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Ortho op note help please (sm) - anon
Posted: Oct 29, 2010
ACL repair, he states in one part of the dictation that three Max s/l splay sutures were placed and in another it sounds like Max displayed sutures. Help please!
This lady has knee pain and she has weakness to her tib ________. It sounds like anth. Like he's shortening it like tib-fib. But I can't figure out the tib-anth???
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Some *Daptik* was applied to the wound and the patient was placed in a soft cast.
I know this but he is cutting himself off and my mind has gone BLANK!!!
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Hi,
Not sure if it should be three or free and what the sounds like is. Any ideas? Thank you!
The clavicle and the malunion site were explored and as mentioned we did not find the expected nonunion but instead found a fairly solid malunion with the expected **three (free)** fragments. The **s/l tergoited** fragment was nestled well posteroinferiorly. ...
on pe, He has normal subtalar and s/l "mu talsa" range of motion, however, he lacks dorsiflexion with 0 degrees bilaterally. He needs to stretch.
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Neurologic examination of his lower extremities is fully intact, including motor, sensory, and deep tendon reflexes. Straight leg raising tests are negative. s/l "Stewart" test is positive bilaterally.
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Doing an ortho note, the MD states "currently with left upper extremity X FIX"
I was going to assume he meant external fixator, but I don't know if perhaps is this a brand of fixator? I can't find any legit info on it so far, so I'll probably mark it for QA, but wanted to know for my own knowledge if it was a brand of fixator or if he's just using slang. He usually says "external fixator" or "external fixation" all out and that's why I was questioning it this time.
Tha ...
The fundus was then grasped with a s/l "shaney"______, and the uterus was flipped. The final pedicles were then clamped, cut, and ligated with a 2-0 Vicryl with a s/l 4NF_____ and a stay suture bilaterally. ...
The physician request that I format in an ER Note, but all I can find is an ER Consultation, progress Note, or soap note. How do I decide which to use? I need one that can handle the history, past medical history, and review of systems. Does anyone have a site I can locate this information plz.
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OK, am editing an op note that ASR typed as......maintained the dorsal wrist artery with an ERECT MALE and using bipolar cautery. Where do I sign up for OR tech classes? :) ...
help! s/l 'frome like'.
There was one area that had protuberance from the lining of the mucosa, which appeared to be an inflammation tissue and was *------* . This may be the location of the colovesical fistula.
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anybody ever heard of what s/l do-co-be?? any help is much appreciated. TY
A left-sided hemitransfixion incision was made with sharp dissection and a Cottle elevator were utilized to elevate an intact mucoperichondrial layer on the left side, leaving a sufficient broad-based caudal cartilaginous strut. The cartilage was incised and contralateral elevation was carried out by _______. The cartilage posterior to this demonstrated the anterior deviation mentioned above, therefore this ...
I just got a note from my quality coach (or whatever they are called) for a QA note that I left on a patient that I did. The quality of sound was poor to the point where I was pulling my hair out. All I said was poor cell phone reception, poor sound quality. ...
I, like most of you, am not happy with this mandatory shift change that has messed up my life. I am job hunting. I find very few things, if any, that I am qualified for with my experience with MT work. Basically I need to know if I am missing something in my search and if anyone can guide me towards something in the job market. Retraining is not an option at this point unless it is on the job training. ...
I'm typing an ERCP note, and the dictator says something that sounds like - "a two one dashed was used to cannulate the pancreatic duct."
I'm at a loss, I even tried Google. I hate leaving blanks.
ANyone have any ideas? ...
I have come on this site for awhile, mostly because this is a place where everyone gets what you do and can understand what you're going crazy over. Try telling your neighbor the ESLs are getting to you today and you get what I mean. However, since I have become an MME (in October), this has become a not so friendly place. I love doing QA work. I have been in this field for 20 years and feel I can and do help MTs out. When I make a correction, it's to give the MT some feedback, ...
Have you guys been using the search engine to look up previous reports? I LOVE IT, have been waiting for it for YEARS!!! I just did a look up by patient and was able to avoid 2 skip markers...the doc was flying through the medicines and I could NOT get them, looked up a report for the patient, there was only one, but it did list the meds...WOOHOOO....there are some good things in these changes if you look for them!! ...
Before you send in an essay with your name on it. Think long about it. There are a couple of issues:
1. Taxes. Think about how much you will have left after the taxes are taken out. It won't be 1000 dollars.
2. There are those of you on here talking about a union. If any of you are serious about a union -- DO NOT sing praises about ANY MQ POLICIES. It will come back to haunt you.
3. Remember exactly what is going on in MQ r ...
While on Facebook last night, I mentioned about going back to school to be a vet tech. and one of the things I mentioned was that it was work that would NOT be oursourced to India. Some guy from India sent me a message asking what was wrong with sending work to India. So I told him how it has decimated the careers of American MTs, how American MTs often can't even earn a living wage because they are competing with the low wages paid to Indian MTs. I could have said more to him, but I left i ...
How would I write this properly?
The patient received a total of 224 x 10 to the eighth nucleated cells or 0.37 x 10 to the eighth with a total CD 3 dose of 16.96 x 10 to the sixth per cubic gram patient weight. ...
The hydrocele sac was then opened its full length. There were actually 2 distinct sacs. In the center of them were 2 S/L "extrisences" or 2 papules that came off of the hydrocele sac.
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I took a test for a large national, well-known, jumped through all the hoops - applied, tested, waited for test results, waited some more for phone interview, only to find out that this particular position could not start working until 11 a.m. This is the sort of information that should be supplied on a website. This was a deal-breaker for me and had I known this ahead of time, I never would have wasted my time (OR THEIRS) by going through the whole process.
There should be a form f ...
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.
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I had a formal QA evaluation by my QC and scored 99.5%, so feel I dodged a bullet.
This is my first official QA since the 99% change. The things I did wrong didn't seem to carry as much weight as previously.
Just trying to hang on until retirement, but checking out college courses. They have a new major at the local college called Medical Interpretation (Spanish to English). A whole new wonderful world of opportunity!! ...