Would the correct phrase be suture tract or suture track?
Getting mixed results trying to reference this. Just want some professional opinions. Thoughts?
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Sputum cultures for AFB, negative. Depete? (maybe should be Repeat?, although he is pronouncing it as a D) cultures pending. The pedia? thoracentesis were negative for organisms. ...
Hello, I am just trying to get a bit of information on a subject on hand.
We used #2 Ethibond suture
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We used 2 Ethibond suture.
How important is the # sign in this case? ...
The subcutaneous s/l digital rear approximated with absorbable suture.
also if a sentence starts with "2-vessel" shall I change it to "Two-vessel"? ...
Good morning. I am a court reporter who does many medical depositions and a discussion ensued amongst us whether subcutaneous is shortened to subq, sub-Q, subcu. Is there a preference amongst medical transcriptionists on how to write it? Thank you. ...
I have a dictator who is very particular and says "sub hyphen q." I've always been a little foggy on whether it is subcu, sub-q or always expand to subcutaneous.
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Subsequently, this lead was secured to the left ventricular fascia using two separate [?] sutures.
The leads and the device were subsequently placed in the pocket and the device was secured to the left pectoral fascia using a single [?] suture. ...
The small bowe was immediately reanastomosed end-to-end using interrupted 3-0 GI silk serial s/l musculo-liber stitches on the outer layer with running 3-0 chromic. ...
: I will see him back in the office on a p.r.n. basis. Will need to have one of the Mitek anchors available for him if we proceed surgically for this, probably with one of their smaller Corlock sutures if available such as a 3 or 4 gauge Corlock suture if possible
dx: right medial epicondylitis ...
Monosof?
It must be lesion day at the clinic. Numerous patients with superficial lesions and he is describing wound closure.
Sounds like doctor is saying Monocef, but that is an antibiotic. The only thing related to suture material is Monosof.
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D: A s/l mestarti's suture accentuating this antihelical fold was performed using a 4-0 Prolene.
I know this but I certainly cannot find it in my brain today...or anywhere else. THANKS for helping me!!!!!!!!!
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I know I had this written down somewhere, but can't find it anywhere, not in ref. books, anywhere!
He says: end graft two-side arteriotomy HS5-7 Prolene
I can't remember is it HS5-7 HS-57, H-S 57 or what the heck??!!
TIA!!!!!!
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"... The stent was pulled taut as well, and the Monica was seated nicely in the inferior puncta. A single deep 6-0 horizontal mattress suture was used in the temporal extent of the wound to bring the deeper layers together. Then 2 interrupted fast gut sutures were placed to close the skin..."
ASR put facet sutures, but the doc is saying "fascut or fastgut" ? Any ideas? Surgery is repair of an eyelid laceration.
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