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Ostiomeatal complex (or unit) versus osteomeatal complex - Smalls

Posted: Feb 15, 2010

I do transcription for radiologists, and this comes up quite often. Is it osteomeatal complexes with an "e" or ostiomeatal complexes with an "i"? Sometimes they say ostiomeatal "units" instead of complexes. These rads use Dragon, so I'm only proofreading and editing their reports, and it comes to me spelled in both ways, even from the same rad. Any help here fellow MTs?

In this case, Osteomeatal complexex, with an E......nm - Cyndiee

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ostiomeatal unit (OMU)/ostiomeatal complex - See Message

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Per Current Medical Terminology (Vera Pyle)

ostiomeatal - denoting the opening of the auditory, nasal, or urinary meatus. The word does not have anything to do with osteo (bone)

It's been a bit since I've done radiology but I've always done it ostiomeatal!

Per Stedman's ENT and others, OMU= osteomeatal complex, still use my books all the time - Cyndiee

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they have never failed me in 25 years, I still love my huge Dorlands and all the Stedmans and others, just saying, that is what I referrence, I don't post without looking up if not sure

interesting, my Stedman's ENT has "ostiomeatal" - jj

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there is no osteomeatal at all.

Same here in my Stedman's ENT . . . ostiomeatal - Sunshine State MT

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My Stedman's ENT has ostiomeatal complex, stent, unit? - anon

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"ostio" is a root word meaning "passage, opening." - Anon2

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Please see msg. regarding an old MT's take on this....sm - Cyndiee

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Okay, besides the book thing, I did work two very large hospital radiology, diagnostic imaging, and nuclear medicine departments. The radiologists of both big hospitals told us "meatus means opening, too, so osteomeatal in this circumstance means a "bony" (osteo) opening (meatus), as they are looking at the nasal structure, the nasal passages, and are looking at the openings between the turbinates, septum and nasal passage, etc. to diagnose sinus pathology. But I can also reference ostiomeatal, so in the end I will say this, right now I work as an acute care/surgical MT with some radiology, and the company I work for has their pet ways of doing things and wording of things, I even when I disagree, I have to defer because I am told that is how the hospital/client wants it....in the end I guess our bosses are in control of how we put things/which phrases, etc. I was also told to forget the BOS and do as they say....in the old days this was BLASPHEMY, but oh well! My best to everyone out there getting through this winter.

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