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Kajiimagi

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Guy I used to do business with in Myrtle Beach (he had a fastener / firestop/ rope / rigging store) said before that he was in medical sales. He sold some brand of knees. He said the pay was good but the bad part was he was on call all the time and had to be in the operating room when one of his knees was being installed to insure it was installed correctly.
That really stuck with me. The surgeon was unable to tell if the knee was upside down and/or it was major CYA?
 

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Guy I used to do business with in Myrtle Beach (he had a fastener / firestop/ rope / rigging store) said before that he was in medical sales. He sold some brand of knees. He said the pay was good but the bad part was he was on call all the time and had to be in the operating room when one of his knees was being installed to insure it was installed correctly.
That really stuck with me. The surgeon was unable to tell if the knee was upside down and/or it was major CYA?
That seems completely ridiculous that he'd have to be there. There are thousands of knee replacements in the US every week.
 

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That seems completely ridiculous that he'd have to be there. There are thousands of knee replacements in the US every week.
something like 700k, but rep are in the OR for all types of procedures

hospitals are trying to phase them out, training their own staff etc to save on costs.
 
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Kajiimagi

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something like 700k, but rep are in the OR for all types of procedures

hospitals are trying to phase them out, training their own staff etc to save on costs.
I didn't have a web link but I had zero reason to believe the guy was lying to me. This was a while ago. Like 99-08 somewhere in there.