Ophthalmic surgery question

Sentence is: A Benson stimulator was then used to initiate a curvilinear capsulorrhexis, which was completed in a 360-degree manner with Utrata forceps. ...

"sclerotomies were made at 2.5 mm posterior to the limbus at approximately 10 o’clock and approximately 2 o’clock" Is this the proper way to transcribe when the doc is referring to the place on the eye? ...

I cannot find anyting remotely related to this word on Google and I don't have a current surgical equipment book for ophthalmology. This is on a corneal graft replacement. It was decided to use an 8.25-mm [s/l hespar] bearing trephine to trephinate the host cornea and then oversize the donor cornea by 0.5 and use an 8.75-mm bearing trephine ...

Sup read. zel preed. ...

Stumped here. :( Surgeon says: Two screws fractured at the level of the bone. They were ____________ and removed in the usual fashion. The blank sounds like "truffened", "troughened", "truffined"? Some sort of removal. I have absolutely no idea. Thanks in advance. :) ...

The doctor dictates: *to surgery after appropriate preparation and today* prosthetic arthroplasty, Austin Moore-type left hip. What I flagged, I know cannot be completely right because it doesn't make sense. Any clues as what he may be saying?? Thanks! ...

The doc is doing surgery in the middle ear region. He says . . . "The s/l o-moon was retrace with a Wheatland retractor . . " ...

A s/l cardio device was used to close the right common femoral arteriotomy. ...

the area on the trigone was just slightly raised tumor whereas above the left ureteral orifice and slightly down in a **bafond** the tumor was papillary in nature. ...

This guy is talking a mile a minute and I can't slow it down at all. This guy is talking a mild a minute with no speed control to speak of... 1. Perioperative _____ surgical pledgets were placed in the nose. 2. Bilateral _______ splints were placed in the nasal cavity and sutured to the midline with a 3-0 Prolene suture. (something+astic splints Almost sounds like full-astic or scho-lastic) Thanks! ME ...

Hard to understand doc is performing a mastectomy with what sounds like a "ski margin pen". Any idea of what kind of marker pen he is using? ...

The tumor was entered with the s/l kissa and I was able to gradually remove tumor working through the various densities of tumor. ...

Know villiform is a real word, just have not heard it in this context: "There was a small false passage at the 6 o'clock position in the distal prostatic urethra; I suspect this is the area that presented difficulty with insertion of a Foley catheter and villiforms and dilators." It almost sounds as if an "F" is the first letter. Any thoughts/suggestions/help welcomed. Thanks. ...

A s/l green limbitec curved suture passer was then placed around the base of the coracoid. ...

Eye examination under anesthesia. #. Placement of Baerveldt glaucoma tube shunt, inferotemporally, left eye. #. Incision of fibrous capsule, left superior Ahmed valve with needle. Dictator is doing eye examination under anesthesia, placement of Baerveldt glaucoma tube shunt, inferotemporally, left eye., incision of fibrous capsule, left superior Ahmed valve with needle. Does anyone know of a 2-dough-plast tissue? I cannot hear "tonoplast." ...

I'm having trouble deciphering a few words in this sentence dealing with ankle surgery to remove intracuticular sutures. "Tourniquet was placed (about/above?) the left thigh and a (s/l bump) placed beneath the left hip. The lower extremity was then prepped and draped in sterile fashion." I can't tell if he's saying about or above, although I'm not sure if above would make any sense in that sentence, and I'm not sure if bump would make sense, either. ...

anyone heard of a product that s/l 'Bingo'? Implantation of B___________ PEEK spacer with 26 mm height, packed with local autogenous bone graft inserted between C5 to C7. ...

s/l Wesip grasper ...

Has anyone heard the term hemorroid torid (torrid??) during hemorroidopexy? ...

The patient underwent back surgery which was further complicated with diskitis of L4-L5 resulting in recurrent s/l thrombolotic lopathies. ...

S/L skiba gland? ...

help, seems like i've had this word before, but cannot find it anywhere. thanks! I was concerned for ball-valving of a common bile duct stone versus __________ versus other. Therefore, I performed the ERCP today. ...

The S/L vera and external sphincter were intact. Any help would be appreciated as this is my first prostate surgical report! Thanks!!! = ) ...

It's a cataract surgery. Hemostasis of the *sounds like limbo area was obtained using wet-field cautery. Dictation is very quiet so I can't tell for sure. Thanks in advance! ...

s/l 'flume'. many thanks in advance. A few scattered endoanal lesions were fulgurated, taking care to suction out the *------* immediately. ...

anybody have any ideas?? s/l "Stell" dont think it is Steel. TKS:) The 29 mm _______ stapler was then passed via the anus into the rectum. The circular stapler would not fit flush with the staple line. ...

Dictator is using autologous bone graft, cancellous allograft, and s/l V-tas or veetoss in a spinal surgery? Any suggestions? Thanks. ...

This is probably a ridiculously easy one, but I don't have any QA to tell me anything, so I don't know if I've been doing this right or not (though it feels like it's wrong). The questionable term I come across for this one account is "including risks (s/l inherent) surgery." I feel like it's missing a word there, like risks inherent IN surgery or something similar, but doctor repeatedly only says "risks inherent surgery" in that order. Is she actually saying something ...

Ophthalmic surgery question - jp408

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