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Operative Report Skin Grafts from burn - Carrie


Posted: Feb 07, 2011

Transcribing Operative Report

(Burns, skin grafts from thigh)

The tourniquet was tested and was found to be working and was placed up at 300 mL of mercury prior to excising__________(sonds like - uraft)and taking the donor skin.

 

Just can't figure it out....Thanks! I think I have the 300 mL of mercury right.....

Isn't it mmHg, not mL? - me

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