Hi everyone. I am doing a spinal fusion surgery and the dictator says that for Intraoperative Monitoring he used NAP ZMG's (he says it just like that NAPZMG's). Not sure what he means. Can't find those acronyms in my book. Any suggestions? Thanks. ...
Surgeon says something that sounds like "boxanno out the foramen." Not sure if this is an anatomical or an implement or what. It could also be Bucksanno or Bahxanno (phonetically speaking). ...
With regard to a lap hysterectomy dictator uses a Koh/KOH ring... is this capped or not... my Stedmans OB and Surg word books have Koh colpotomixer system so that is what I used, but QA just nailed me for not using KOH... any opinions? ...
full sentence: The thyroid ultrasound basically demonstrated large cystic mass arising from the left thyroid lobe, most secondary to _____ adenoma and 1 small right nodule in the right thyroid gland that could also correlage with a _____ adenoma.
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This is a vasectomy.
The (s/l toppif) ____ was then used to isolate the vas within the scrotal tissue and the vas was delivered through a 5-mm incision.
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Has anyone heard of a mohorner ?
He is doing a left thyroid lobectomy and says: A mohorner was then utilized in order to create exposure with the midline strap muscles incised longitudinally.
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The sentence is "There was some chondral debris in the suprapatellar pouch that we carefully evacuated with a shutter". Clearly sounds like shutter but I can't find this anywhere. ...
It's a pericardial drainage surgery report and doc says, "A Mali bolt/Malibolt was used to retract the peritoneum and preperitoneal fat." Definitely sounds like 3 syllables. Any suggestions? Thanks. ...
I am doing a Da Vinci robot assisted surgical procedure and it sounds like they are using a cartier (card-e-air) instrument...spelling anyone? Thanks!! ...
This patient s/p left radical nephrectomy, partial colostomy, adrenalectomy, s/l spinal pexy, and omental wrap w/ postoperative respiratory insufficiency. Can anyone fill in that blank for me? Much appreciated!! ...