The name of the procedure sounds like either "dine-ee" or Gine-ee." (I can't tell if it starts with a 'D' or a 'G' with the way he's pronouncing it.
He dictates the patient had a hysterectomy, BSO, adhesions that required correction, removal of her gallbladder, and what sounds like a "dine-ee" (or "gine-ee") procedure.
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PROCEDURE PERFORMED: Brachytherapy implant.
Now, where does "PROCEDURE ABORTED" go, so patient isnt charged for it, etc, and no errors are made? And, should it be all caps? In name of procedure or as a separate "Please Note:" Its dictated as name of procedure but Dr. is indecisive and stutters dictation ambiguously. ...
I have a patient who had a px of her ankle. The doctor did not give any hx of injury or any symptoms, just stated that she had a left ankle arthroscopy and what sounds like a Brostin procedure of her ankle? Anyone ever hear of this?
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Forgive my giddiness today but I havent' had a lot of sleep in the past several days and I do get giddy with little sleep. For some reason, one of my mom's most famous sayings just came to mind: "From the day of your ...
Has anyone heard of a mohorner ?
He is doing a left thyroid lobectomy and says: A mohorner was then utilized in order to create exposure with the midline strap muscles incised longitudinally.
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I am working on a report in Head and Neck Surgery. It sounds like the doctor dictates "Bilateral poloethmoidectomy" as a procedure. I am not able to locate any such spelling. Need help. Thank you in advance. ...
I am listening to a surgical report for an appendectomy. It sounds like the doctor dictates that the appendix is supplelative in nature but not perforated. Is the word suppleative or what could it be? I am not able to find such a word description. ...
I am typing a surgical report. The doctor is saying something like " (Blank) local with digital block". Does he mean "10 minute local with digital block"? I can't for the life of me hear what he is saying nor can I find it online.
Any help would be great.
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OR report for lumbar laminectomy. A S/L DP Mac Drain was placed overlying the laminectomy site at L5-S1 and a superficial Hemovac was placed in the subcutaneous tissues as well.
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This is an ortho procedure for a right patella fracture. Dictator said:
An "onspock" pencil tip burr was then used to carve out a wedge block of iliac crest, and then this was further loosened and removed with a curved osteotome.
s/l "on spock"
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I'm a seasoned transcriptionist, mostly doing acute care. Struggling with op reports. Does anyone know of a good reference book listing surgical instruments and supplies that I can use for a reference? ...
Bowel resection, doc states " A 3-0 silk S/L "pop" was then used to create stay sutures at the S/L "tinu or tinea" border of the transverse colon as well as the antimesenteric border."
Thanks in advance, I'm sure this is a simple word but I just can't think about what it is ...
The patient was placed in a Maltern-dalenberg position. (The procedure being performed is a total abdominal hysterectomy. It sounds like Maltern-dalenberg. This was also dictated in an ear lobe mass excision. Any idea what the right word would be? Thanks! ...
Hi Everyone..
Having a problem referencing this...
He dictates....
"The interior fascia layers were closed with interrupted 1-0 pop-off Vicryl sutures."
BUT I can't seem to find a reference for this. Everything else I've researched about "pop-off" sutures has it formatted with the name first: Vicryl pop-off sutures, etc.
Is it set in stone, or just transcribe verbatim?
thanks in advance..for any help or suggestions.
Barb ...