Good morning! Look for the correct spelling of Lavine brace ... is it lavine, Lavine, levine, Levine? Child has Osgood-Schlatter's and doc wants to brace him up. ...
I've been offered part-time transcription at home, working for one orthopedic surgeon. I've got over 12 years experience in many specialties, but have never done orthopedics. The interview is next week.
Any advice on how best I could prepare to work in this specialty for the first time? It sounds like a great opportunity, but at the beginning a lot of the terminology would be very difficult for me. I won't have a QA person monitoring my work ...
I am new to an orthopedics account with a dictator who is so marble mouthed, I feel like crying! Here is the sentence:
His ___ s/l signal within the lateral femoral condyle and medial patellar facet suggest patellar subluxation as well as some ____ s/l signal up in the medial retinaculum.
Any help would be appreciated -- I am not having a good time tonight...
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I have an interview w/MD-IT (orthopedics) and wondered if anyone has any knowledge about this company that they would like to share. I originally applied to them a while back, took the test, but they filled the position. They contacted me about a part-time position if I was still available and have set up an interview. If you have worked for them, do they put you in a general "pool" and you just grab whatever is next or do they give you a schedule (like a particular doctor to transcribe fo ...
The patient has low back pain. Doc says he did Kemp's test, Bechterew's test and what s/l "Niapoo's" test? I've searched so many spellings without finding it. Anyone know the term? ...
Anyone ever heard of pink thumb?
Her thumb started to pink up and she has numbness in her thumb, completely, with pink thumb with an area of ecchymosis Thanks. ...
It was obvious that it was impinging in the anterior aspect of the shoulder as we s/l cater or carried her into about 95 degrees of a reduction with internal rotation.
Can't figure this one out. Any suggestions?
Thanks! ...
Doing all orthopedics now, wondering if there are any seasoned orthopedics MTs that can refer me to some websites that you trust for terminology. Thanks. ...
have varicosities, but there is no progression....I did talk to her about swimming and cycling as other activities to maintain quad strength and keep her weight down for both her joint disease as well as risk of VSD.
I can not figure out what VSD stands for. He says it very clearly. All my searches turn up ventricular septal defect, but his use of the word "distally" makes me think he is not talking about that. Plus, this is an orthopedist. ...
Hello MT's,
I am looking for a sailor sign or a saylor sign. He refers to it during a radiographic review and may or may not be related to the radiocapitellar region. However, the more I reread what he says, the more I think it is a radiographic sign or signal. Anyone?? ...
Sunday paper business section breezily informs that this spring, corporations are flush with cash and we should expect many "acquisitions" of smaller companies as they seek to grow even larger and enrich their stockholders. Turn out the lights when you leave, plz?
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The patient has a Lisfranc injury. I think he's saying lowboy in reference to a short walking boot because he does stuff like that and I can't document a lowboy brace but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Thanks! ...
need some advice on what the best wrist support braces are as i am starting to have some problems with my right upper wrist and lower forearm, like something is pulling or twisting if I put weight on my hand like to life myself up. don't want it to get any worse, but there's a lot of wrist splints out there. Would like to know what you all use and when you use it. ...