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Surgical specimen phrase - sm


Posted: Jan 10, 2013

Dictated:  These were sent off to/the field as specimens.

The underlined words in bold are the ones he is slurring right through.  This must be a common phrase... ?

Thanks for any help.

off the (sic) surgical field as specimens - research

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nm

Yeah, this is common - but is

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sent off the field as specimens. "The field" he is referring to is the surgical field. So it should be "These were sent off the field as specimens."

I agree with off - See msg

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I agree. They take it off the surgical field (operating table)and then send it to pathology for diagnosis/staging, etc.


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