If you have ever wanted to see how sarcoma surgeries are done, I came across a site where a few are shown. This is not for the squeamish to observe. These are true surgical videos. What is nice about them is the low key explanations of what is being done. There are no gory sound effects. Though they are presented in the Norwegian language, it is fairly easy to understand the steps that are being taken regardless of what language is your own. If you have English, then you will recognize many English sounding words to help you understand. If you have medical background you will have more.

Among several things that I found most interesting was how the muscles are carefully separated and sutured in place and how they were again carefully put back into the correct order as found. It is astounding to realize the kinds of tools surgeons must use. In the video of the humerus chondrosarcoma, the orthopedic surgeon used what appears to be drills, saws, screws and a hammer. It's no wonder that a nickname for an Orthopedist is "sawbones". Though I suspect that comes from a time when the tools used were much more similar to those of a carpenter.

I can totally appreciate how medical practice has grown and changed over the generations. My grandfather had an amputation due to an on the job railroading accident in the year 1900. I know what kind of tool his Sawbones used back then.

These surgical videos helped me realize how exacting and expert a surgeon must be.