My doc is dictating about a meniscal repair with grade 3 chondrosis. He states one of the postop diag is *Flatulent meniscus or degenerative-type meniscus*. I have a hard time believing flatulent could pertain to the kneecap, and I can't find flatuant to verify. ...
Patient likes to wear flip flops, however, I recommended that she go to a s/l Vinza shoe and has a 1/4" lateral shoe wedge placed on the outside under the outer sole. TIA NM ...
My ortho doc says "I do believe he has had a new (sounds like triac) tear of his medial meniscus". I cannot find in doing a search triad tear. Don't know if he is meadning trimalleolar tear either? ...
This is a surgical note for a medial meniscus tear. The doctor is very fast, very soft, and has a slight southern twang. Any suggested would be greated appreciated. Thanks!
Examination of the medial joint line showed _____ bone over a wide are of both the femur and tibia. Sounds like he is saying ee-bo-nate-id. ...
Alone in-house today and need a little help.
"There is a vague nodular density overlying the anterior first rib approximately 15 mm which suspect is a bone island. The patient will be recalled for lordotic, reverse lordotic, and infused cone of the apices."
Not sure of the bolded part and even less sure about the word apices.
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He repeated himself a little clearer later on in the dictation. He said: "The patient will be recalled for lordotic/reverse lordotic vie ...
For a while now, whenever the doctor said, "AP and lateral is taken today," I would change it to "AP and lateral are taken today," but then a thought came to me that what if "AP and lateral" is a single entity, much like "macaroni and cheese," which is usually referred as a single thing. Is that the case with AP and lateral films? ...
An MRI of the lumbosacral spine, also done earlier this year, demonstrates severe neural canal stenosis at L3-4 and L4-5 with bilateral lateral recess and facement, worse in the right at L4-5 with proximal L5 nerve root compression. ...
I know I have heard this in the past and know I have typed it too, but I'm drawing a blank. I've been searching everywhere on the internet and in my books and can't find it, and it's coming up incorrectly spelled.
Is it Willitz examination? ...
This surgeon is dictating about an excision of this patient's "left frontal skull area. This was lipoma on pathology. She has ecchymosis in her bilateral lateral auricular area." Did he mean to use both "bilateral" and "lateral" or did he misspeak "bilateral" and correct it with "lateral?" I'm not sure if the two together makes sense.
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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. ...