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Pt scheduled for repeat ORIF left femur - please sm - TIA
Posted: Apr 12, 2010
Patient is now scheduled for repeat ORIF with replacement of femoral rod and tibial strut bone grafting with application of s/l dull-miles cables. Thanks!
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a great New Year!
Lady with posttraumatic chondromalacia patella with previous femur fracture. "s/l treater rod has been removed."
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There is no evidence of loosening of the hardware although on one AP, there does appear to be increased lucency about the fracture site, which could be attributed to s/l moth effect. ...
Peripheral neuropathy. I am going to go ahead and obtain a glucose tolerance test.
Ulnar neuropathy. He is tentatively scheduled, according to his report, to have decompression done by Dr. Labosky.
I am going go ahead and obtain a glucose tolerance test. ...
Is "airline" correct? air line? ear line? error line? bleh
AUDIOMETRY: A repeat (s/l airline) in the right ear today is precisely the same as the last test.
IMPRESSION: Asymmetric high-frequency hearing loss to the right ear with associated tinnitus and right aural fullness of uncertain etiology. ...
Hi. I am doing an ORIF left ankle. Fixation was carried out with two 4.0 partially threaded cancellous screws without complications. The mortis was tested and noted to be stable. There was no evidence of a _____ (sounds like simvismonic) injury.
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See, this is a perfect example. Great!! - So we have people willing to make the same amount doing medical transcription as cleaning toilets. That makes me feel better after 15 years of experience. No wonder this profession is in the toilet. They hire people with 1 year of experience and Cbay "stipens" their people for 6 months only then puts them in a production environment. Good luck to patients getting accurate medical records is all I can say. This will not go over in the longrun, guaranteed. ...
At her "2-year from the end of treatment" anniversary, we will repeat an MRI.
At her "2-year-from-the-end-of-treatment" anniversary, we will repeat an MRI.
Should I rephrase? ...
I know I saw a post when the Swap Board first came back as to why it was stopped the first time. I cannot find it now.
We have message that it is not working the way they wanted it to work.
Imagine that. ...
Physical examination shows a minimal amount of swelling with a positive (s/l renkle) sign around the ankle.
He is pretty clear, but is very fast today.
Thanks!
ME
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X-ray examination shows an anatomical reduction of the tibial plateau with (2-6-5) screws in place in the subchondral bone.
He is very, very clear - two, six, five screws. How would you write this?
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marel ...
Anyone ever heard TTFN in relation to a hip ORIF? I know of TFN, as in trochanteric fixation nail, but have not heard this before and am unsure what the other 'T' stands for, or if she just mis-dictated. I checked the archives but unfortunately all I come up with is the computer/text speak for Tigger's 'tata for now'- lol ...
Once the manipulation was completed, the tourniquet was placed around the upper thigh and the left lower extremity was prepped with s/l prellgo/perlgo and draped in a sterile fashion.
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Abdominal surgery/femur fracture fixation:
"[_______] Homans were then placed over the anterior portion of the superior rami and mild amount of the rectus had to be elevated off to gain adequate visualization for reduction plate fixation"
s/l spiked
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Patient will get repeat NGOB or ang/gob ?? I am wondering if this is some sort of abbreviation for a test of some sort to follow the Wegener's. Thanks! ...