Is there such a thing as "excellent anesthesia" or "exelon anesthesia". My dictation sure sounds like one of those but can't seem to find these terms. Any help would be great.
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This patient s/p left radical nephrectomy, partial colostomy, adrenalectomy, s/l spinal pexy, and omental wrap w/ postoperative respiratory insufficiency. Can anyone fill in that blank for me? Much appreciated!! ...
My crazy doctor this morning is saying "she has a spinal cord defibrillator or fibrillator." Now what in the world is this??? No mention of a stimulator; she only had a spinal tap in the past.
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Proceeding with our resection with an imminently (sounds llike) "suckable" tumor..
We then opened the arachnoid and the (sounds like) "suckable" tumor was then seen.
Resectable would make sense but I just don't hear that Re in there... ...
This PA is dictating MRI lab results for spinal consultation. She is saying what s/l "roove sleeve cis" at T9 to T12 bilaterally.
Could she be meaning "root sleeve cysts" or even "root sheath cysts" ??
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Hi everyone. I am doing a spinal fusion surgery and the dictator says that for Intraoperative Monitoring he used NAP ZMG's (he says it just like that NAPZMG's). Not sure what he means. Can't find those acronyms in my book. Any suggestions? Thanks. ...
I have had spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis for years and even surgery with L5-S1 fusion. Did really good for years but now I am experiencing right leg weakness and all lower muscles ache and burn so bad that I can hardly walk at the end of the day. I have even gone PT too. I know I have severe right foraminal stenosis once again by CAT scan. I took early SS retirement 2 years ago but still work about 30 hours a week. I find that I am having extreme difficulyy ...
At this point, attention was paid to removal of hardware. The s/l K2 tulip removers were used initially in order to unlock the heads. Following this, rods were removed. ...
What does MAC stand for? I thought it was monitored anesthesia care but I saw something else when googling -- minimal something. Thanks for your help. ...
This is an operative report for a vein graft procedure:
Under ultrasound guidance, [?] anesthesia was injected along the course of the saphenous vein. Again, a total of 300 cc of [?] anesthesia was utilized.
s/l "tamessin", all I could find was temazin, a cold medicine?? Seems like it should be something else. TIA ...
Has anyone heard of an anesthesia (type or drug) that sounds like "elemania" anesthesia? This doctor has said it twice and it sounds the same each time...kind of run together, but I can't find anything close to it anywhere. ...
This is a new doctor for me, and in the last 2 reports he said the same thing. I can't figure it out.
It s/l a-quill of
After (___) of anesthesia was induced the patient’s left upper extremity was prepped and draped in the usual sterile manner.
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