Suggestion please - shortcut
Posted: Apr 12, 2012
Anyone have a suggestion of a shortcut for L5-S1, L3-L4, C numbers and T numbers? Have a tough time typing letters and getting the hyphen in and I have to think too hard and get out of my rhythm trying to do these levels for some reason. I use autocorrect. Thanks
short cuts I use - hmmm
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I use:
lolt for L1-2
ltt for L2-3
ltf for L3-4
lff for L4-5
lfso for L5-S1
Same logic for cervical and thoracic levels.
I also use (in PE section)
lolf for L1 through L5
cfto for C5 through T1
I do it like this... - sm
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l51 = L5-S1
l12 = L1-2
l23 = L2-3
I do it that way for all of them except for T1-2, which I actually just type the hyphen so that I don't accidentally type T12 meaning T12 and end up with T1-2.
For the doctors who prefer L1-L2, L2-L3, etc. (note the letter after the hyphen), I use l12x = L1-L2, l23x = L2-L3.
It took me a couple of days to get used to doing it with my shortcut, but it's definitely way faster for me.
thanks - shortcut
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I will definitely use these suggestions, would really make things faster. Thank you.
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