working on ortho surgery. CANNOT find this word. Have researched for literally HOURS. Only know it must be some kind of tool or procedure....grrrr.
"[s/l NOTHING I CAN MAKE OUT!] was used to smooth the unstable cartilaginous flap on the tibial plateau. "
Thanks in advance.
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Doctor is dictating for a 90-year-old who sustained a hip fracture in a fall. Then, under assessment, it sounds like he says "Left crural neck fracture." I could assume he means femoral neck, as I never heard of crural neck. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance. ...
Patient is sent in to ER after a fall. She has had an x-ray that came back negative, but still complains of severe pain in left hip. She may have an s/l au cole/awk hole fracture.
Stuck on what type of fracture she is dictating. ...
Doctor sounds like he is saying pilon fracture, but the patient has a finger issue, not an ankle fracture.
Context - "Three views of the right hand reveal a healing s/l p-line type fracture with an intra-articular portion with narrowed joint space.
I thought about pilon fracture, but again this doesn't involve the ankle, so I don't believe that's it.
TIA! ...
What is the final say on how to use these words??
Is is tibia fracture or tibial fracture? fibula fracture or fibular fracture?
What if there is another word in front, does it become "proximal tibia fracture" or still 'proximal tibial fracture"?
I find some people do it one way, others the other way!!
Thanks in advance for any help/direction/link to help with this. ...
Surgery on a humerus fracture.
We then placed a distal screw in compression mode realigning the fracture and abutting the s/l CORD-A-SEAS of the fracture laterally. ...
I can find very little on this. The pt apparently has a s/l "tufts" fracture. Can anyone confirm this, and if so, is it an acronym for something or named after someone? Thanks for any info. Not much is coming up with Google. ...
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a great New Year!
Lady with posttraumatic chondromalacia patella with previous femur fracture. "s/l treater rod has been removed."
Thanks! ...
He's eating and mumbling at the same time, my two favorite bad habits....
Sounds like he is saying - I'm spelling phonetically here....
Bazed ri-ko-lar (long I on the ri) high intertrochanteric fracture.
He says this twice - the second time he is throws in "instrumented (bazed ri-ko-lar) high intertrochanteric fracture"
Thanks for your help and your time! I appreciate it.
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The nose was further decongested and anesthetized utilizing 10% cocaine pledgets, followed by injections, some _____, some_____...... or maybe submucousally, subperiossively.
I know, I'm a new student trying hard to get this. Let me know if I need to attach a sound file. ...
can someone tell me what a "3 4" rasp is? 3,4 or 3-4, or 3/4. the whole sentence is
The bony spicule over the dorsum was reduced via a Rubin osteotome and file ___ rasp
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Segond fracture: This was a new one for me today and thought I'd share. See Wikipedia link below for more, but basically it's named after a French doctor (Paul Segond) from 1879. It's a "type of avulsion fracture (soft tissue structures tearing off bits of their bony attachment) of the lateral tibial condyle of the knee, immediately beyond the surface which articulates with the femur." --Wikipedia. My case involved a skiing injury where the binding did ...