I am new to surgery transcription, and on top of it, the doctor is an ESL. I am assuming the "clean" part is correct, just can't get the second part. Sounds like "key". Thanks for any help.
The skin is marked and the skin is prepped with Betadine, then 1% lidocaine plain is injected into the subcu, then a "clean key" 20-gauge needle, with double tip was utilized. ...
My doctor is excising some tissue from a child's fingertip and goes along merrily talking in centimeters, then suddenly pulls a fast one and says:
ten one hundredths of an inch
Great. A Google search has just left me doubting myself completely. I found one reference that says "0.010 is ten thousandths (same as one hundredth)." So does this mean I need to type "0.10" (if that is really the correct numeral for this dimension), or should I just write it out as "ten ...
Cardiac cath report:
A 0.04 or 0.014 inch sounds like SI Pro AutoFlex guidewire was then used... I don't know if this is a brand name or what. Thanks ladies :)
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is this the correct way to type 1/2-inch leg length discrepancy?
She has a 1/2-inch leg length discrepancy with the right leg being shorter than the left.
tia. ...
5 feet or 5 foot. I think it should be 1 foot and anything over 1, then feet, but now its sounding weird. I always type feet. Just wondering what other people do. ...
Doing radiology and he is doing a myelography. He says a 22-gauge, 20-cm ___ needle is used. Sounds like achievement needle, or cheetman needle? Any ideas? Thanks! ...
This is a right breast needle localization procedure. He says the following:
The mammogram was obtained to localize the core _______ s/l "dense" of the density.
I thought maybe he said concordance but he is quite clear soundling like he is saying core-dense of the density. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks. ...