I keep hearing "quad leg" and thought I should be typing out the entire word, quadriceps leg; however, as I look this up online, it seems "quad" is acceptable. Is this true?
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I can hardly understand this ortho resident.
Hx: Morbidly obese patient with severe osteo in both knees, failed steroid inj, next step Supartz. He is examining her legs and says that range of movement is restricted due to pain. He then goes on to say There is (s/l raising/racing/razing) of quadriceps muscle seen. She does have tenderness in her knees in both medial and patellofemoral joint lines.
Any ideas? I'm ready to buy this doc a plane ticket ...
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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"I then inserted a biter, and debrided the medial meniscus back to a stable rim in the posterior aspect. This involved removing about 50% of the ______ (sounds like poot) ...
when we are just trying to do our job, and provide for our families. I will be deleting my previous comments, and I welcome anyone who wants to join me. We know what our job entails, obviously the original poster does not. We are better than this. This is a waste of all our time -- time we do not have. I feel sorry for the poster; he/she could spend her/his life making positive changes . . . instead he/she needs the attention of getting other people u ...
PRIMARY PROCEDURE
1. CONE BIOPSY.
2. ENDOCERVICAL CURETTAGE.
3. ENDOMETRIAL CURETTAGE.
The uterus sounded to 4 cm and s/l a escanted tissue was obtained.
Intravenous fluid 1600 cc line s/l alboterial or abnoterial line.
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"Patient has had an s/l amputation radial tear of the posterior horn, which was treated with partial meniscectomy."
That is what I am clearly hearing but I cannot reference that anywhere. If it is correct, what is it?
Also, DR states he showed the patient the "video prints" so that she understands. I have never heard this before. Is this photos from the surgery video?
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Preoperative Diagnosis
Right knee likely/lateral meniscal tear. (I swear it sounds like he is saying likely a meniscal tear. Would this be feasible in a preoperative diagnosis. If so, do I insert a comma after right knee)?
Postoperative Diagnoses
Right knee lateral meniscal tear.
Right knee lateral tibial plateau chondromalacia. ...
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 ...
On review of the MRI, there is what the radiologist describes as a small ---- supraspinatus tear. Sounds like he says Rembrandt, but is it remnant? Thanks for your help. ...
From a left breast axillary tail mass excisional biopsy:
The pathology demonstrated an encapsulated s/l "mitroadipose" tissue consistent with lipoma.
The " i " in mitro is a short " i " ... as in pit or kit.
Appreciative of any suggestions. ...
Good morning, is anyone else awake? I have a doctor talking about secondary wound closure over a tibia and osteomyelitis. He says: We may try and ferret the tissue, possibly even include the relaxing incision. Help me please and thank you. ...
grade 1 to 2 or 1-2 muscle tear? tia.
There is a focal hemorrhage in the central portion of the distal rectus femoris, consistent with the grade 1-2 muscle tear.
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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? ...
Followup for this very pleasant 90-year-old female who has a history of perforated viscus resulting in insertion of her percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. Prior to this, she had difficulty due to her advanced state and s/l tissue thin lumen for nutrition, therefore, was placed on total parenteral nutrition. ...
He had (___) of the lymphoid tissue at the base of tongue this spring, so I performed biopsies of this tissue which revealed small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
It s/l she is saying full___ and maybe ends in what s/l myth.
Thanks! This is the first time I have done this type of report for this doctor. ...
New Dr. He sound congested so I am struggling with this op report.
Due to the inflammation I was not absolutely certain that this was extrasphincteric and so an adequate drainage procedure was done by taking a quater-sized divot out of the skin down to the abscess cavity to "breeding the necrotic tissue". ...