Spinal surgery s/l "Capstone graft" TIA

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. ...

The reinforcement of the dural repair, composed of DuraGen and ______, is visible on the MRI scan. s/l Ta-seal (emphasis on 2nd syllable). ...

sounds like lookey or lukey..can't find anywhere. TIA ...

Surgeon says something that sounds like "boxanno out the foramen." Not sure if this is an anatomical or an implement or what. It could also be Bucksanno or Bahxanno (phonetically speaking). ...

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!! ...

Used in eardrum perforation - thanks! ...

supposed to help with wound healing. Thank you! ...

history of ulcerative colitis status post colectomy who has panspinal pain and migraine headaches. ...

s/l algrabed segmental fixation. tia. ...

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. Thanks for any help with this! ...

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... ...

Is XLIFF correct? -or XLIFT? -- type of spinal fusion - have typed this before - cannot remember it and cannot find it on line Anyone know? ...

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" ?? Thanks for any help! ...

After negative aspiration for CSF or blood, 1 cc (s/l Almutate) 180 was injected ...

I have searched for various spellings and even tried wild card and nothing. He has been changed from Plavix therapy to Persidogril???? or something like that. Thanks for any help. ...

applied to the right tibia - any clues? ...

FOLLOW-UP: Right arm and hip. Repair of nonunion of the right radial shaft fracture with ----- bone grafting. Sounds like react? bone grafting but I cannot find that anywhere. Thank you. ...

He says this several times. I think this is what he is saying, but cannot document. Thanks for your help. ...

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 ...

Single [side] has been bypass graft from aorta to right posterior descending #1 coronary artery. Doctor rushes through. I am not positive of what he says and cannot reference this. ...

1) Is there a hyphen between the quilt and 0? 2) Is it ZERO or O? 3) I am pretty sure the tape cuts out on the -0 prolene. 4)Is quilt right? ...

I'm dictating on a patient who has an AV fistula and the dictator is saying something like ox ox tear drop or at least that's what it sounds like ...

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. ...

Stumped here. :( Surgeon says: Two screws fractured at the level of the bone. They were ____________ and removed in the usual fashion. The blank sounds like "truffened", "troughened", "truffined"? Some sort of removal. I have absolutely no idea. Thanks in advance. :) ...

aortic valve replacement -- sounds like 10 mm "Jaway, Gelwave, Jouway" graft was anastamosed with a running 5-0 Prolene. Stuck!!! ...

Spinal surgery s/l "Capstone graft" TIA - Kim

There's a "keystone" graft. Any chance it could that? nm - burnt out

Blackstone? nm - j

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