Doing a hernia repair... These are the sentences:
"When placing a finger inside the abdominal cavity, one could still feel seating of the peritoneum which had been present previously."
"It was elected, given the fact that the patient still had disease, not to place an inside or outside mesh at the current time as, if this became seeded with carcinoma, it would just be a different source of disease for her."
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"Given that she has completed her chemotherapy and she is unlikely to require a MediPort again, it can certainly be removed if it has been (seated or seeded) and is a site of her continued infection." Thanks.
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Sorry, don't know why I am questioning this . . .
Here is the sentence:
Pacemaker placed afterwards because he developed high-grade lactobacillus bacteremia which ____________ his AICD wires.
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Patient had a total knee arthroplasty. She has valgus alignment and limb length discrepancy. Doctor is recommending revision. He dictates:
Our recommendation would be to likely pursue surgical management of the left total knee arthroplasty and revise this from a total knee arthroplasty into a ---------- prosthesis. She is amenable to this plan especially since she has a valgus malalignment along with a limb length discrepancy of approximately 3 cm.
I hear "bad-ock" or ...
There is no evidence of loose body. On the lateral view, s/l **Blue-mont-slots** line is intact with neutral patella. There are no significant degenerative changes of the patellofemoral compartment. There is no evidence of subluxation or tilt. ...
Okay, I'm new so I am not making much yet. Can we all just make a post saying how many hours we work, what we gross, how long you've been transcribing, and whether it is vr or st? Don't name your company. This way we can guage what we can expect to be making down the line.
I've been transcribing for 2 months. This week I worked 37 hours and grossed $259.00 and it was 90% VR. ...
Examination of x-rays done previously - AP of the pelvis and AP and lateral of the right hip does reveal S-ROM type prosthesis which on the femoral side seems to be well fixed. He does have a _________ type cup which seems to be loose with clear lucent line in all three zones.
sounds like wide to lock type or Y to lock type or white to lock type ...
This is a patient who has a poor fitting prosthesis and developed an ulceration on his leg. It sounds like the doctor states prothesis case will probably be windowed? Does this make sense to anyone? ...
The patient has a left hip replacement. He has a long-stem ( s/l Pel-car) stem with a lateral plate and multiple wires.
Thanks for taking the time today !
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There is noted to be significant degenerative changes at the L5-S1 level on the pelvic x-ray. Visualization of the more **collateral** lumbar spine is not able to observed on this x-ray. tia ...
I'm having trouble with this x-ray description of the leg. "8 mm round calcific, (s/l rawcific) density adjacent to the posterior aspect of the tibia - (s/l free joint or rejoint) body or synovial osteochondromatosis." And later when she is describing the knee pain, is sounds like she is saying "acific" calcification behind the right knee with OA.
Any help is so appreciated!! ...
Looking for correct spelling for Silverman series.. done for possible child abuse cases.. Just something nagging at me that this is not the correct spelling? ...
Patient had elbow arthroplasty.
X-rays reviewed that show well positioned total elbow arthroplasty with s/l **cement _________________** ossification of soft tissues"
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I have a friend who lead MT at a radiology group and she tells me that they are using software that reads parts of an x-ray. It can detect where the calcifications are. I wonder if the radiologists are thinking they may out of a job just like us someday. ...