surgical note for a medial meniscus tear

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 ...

Laundry list of tests including s/l Kessler/Tesler/Pesler test. Any ideas? ...

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? ...

Ultrasound done today shows a fast-fix PLEDGET in the gap between the MCL and the medial meniscus. THANKS SO MUCH!! ...

This is in a hip adduction surgery. ...

Wrapping up a c-section. The MD states "Final counts were correct with Wanda negative." Google search yields nothing pertinent. My abbreviation and surgical reference books do not have this term. Is it a wound criteria? Zilch. ...

My doc is dictating about a meniscal repair with grade 3 chondrosis. He states one of the postop diag is *Flatulent meniscus or degenerative-type meniscus*. I have a hard time believing flatulent could pertain to the kneecap, and I can't find flatuant to verify. ...

Rotator cuff repair. The lateral meniscus had s/l fishering horizontally. ...

They seem to both make sense, which would you go with? Nasoendoscopy is performed which demonstrates scarring of the left middle turbinate to the [medial or meatal] wall of the maxillary sinus. ...

Ok, brain's gone to mush. What's DPR stand for in the context of lumbar spine? Thanks so much! ...

s/l demon in his medial femoral condyle with areas of osteochondral defect and cartilaginous loss noted... Any help is appreciated!!!! ...

"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 ...

If a doc says medial and lateral malleolus, should it be changed to medial and lateral malleoli? Thank you for your help! ...

"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? Thanks for any help! ...

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. ...

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. ...

Incision was made over the medial "axisceon" beginning at the medial epicondyle..." ...

Dr. says: Mild medial femoral tibial articular cartilage thinning. Should it be femoral-tibial, or femoral/tibial, or femoral tibial? ...

Sounds like my ortho doc is saying "Previous arthroscopy two years ago did show an area of exposed "ingranated" bone within the medial compartment". He is a nonoperative candidate for knee replacement. I know ingranated is not a word, but that is what is sounds like. Thought about indurated, and it is not that either. Any ideas would be helpful 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. ...

I'm dictating on a patient who has an AV fistula and the dictator is saying something like ox ox tear drop or at least that's what it sounds like ...

it really sounds like he says "musclulature" ...

In an arthroscopic knee surgery: A s/l parapeet type small flap tear was noted in the anterior horn..... Thank you. ...

sounds like passomneumonic? MRI does reveal evidence of a partialâ��thickness tear of the supraspinatus tendon as well as tendinosis of the infraspinatus and subscapularis tendons. There is also an abnormality at the anterior superior labrum, which may be consistent with a labral tear but is not passomneumonic based on the fact that this is a noncontrast study. passopneumonic? sounds something like that... Please help, unable to locate in Stedman's or Internet.... Thanks! ...

Dictator says: "Possible jarment (?) of the screw on the medial aspect of her right foot." I heard "jarment" clear as day! ...

At this point, she probably will need arthroscopy with microfracture versus an (s/l olds) procedure. TIA ...

surgical note for a medial meniscus tear - marel2

eburnated - try this

eburnated, perhaps - elaine

Thanks! That's it!!! - marel2

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