container) so we can confirm this cancer suspicion. The picture during surgery was interesting because she had her finger in the toe trying to feel the bones to see how much she needed to take off. I got to see the big difference between the good and bad bone.