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I copied this from a medical site....
The graft window in the device is packed with bone and provides an ... Fusion System for the fixation of proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint arthrodesis. ... using a validated method to achieve a sterility assurance level of 10-6. Hope this helps!
FOLLOW-UP: Right arm and hip. Repair of nonunion of the right radial shaft fracture with ----- bone grafting.
Sounds like react? bone grafting but I cannot find that anywhere. Thank you. ...
Has anyone ever heard of the word bone isches. I am working on a spinal surgery and I can't seem to find the word isches. I am sure I am not hearing that right. Thanks for your help. ...
I have searched for various spellings and even tried wild card and nothing. He has been changed from Plavix therapy to Persidogril???? or something like that. Thanks for any help. ...
Single [side] has been bypass graft from aorta to right posterior descending #1 coronary artery.
Doctor rushes through. I am not positive of what he says and cannot reference this. ...
Hi everyone I am doing a laser lithotripsy and stone extraction. When the doctor mentions the specimen, it sounds like he is saying Specimen: stone fragments for s/l crystal graft analysis. I would appreciate any input you may have. this one is driving me nuts... ...
Status post bone scan, 05/21/10, demonstrating: 1) linear uptake corresponding L5-S1 level consistent with subacute compression fracture; 2) additional uptake in the posterior midline L4-5, most likely due to pseudofacilitation of the spinous process with reactive marrow edema, consistent with Baastrup’s deformity; 3)...It really sounds more like pseudo facetization! Any help would be appreciated. ...
Under the impression and the "bone health" heading, the patient is said to have s/l "avortionate" problems - on ergocalciferol for vitamin D deficiency. He is diagnosed with Gout, Crohn's, OA, inflammatory arthritis, and polyarthralgia/polymyalgia. ...
I am doing an arthroplasty of the index finger at the MP and PIP joints and the doc keeps saying "I took a 1-mm s/l wafe of bone"....it's not wave because I'm hearing the "f" sound in there. Anything like this sound familiar? He says it over and over. ...
The dictation is: "... reviewed his MRI which shows an ACL tear, coallative bone bruises, questionable posterior horn medial and lateral meniscus tears." Any ideas? ...
neuro report, "appears to be a bony lesion involving the base of the skull involving the teachers bone"
can't find this anywhere, got any ideas? thanks ...
The s/l Horsak bone cutter was used to transect the lesion at the margin of the scapular border transecting the periosteum of the scapular tip.
Procedure: Removal of periosteal lipoma.
Thank you. ...