As American-born, English-speaking doctors are becoming the minority, I think all companies should openly state what percentage of ESL will be encountered in a new job and then ask 1 year of experience for each percentage of ESL; e.g. 40% ESL (the maximum I can personally tolerate) 4 years experience plus a differential in the line rate, too. What do y'all think? ...
Patient has a 3 x 2 cm laceration at s/l glabber's and nonglabber's junctions of the thumb.
I have no idea and have looked around for various sound variations, glabber, glavver, gleiver?? I am coming up with nothing. TIA! ...
I know the hallux is the big toe, but can it also be used for the thumb? The doc is doing a carpal tunnel release and CMC arthroplasty and states "this gave us very good position of the first metacarpal and *hallux* nicely in place." It is very clearly *hallu*, but sounds like it may have a T at the end. Hallut? I have never heard this and can't verify it. ...
It was explained to the patient that if in the future this should become painful, bothersome or if it becomes s/l systetically unpleasing to him, we could resect the osteophyte. Definitely does not sound like cosmetically. Thanks for any help ...
Anyone ever heard of pink thumb?
Her thumb started to pink up and she has numbness in her thumb, completely, with pink thumb with an area of ecchymosis Thanks. ...
re: ligament reconstruction and tendon interposition
I usually use a tendon sling to get more stability than with just putting an s/l "antrove" in there ...
I am doing an ortho note for a tib ant tendon rupture repair. the procedure will be a "tendon reconstruction with a graft. Use a ___ screw to secure it to the cuneiform." the word before screw s/l hutchins but I am not able to locate anything like that anywhere. Can anyone help out with this? Thank you. ...
Repair of extensor tendon, dorsum of the proximal interphalangeal joint, with s/l Booten? repair, left index finger.
Anybody heard of this type of repair. Sounds like Booten? Thanks. ...
"The right heel has definite gapposes (doc's spelling) at the musculotendinous junction of the Achilles tendon." I assume he's meaning there's a gap there, but is there such a word? More likely spelling would be gaposis, but even that... ...
Full sentence is "concerned about the possibility of compressive cervical myelopathy in the presence of generous (?) deep tendon reflexes and in the face of polyneuropathy seen on EMG." ...
EXTREMITIES – right upper extremity full range of motion. [Strength 505 throughout deep tendon reflexes are very hard to illicit]
The part in brackets im not sure about... can someone tell if I have written this correctly? ...
The MRI scan indicates a biceps s/l long-handed tendon interstitial tear at the level of the humeral neck. s/l mild mally perch biceps tendon of the bicipital groove, suspicious for the transverse ligament on the biceps pulley mechanism being insufficient or injured.
TIA ...
What is the prope way to type this out:
five-tenths of a cc.
I have been typing 0.5 cc, but I am thinking maybe it should be 0.05 cc. Please help set me straight! Thanks! ...
Ok, is it proper to say "bottoms of both feet" or "bottom of both feet"?? My dictator and I have been going around and around on this...please help! ...
It must be too early. I've talked myself in and out of this but need a little help here. In names such as Martinez, when the sentence is, "she was sent from Dr. Martinez's office" is it Martinez's or Martinez'. Told you it was early. Would appreciate the help please. Thank you. ...