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. ...
MRI scan does show an L4-L5 disc and L5-S1 disc in the free fragment in the disc canal.
I am unsure of the part underlined, as I have never head that before. tia.
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Is, "Delivered the infant over a midline incision" a sentence fragment because "I" is left out? I am on a verbatim account, but we are not to use sentence fragments. Dictator clearly does not say "I," and I am wondering whether I should add that in? I have only been working for a month and am feeling a little confused now. I was docked some points last week for leaving the I in this type of report out, but yesterday I was not docked, so now I am feeling helpless. Thank you! ...
Tranpositional capital fragment osteotomy in rectus alignment with good sesamoid positioning noted. The s/l "hyroid" demonstrates no evidence of displacement.
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Cut made with a 15 blade into deep tissue.
Is this fragment or complete? I am so confused. I would want to add a "was," but does it not having a "was" or "is" make it incomplete? I have been researching grammar, but I know sometimes medical fragment sentences tend to be acceptable. ...
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.
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Dictator in surgery says, "attachment to acromion was easy, due to the hearty bone (s/l stock). Could it be stalk or stock? I have done orthopedics for years and haven't heard that particular term. ...
Doctor dictates for Physical Examination:
Ears: TMs intact. Hearing grossly intact. "Air to bone" conduction intact.
Is that transcribed "Air-bone"? ...
If symptoms persist, I think a s/l terpatanes bone scan may give us some evidence about whether this is coming loose or not.
The patient has pain after a unicompartmental knee replacement. TIA. ...
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. ...