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AVStVER: Because at that mint in time there was
no X-ray available to ta::e an3 cheer the length
of that rod, which was my usual practice;
• QUESTION: Doctor, is there any reason why you
didn't take an X-ray, if you say that that was
your usual procedure?
AVS'.VER: I would have been hagpv to take an X-ray
if the machine was there; I wouldn't be here today.
QUESTION: Whv wasn't the mac':line there?
ANSWER: The hospital "goofed". ;
QUESTION: How?
ANSWER: They didn't have the machine there; that
was their responsibility.
QUESTION: Is it standard practice to take X-ray?
ANSt9ER: Yes, it is; it's~my practice to take X-ray.
!QUESTION: Did the fact that the rod was an inch
too long, did this cause you to bring :ylr. Terry
back into the hospital for a second procedure to
shorten it?
APJSt~TER: Yes. Again I was faced with a dilemma.
OUESTION : LVhat was the dileruna?
ANSWER: I had to put the rod in too long, because
there wasn't X-ray available; so I did what I did -
and I also was compelled, because of the fact that
it was an inch too long, to bac'- it out, because
apparently in my judgment it was causing Mr. Terry
some difficulty; so I had to back it-out.
On cross examination, Dr.• Sullivan testified:
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QUESTION: And did you select the ro3 to proper
~ length?
ANS:AER: ~To, I didn't.
QUESTION : L~Thy not?
ANSLVER: I was wrong that day.
QUESTIO?J: shat do you mean?
ANS~AER: Just what I said.
QUESTION: Selected a rod of ir.~nro~er length?
F?~ISV]ER: '."ha-t's correct.
QUESTION: TVas_the rod the same length as the ulna
in the other ar•.n?
ANS`.VER: I measured wrong.
QUESTIO.1: tVhy do you say you were wrong?
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ANSt~]ER: mhe rod was too long.
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