Top 5 film surgeries – outside the ER

The Last House on the Left” features a grisly scene of a broken nose being stiched back into place by a doctor with only a first aid-style kit.

No pain killers. No fancy operating room in case something goes awry.

Just … gross.

But it’s just the latest attempt to shock viewers with impromptu surgeries. Where’s an ambulance when you need one?

So to salute “House’s” stitch job, here’s five top scenes which regular folks get to play doctor – while we squirm in our seats.

• “Rocky” – “Cut me, Mick.” Sly finally gets his shot at the title, and his eye closes tighter than the mind of a sleazy televangelist. So ol’ Mick (Burgess Meredith) slices and dices long enough for Rocky to see Apollo Creed again.
• “Evil Dead II” – Chain saws make for great arms. Bruce Campbell endeared himself to cult film lovers everywhere when he replaced his own arm with a chain saw in Sam Raimi’s delirious sequel to “Evil Dead.”
• “Rambo: First Blood Part II” – Slug-Be-Gone. John Rambo can’t be stopped by an ordinary bullet. So he removes the slug himself and cauterizes his own wound.
• “Pulp Fiction” – Uma comes back to life. OK, this isn’t a surgery, per se, but it’s shocking and medical and made me leap from my chair the first time I saw John Travolta plunge that needle into Thurman’s prone body. And I bet I wasn’t alone.
• Readers’ choice: – Check in with WWTW to share your favorite surgical scene outside the E.R.

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