"Patient has no obvious dell or defect in the Achilles." She is being seen for Achilles tendinitis. Is the word "dell?" I wondered if he meant "vale," as in "valley," but there is a definite hard "D" sound to the word. Googling "dell" only gets me computer links :{ ...
The patient had areas of ___________________ cartilage because of the previous scarring so we elected to repair this with a skin flap.
this is an op report - re-excision of a BCC from the ear - actually this is the third excision and the cartilage was s/l den....... ...
This doc is talking about a CT scan of the neck.
She says, "The patient underwent a CT of the neck with and without contrast at _____ Hospital with questionable findings of residual versus recurrent tumor of both pyriform sinuses with possible new erosion of the s/l cracko cartilage on the right. ...
The word s/l dee du day shun - dedudation but that is not a word! It doesn't s/l denudation. It could be that he slurred but I thought I would check in with you all and see if I may be missing something.
On the entire weight bearing surface there was (denudation) of cartilage with some fiber cartilage replacement.
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"She did see an orthopedic physician and underwent an MRI of the left knee which showed some cartilage thinning. At the time, he was interested in putting her on some (here it s/l 'uflaxa'). She wanted to hold off the (this time it s/l 'reflexa') given that she had gotten some good benefit from the cortisone injection." I can't find anything online that fits and I don't have my med dictionary with me. Please help! ...
"*A sense of* undermining of the defect was performed and extension of the lower lid in a subciliary incision to create a myocutaneous flap was made. *A sense of* undermining of this tissue and of the superior and medial aspect of the upper lid and nasal glabellar area was performed. The tissues were advanced and secured to the deep tissue at the *sava* defect using 6-0 Vicryl in a simple interrupted buried fashion. " It is somewhat garbled, but "a sense of" doesn't make any sen ...
Examination of x-rays done previously - AP of the pelvis and AP and lateral of the right hip does reveal S-ROM type prosthesis which on the femoral side seems to be well fixed. He does have a _________ type cup which seems to be loose with clear lucent line in all three zones.
sounds like wide to lock type or Y to lock type or white to lock type ...
They seem to both make sense, which would you go with?
Nasoendoscopy is performed which demonstrates scarring of the left middle turbinate to the [medial or meatal] wall of the maxillary sinus. ...
Patient likes to wear flip flops, however, I recommended that she go to a s/l Vinza shoe and has a 1/4" lateral shoe wedge placed on the outside under the outer sole. TIA NM ...
Doc consistently dictates, "cam and pincer all caps femoral acetabular impingement" I cannot find any documentation to even capitalize cam or pincer. I thought CAM was in reference to controlled ankle motion as in CAM walker boot. Help!!!! ...
Orthopedic surgery note. "Then a s/l luggage handle was placed in the femoral canal."
I have been searching, but it is difficulty to find anything, as every search just brings up tonz of stuff about luggage handles. Anyone every heard of this???? ...