ORIF of a left hip replacement using s/l Scent-sis DHS

Patient is now scheduled for repeat ORIF with replacement of femoral rod and tibial strut bone grafting with application of s/l dull-miles cables. Thanks! ...

On 01/07/11, the knee was removed, resection of heterotopic bone, **excision of prior surgical scar** and insertion of an antibiotic spacer block was performed. Questioning excision of prior surgical scar. Does this make sense? Thanks :) ...

I have always typed as Dall-Miles but this ortho doc spells this out. Maybe doing it incorrectly all along? ...

Hi. I am doing an ORIF left ankle. Fixation was carried out with two 4.0 partially threaded cancellous screws without complications. The mortis was tested and noted to be stable. There was no evidence of a _____ (sounds like simvismonic) injury. Any ideas? ...

Physical examination shows a minimal amount of swelling with a positive (s/l renkle) sign around the ankle. He is pretty clear, but is very fast today. Thanks! ME ...

X-ray examination shows an anatomical reduction of the tibial plateau with (2-6-5) screws in place in the subchondral bone. He is very, very clear - two, six, five screws. How would you write this? Thanks! marel ...

Anyone ever heard TTFN in relation to a hip ORIF? I know of TFN, as in trochanteric fixation nail, but have not heard this before and am unsure what the other 'T' stands for, or if she just mis-dictated. I checked the archives but unfortunately all I come up with is the computer/text speak for Tigger's 'tata for now'- lol ...

Once the manipulation was completed, the tourniquet was placed around the upper thigh and the left lower extremity was prepped with s/l prellgo/perlgo and draped in a sterile fashion. Thanks! ...

The patient had a previous ORIF with a *ITS T-nail* of the right hip for an intertrochanteric fracture. I can't verify. Thanks. ...

Abdominal surgery/femur fracture fixation: "[_______] Homans were then placed over the anterior portion of the superior rami and mild amount of the rectus had to be elevated off to gain adequate visualization for reduction plate fixation" s/l spiked TIA ...

Sounds like the doc is saying "Holston" screws..... TIA. ...

and left carpal tunnel release. She is asking for Cad-i-mean cream. Thanks ...

Everytime he does an exam for someone after a knee replacement he says: "Range of motion is stable. (?) is intact. The calf is supple and nontender." It sounds like (caution???). I am sure that is not it, but that is the closest s/l. Thanks in advance if you have any ideas. ...

The patient is not quite 3 months postoperative revision of the S/L polyne replacement on his right knee. tia. that is the only sentence to give the s/l. There is no other information I can give throughout the dictation to help. sorry. ...

Revision hip replacement. Doc states pt has a s/l Salzer medical center pulse natural hip...? Any clues? ...

We decided that the "plus 8" hip ball would be appropriate. Would that be transcribed +8 or plus 8 hip ball? ...

Is it just me, or is the keyboard that came with the Dell computer the worst keyboard ever? I can hardly type with it. The keys are hardly elevated at all, my hands keep sliding to other keys. After today, I am going to buy another keyboard. ...

Doctors dictates what sounds like patient had a "unicondylar or a PC2 knee replacement." Is PC2 correct? Can't find any documentation of this. Thanks! ...

struggling with a clinic note regarding knee replacement. Knees are postive ---- in both, right is particularly bad. It is extremely loose. missing word sounds like it starts with a 'd'. ...

I cannot quite get the name of this combination. It sounds like estradial Megoxy? progesterone estese ? Can someone help? ...

Has anyone heard of what s/l a DADUM being used in a STAR ankle surgery? I've researched as many spellings as my imagination can think of and still cannot find anything on Google. Thanks! ...

I am wondering would it make sense to say "She had some tenderness with palpation "near the border" of the patella. Or would it be better to type "She had some tenderness with palpation of the knee "above" the patella." I am not sure what I am hearing. Thanks. ...

"*Haze* were exited out through separate puncture wounds inferior and lateral to the incision." I don't think the sound-alike is really "haze." It just sounds that way. The sentence "Two large Hemovac drains were placed at the depth of the joint." was dictated before the sentence above. I thought maybe "haze" could be "drains", but I'm not sure. Thanks for any help! ...

ORIF of a left hip replacement using s/l Scent-sis DHS - plate and screw tia nm

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