Surgery of the brain....duraplasty and s/l "gal-e-totomy"...thanks..

The tumor was entered with the s/l kissa and I was able to gradually remove tumor working through the various densities of tumor. ...

This is during closure of a bifrontal craniotomy to remove a meningioma. If it helps, the Stealth navigation system was used on this surgery. "DuraSeal was then placed over the dura, and the craniotomy flap was reapproximated and secured with ?INVISICS? clips." Every phonetic spelling I've tried has met with Google-FAIL. Does anyone recognize this name? Thanks in advance. ...

I am typing a surgery for brain tumor resection using Stealth navigation system, looking for a word that sounds like "Luken's trap." I cannot verify this. ...

A "humanitarian" stitch? It sounds pretty clear but I can't find this term anywhere with regard to suturing a wound. I did come up with links to a lot of charity web sites though! LOL Thanks in advance! ...

Scalp and forehead lacerations being repaired. The head is placed in a "brain drain" in order to wash the hair and judiciously shave the areas around the lacerations, preserving all of the other hair. Thanks in advance. ...

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. :) ...

the doctor is talking about CT brain and says "Dr. _____ did find evidence of fat densities within the falks." I cannont find this work anywhere. Does anyone know what this word should be? ...

There is adjacent white matter edema and _______ effacement. This sounds like sukel? ...

I found a brain cell!! ...

Total brain fog this morning... Doc says "+1 pitting edema of the ankles". Doc is from south africa if that helps. Do I write it as +1 or 1+? TIA ...

Sounds like stesias in the right side of the body. Questioning stesias. ...

There is a _______ supply of the right posterior cerebral artery and a tiny retention cyst is noted within in the left maxillary sinus. Blank s/l fetal or feeble. Any ideas? ...

There were also (sounds like presenteric) signal changes involving the basal ganglia ...

me? I am working MT part time and another job part time and can't remember ANYTHING at my other job. I am wondering if maybe I am just too used to being able to look things up at my fingertips or if editing has made my memory more reliant on recognition versus more active remembering, or maybe I'm just overloaded. Anyone else noticed memory problems developing in this business? ...

This is a burn patient. The coctor states that the percentage of body area burned is 19 and a 1/4 percent. How would you transcribe 19 and 1/4 percent? 19.25? ...

Ever have one of those days when you just cant think? Doing a report and for some reason I am not sure what header to put hypertension under in the review of systems. Help??? Thanks ...

"He decided to quit them......" Is it 'all together' or 'altogether'? Please forgive my mental lapse! ...

Hi, good morning, am having a brain cramp and must not be a wake yet, help with a colitis word, some type of colitis specificially. sounds like erythema or tinea colits, something along those lines, please help!!!! THANKS!!!! ...

The s/l right cotic nucleus has a lacunar infarct. ...

I'm absolutely stumped on this one. The doctor says (and this is the sentence in its entirety) "The pateint has gotten an IV." In our company, we're not supposed to type IV; it's either intravenous or intravenously. Obviously just "intravenous" would not make sense in this context. What would you do? ...

drug s/l Oprana? I've had it before and I can't find it now. In the list of medications but he is on multiple psych drugs and pain meds. ...

The patient had a (can only get a syllable or 2) s/l f___c____ helmet to protect her postsurgical area (and not even sure about that) ...

I am working on an x-ray report for an MRI of a brain tumor. I have looked on the internet and many medical books. There are 3 words that I cannot figure out. 1st sentence: On the pregadolinium coronal thin slice images through the sella, some residual soft tissue prominence is identified within the sella. Appearing more prominent to the patient's right than to the left. This idia enhances with gadolinium administration and corresponding today's stud ...

"no tracheal brain" ?? ...

doc is saying: There was a CT of the brain that showed minimal increase in density in the intracranial vessels and the s/l renosinuses, probably from hemoconcentration. ...

Cannot quite make out what he is saying. Any ideas? ...

I do not usually do ORs and am baffled. I am covering for another MT. I am not sure how to type this "running loop O PDS suture". As usual, thanks for all you gracious help! ...

MRI of brain and doc is saying what sounds like "om-plock" foci of dural enhancement. Thanks in advance! ...

Does anyone know what the "holidays" are for MModal - aren't there a few that we get line and a half rate or something for? I barely remember this from when I was acquired by MModal, but now I can't even think where to look for this. Anyone got a list? Or a clue? TIA. ...

Doing a followup report on a patient who had extensive abdominal surgery including a low anterior resection. My brain heard "lawn chair resection" and, honest to Pete, I Googled that before I went and listened to it again. All righty then. ...

Surgery of the brain....duraplasty and s/l "gal-e-totomy"...thanks.. - nm

Galeotomy...sm - Lilly

Lilly, thank you so much!!! :) nm - Sandy J Swindell

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