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Originally posted by Undertoad
This was covered on Fark, which I try not to duplicate, but again in this case, the photo is so mind-boggling that I just had to share it.
The organ shown above is in fact the uterus, and the letters you see "uk" were purposefully etched there by the surgeon, using a cauterizing gun, just before he removed the whole thing in a planned, normal hysterectomy.
The surgeon was a U of Kentucky fan, you see, and wanted to indicate the depths of his fandom during the procedure. And he wasn't exactly ashamed of his technique; he gave a videotaped copy of the operation to the patient.
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This was on The Today Show this morning, and Katie Couric interviewed two former patients that had the same procedure done. They stated that the doctor explained to them why he does this "marking" on the uterus before removing it. The one line is to mark where there is a major artery, and the "UK" was to merely mark where the uterus was for removal (sure, he's the doctor and should KNOW where it is, but that's what the two patients said that HE told them).
I'm thinking, "Well, the uterus will be removed, so where's the harm?"
*Wishing there was a transcript of the interview, but MSNBC does not have one*