ortho help - ORIF and screws

Physical examination shows a minimal amount of swelling with a positive (s/l renkle) sign around the ankle. He is pretty clear, but is very fast today. Thanks! ME ...

Thanks in advance! ...

Three 2 mm leg screws were then placed through the dorsal cortex into the volar cortexto immobilize the fracture in an anatomic site. this is for a metacarpal fracture.. im wondering if he said lag screws. ...

Hi. I am doing an ORIF left ankle. Fixation was carried out with two 4.0 partially threaded cancellous screws without complications. The mortis was tested and noted to be stable. There was no evidence of a _____ (sounds like simvismonic) injury. Any ideas? ...

Requested to increase PT production, discouraged from using F11 by having to log into QCare and fill out a form, more email warning on inactive time being too high, plus all those paycuts, non-existent incentives, NJA, pushed to work weekends, plus 99% or higher quality. It would be a hostile work environment in an in-house job site. Let us pay you less to work more and make it more difficult while attempting. Oh yeah, TAA supposedly ending December 31, 2011.&nbs ...

This is for a foot surgery, and my doc says s/l MediSurg screws or MedSurg screws or something like that. Any ideas? ...

Question: He's dictated "She has four five cannulated screws present". How would you interpret this? ...

Anyone ever heard TTFN in relation to a hip ORIF? I know of TFN, as in trochanteric fixation nail, but have not heard this before and am unsure what the other 'T' stands for, or if she just mis-dictated. I checked the archives but unfortunately all I come up with is the computer/text speak for Tigger's 'tata for now'- lol ...

Once the manipulation was completed, the tourniquet was placed around the upper thigh and the left lower extremity was prepped with s/l prellgo/perlgo and draped in a sterile fashion. Thanks! ...

The patient had a previous ORIF with a *ITS T-nail* of the right hip for an intertrochanteric fracture. I can't verify. Thanks. ...

Abdominal surgery/femur fracture fixation: "[_______] Homans were then placed over the anterior portion of the superior rami and mild amount of the rectus had to be elevated off to gain adequate visualization for reduction plate fixation" s/l spiked TIA ...

Anyone type for Keystrokes and hear of MQ dropping them after MQ lost out to Keystrokes for a large hospital system in TEXAS? I heard MQ lost the RPF to Keystrokes, then terminated Keystrokes contract for technology so they could not fulfill the contract obligations? Has this affected any Keystrokes MTs? ...

I would attempt to do a super construct with either plates and screws or with cannulated screws as described by *some Arco.* ...

Stupid question, but how would you write this? We placed "6-5-45" screws in the sacrum and placed "7-5-50" screws in L5. 6.5 forty-five and 7.5 fifty? ...

dicted, "The patient is returning to see me 3 months out from removal of left distal s/l <crossflex or crawflex> screws." He is a fast talker and it is hard to discern exactly what the middle part of the word is, but i can't find anything. Help. ...

"insertion of 3 cannulated titanium screws". Should cannulated titanium be hyphenated? Thanks. ...

Patient is now scheduled for repeat ORIF with replacement of femoral rod and tibial strut bone grafting with application of s/l dull-miles cables. Thanks! ...

and left carpal tunnel release. She is asking for Cad-i-mean cream. Thanks ...

Posterior segmental instrumentation from T7 to L1 with pedicle screws and *s/l RAD-ums.* ...

this note is for pain of the right ankle - She has had multiple treatment modalities, including s/l "an o fa reeses", Lidoderm patch, acupuncture, Neurontin. and on physical examination, There are no skin changes over the ankle. No erythema, warmth, or other sign of infection. There is no s/l "al o din e um". She does not have a focal area of tenderness to palpation. ...

A left lateral disc protrusion herniation of 7-8mm is noted effacing the surface of the thecal sac and extends into cauter recess of the left neuroforaminal stenosis. This might impinge the exiting dural sleeve of the left L4 nerve root. Any ideas? THx. ...

Dictated: Structurally, I think the wrist is intact. There is no s/l clunking. s/l Lots of chip test is normal. No point tenderness is noted. Any ideas??? ...

Pediatric case "his radius fracture had some loss in reduction with _____(s/l apextal soluation"??) ...

ortho help - ORIF and screws - marel2

two 6-5 screws (nm) - MissAnthrope

Might be two 6.5 screws - No message

I think it's probably two 6.5 screws - nm

Two 6.5 (mm) screws. nm - oldtimer

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