sentence help? re: hemiparesis/hemiplegia/fascia?

I have seen this so many times but am still not 100% positive what it is: Two 1/8-inch Hemovac drains were left deep at the level of fascia/below the level of the fascia/below the fascia?" He is not speaking clearly enough for me to be 100% positive. Thank you. ...

Knee surgery: "incision carried down to the skin, subcu through the "Marshall's" fascia. I can't find this. Can anyone help? ...

sounds like 2-0 Ethibond was used to imbricate in a "Uste" fashion the perivesical fascia over the midline defect. Need to confirm type of imbrication ...

Total shoulder arthroplasty Using blunt digital dissection, the subdeltoid bursa was developed as well as the plane underneath the "s/l fox" fascia and conjoined tendon. I've seen "faux" fascia being used in other reports from this doctor, but I have not been able to document this. I feel uneasy about just sticking that in just because somebody else did. ...

The soft tissue was then sharply incised until the cautery control fascia was encountered in that s/l exide/site does cautery control fascia make sense? ...

here's a chunk of the dictation around it, during a laparoscopic appendectomy. "We began by making a supraumbilical skin incision which we extended down to the fascia using blunt dissection. The fascia was drawn upwards with _____ and we incised it with a knife, entering the peritoneal cavity." It really sounds like he is saying "kookoos" or "krowkers". Any ideas? ...

"I then performed radical synovectomy around each of the flexor tendons, and carpal tunnel and distal volar compartment of the wrist, the antebrachial fascia with *alls* release for several centimeters." ...

Dictator very clearly says "externalis fascia" in conjuction with inguinal hernia surgery; however, I cannot verify this term. Any ideas? ...

He was placed on levodopa therapy. With this, both him and his wife noticed his gait improved as well as the tremor. He has actually run out of this over the last 4 or 5 days and it may be a little bit of worsening. That is typed as dictated, I am stumped as to cleaning it up. Also.. 'both him and his wife' does not sound right to me? or is it right. ...

There is no weakness, overt numbness, loss of balance, loss of bowel or bladder, speech difficulties, visual difficulties, or lateralizing weakness. ...

The next step is to obtain a CPK previous and then 1 after exercise. Would you change 'previous' to before? ...

Here's what I hear...Evaluation for elective thymectomy in displacement with myasthenia gravis. Not sure if it sounds like "in" or "and". Which is correct? Thanks for any help! ...

He had multiple facial fractures including bilateral number three fracture, ligament injury in C7-T1, left hand fracture, T9 compression fractures, multiple rib fractures, right clavicular fracture, and left second metacarpal fracture. Does this make any sense? I have no idea what a number three fracture is, but he says it pretty clearly. ...

I'm transcribing a dictation by an Asian doctor and I'm unsure what to do with this sentence. I'm pretty sure it is exactly what he is saying. "...drainage from her right ear 2-3 days ago. This happened after her swimming 2-3 days or had all this drainage." The part I'm unsure about is after the first period. Thanks in advance for any ideas!! ...

does this make sense: She is now really reliving true abuse, and we will work with her. ...

Heart rate PS1 S2, somewhat irregular. not sure if I am hearing Heart rate or something else... ...

ok, so I had a 20-minute dictation by a DOCTOR, albeit a resident, but still...he actually said "next sentence" at the end of EVERY SENTENCE. I just want to type verbatim for ONE DAY... ...

The infant has a history of Don A Barro syndrome. Sorry I did not put it in sentence form last time. Thank you. ...

Peripheral neuropathy. I am going to go ahead and obtain a glucose tolerance test. Ulnar neuropathy. He is tentatively scheduled, according to his report, to have decompression done by Dr. Labosky. I am going go ahead and obtain a glucose tolerance test. ...

Abdominal CT showed atherosclerotic changes in the aorta, multilobulated mass in the iliopsoas muscle hematoma, and extensive sigmoid diverticulosis but no diverticulitis. TIA!!! ...

When first seen, she had a very clear right-sided rest tremor, decreased right arm swing, and a right with gait, fairly significant posture instability, and mild increased tone on the right side with an otherwise normal exam. ...

Hello to all MT posters- - Am wondering about tips about sentence breaks and comma use. Any advice/guidelines when the doctor is running fast and sentence breaks and paragraphing don't seem obvious? -Thanks to the MT's that give advise in a professional manner. So many of the newbie posts hit right at home. -Still waiting for my AIM internship to start. Has anyone interned with AIM? Diane ...

HI, I need to know if there are supposed to be 2 spaces between sentences. I was always taught in word there was one. I need to know because I edit. ...

I am just wondering how would ASR interpret this sentence... "The patient was able to cite the exact site and moment when he lost his sight." ...

I hope I posted this in the right place. If not, my sincerest apologies. I'm curious - how many of you put a comma after the phrase "At this time", i.e. At this time, the patient was discharged to home, as opposed to At this time the patient was discharged to home. I used to know all of this stuff but it's been 34 years since I graduated high school. LOL. I had some great English teachers but the memory fades with age...... :-) Thanks in advance! Have a ...

Week #1 she had fatigue, muscle aches for which she used Advil, lightheadedness, and some depression. Specifically the part about "muscles aches for which she used Advil." I want to put another comma in there, but it doesn't look right to me. ...

unsure of punctuation and also the last sentence. I typed all as dictated, but think there should be a comma after femur, and no fractures noted as a separate sentence. Any ideas? tia. X-rays of the pelvis and hip show some degenerative changes in the right hip greater than the left with narrowing of the joint space and osteophyte formation around the head of the femur. The greater trochanter and intertrochanteric area no fractures are noted. ...

sentence help? re: hemiparesis/hemiplegia/fascia? - dawn

aphasia (inability to speak) sm - flybye

okay I think I am understanding. thanks. - dawn

Depends....sm - elaine

true...but acute aphagia is rare...sm - flybye

I agree - aphasia is more reasonable...nm - elaine

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