I "hear" interior, but don't know if it makes sense in the general procedure of the operation.
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" The deltoid fascia was then elevated with a blunt and sharp dissection and then a deltoid-splitting approach was then used to the coracoacromial ligament, which was well identified and quite thickened. It had a very prominent [ s/l "interior"] edge."
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She recently underwent total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, anterior s/l carporaphy and posterior s/l carporaphy for rectocele, stress urinary incontinence, and pelvic pain. ...
The patient is now 1 week postoperative arthroscopy and debridement of the right knee. Findings revealed a medial plica, chondromalacia patella, trochlear notch of the femur, and an anterior synovectomy. All of these were débrided.
I am unsure this is correct even though it is said clearly. This is a procedure not a finding and that is why I am very unsure. TIA. ...
I get myself so confused on these all the time b/c I never know when it's okay to combine the words and when it's not and the docs always say them separately no matter what. For an "anterior lumbar interbody fusion with instrumentation" would it be anterior lumbar or should I change that to anterolumbar?
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I have always typed "C-spine, T-spine, and LS-spine," but today i came across something that made me question it. Should i be using the hyphen or not???? ...
D: A small incision was carried out from C2 to C1. Hemostasis was obtained with bipolar and Bovie cauterization. __________ was placed in the wound and a supraperiosteal dissection was carried out, identifying the lamina of C3 to C7.The blank, after listening four hundred times, still sounds like "wheat liner" but this guy speaks at the speed of sound, so I am stumped and unfamiliar with ortho surgery.Any help is gratefully appreciated. ...
text: The patient is status post diskectomy, _________ interbody fusion, with an anterior fixation plate extending from C4 to C6.
sounds like salunite? ...
X-ray findings were obtained and reviewed today. These demonstrate a solid fusion of his distal radius with excellent consolidation of all his carpal bones. His pisiform is in excellent conjunction with the radius itself; the "dairy J"? appears to be well-preserved. There is callus formation over the radius.
Please HELP!!!!
"Dairy J" ...
Sentence dictated as "She also has a small C5/6 {s/l DISS}."
He's really emphasizing the "ISS" sound. I know it would make sence for it to be disc, but the sentence sounds incomplete to me? I feel like there should be herniation or protrusion or bulging at the end of the sentence if it were "disc"? Could the "diss" sounding word be short for something?
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Multilevel mild disc _____ are present. There is minimal disc bulging at C4-5.
I cannot give a s/l because he is running it together but the word does end in "cations," if that helps.
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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 ...
Impression: S/L Flowing anterior marginal osteophytes from C5 to C7; this may reflect underlying diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.
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has anybody ever heard of this? s/l Evo 3C ?? many thanks
Transverse process was decorticated, along with the sacral ala bilaterally, then irrigated with copious amounts of irrigation.
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I have sent him for a CBC with a differential, ESR, and a CRP to evaluate and make sure that he has not (s/l aseated) his spine and caused an infection. ...
This is used twice in report and I can't find anything that comes close. The sentence is : There are inflammatory changes and s/l flam-on around the C4 to C5 vertebral bodies. Any help is appreciated! ...