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*AL* small fragment locking screwdriver - brand names!


Posted: Aug 28, 2013

The doc dictates what sounds like *A-L*.  I am not familiar with a brand called A L.

When it comes to ortho, it really helps to have the whole sentence and the body part involved. - Des (nm)

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nm

more info - thanks

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The patient is having a plate removed from her olecranon. He used the above-mentioned and a standard screwdriver to remove the hardware. There isn't much more to it. Just what he used to make an incision and what he used to close it.

we would still like the FULL sentence - nm

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