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I wasn't aware that the binder could be temporarily removed (I thought that'd hurt a lot, risk bleeding, dislodging a clot or something) before surgery to get fixation, so basically imagine me image-googling "pelvic binder" and thinking "wouldn't that belt-the-size-of-a-miniskirt kinda be in the way?" OK, excuse me while I facepalm in embarassment ?‍♀️

So I don't have to mention it or worry about it! I can just ship him off to surgery. The brain gremlin is not satisfied though... also, man I wish I could find these pdfs ? very useful thank you!

Oh yes, he's had a fall from a great height... gonna come to the hospital and get sent for imaging and surgery, which thankfully I can mostly "fade to black" for. These images are amazing though. So he's not gonna just hang out in a binder for very long, but my understanding was that even till OP, that'd still be kind of a long time to not be able to move (and therefore can't pee), plus they'd want to check if there's blood in the urine? (at least that was my thought). Are you saying they just wouldn't get a foley until after the binder was no longer needed (or they open the binder for it)?

Please excuse the strange question from a non-medical person who slipped in here.. I'm putting this in humour because I hope this is at least kinda funny! I'm working on a story where a character has a pelvic fracture, and no, it's not one of those weird medical fetish things, I promise! But I need to mention him getting a pelvic binder (which he gets prehospital) and a foley catheter. My research says that combination makes sense? It'll likely be in dialogue of a Dr ordering it and then it's just implied that this works out, or otherwise a short mention- so I don't need to describe the details. I could hand-wave it away entirely, not mention it at all. But now it's like this annoying brain gremlin I can't shake: I've been obsessively looking at pictures of these binder things, scratching my head, thinking "How- physically, logistically, spiritually, how?" Have I lost all understanding of male anatomy? Some of those binder things are wide! It's been driving me nuts for weeks and I can't just ask someone without sounding like a weirdo. ? Help! And while we're here, feel free to hit me with your biggest pet-peeves when it comes to medical stuff in media, I'm trying not to sin too badly here. Please forgive my transgression in joining under false pretences and delete if not permissible.