Doctor dictates "OB history" and "GYN history" on a Discharge Summary, under Past Medical history. Should I spell out Obstetric and Gynecological is it okay to leave as dictated. I forgot. jn ...
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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I am working on a report in Head and Neck Surgery. It sounds like the doctor dictates "Bilateral poloethmoidectomy" as a procedure. I am not able to locate any such spelling. Need help. Thank you in advance. ...
I am listening to a surgical report for an appendectomy. It sounds like the doctor dictates that the appendix is supplelative in nature but not perforated. Is the word suppleative or what could it be? I am not able to find such a word description. ...
I am typing a surgical report. The doctor is saying something like " (Blank) local with digital block". Does he mean "10 minute local with digital block"? I can't for the life of me hear what he is saying nor can I find it online.
Any help would be great.
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OR report for lumbar laminectomy. A S/L DP Mac Drain was placed overlying the laminectomy site at L5-S1 and a superficial Hemovac was placed in the subcutaneous tissues as well.
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The name of the procedure sounds like either "dine-ee" or Gine-ee." (I can't tell if it starts with a 'D' or a 'G' with the way he's pronouncing it.
He dictates the patient had a hysterectomy, BSO, adhesions that required correction, removal of her gallbladder, and what sounds like a "dine-ee" (or "gine-ee") procedure.
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This is an ortho procedure for a right patella fracture. Dictator said:
An "onspock" pencil tip burr was then used to carve out a wedge block of iliac crest, and then this was further loosened and removed with a curved osteotome.
s/l "on spock"
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I'm a seasoned transcriptionist, mostly doing acute care. Struggling with op reports. Does anyone know of a good reference book listing surgical instruments and supplies that I can use for a reference? ...
Bowel resection, doc states " A 3-0 silk S/L "pop" was then used to create stay sutures at the S/L "tinu or tinea" border of the transverse colon as well as the antimesenteric border."
Thanks in advance, I'm sure this is a simple word but I just can't think about what it is ...
The patient was placed in a Maltern-dalenberg position. (The procedure being performed is a total abdominal hysterectomy. It sounds like Maltern-dalenberg. This was also dictated in an ear lobe mass excision. Any idea what the right word would be? Thanks! ...