Ghost track (where screw marks are embedded in bone)
Posted By: CalifRADMT on 2008-01-22
In Reply to: Ghost Track or Ghost Tract? - RadMT
Subject: Ghost track (where screw marks are embedded in bone)
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Ghost Track or Ghost Tract?
Subject: Ghost Track or Ghost Tract?
I believe I've never heard of this one before!
Doctor dictates clearly: "There is heterogeneous marrow signal with ghost track related to prior intramedullary nail."
Anyone ever heard of ghost track or ghost tract? 
heroin tract or track marks?
Subject: heroin tract or track marks?
s/l Bio-Track screw? (used in ortho surg) TIA
Subject: s/l Bio-Track screw? (used in ortho surg) TIA
embedded?
Subject: embedded?
nm
ghost "appearance" osteophytes?
Subject: ghost "appearance" osteophytes?
Stedman's has ghost artifact and image. nm
Subject: Stedman's has ghost artifact and image. nm
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I have a Brit that says this for quotation marks. sm
Subject: I have a Brit that says this for quotation marks. sm
"Open inverted commas, I feel terrible doctor, close inverted commas."
At first I had no clue what he was talking about. :)
striae (stretch marks)
Subject: striae (stretch marks)
Maybe you are looking for striae, or stretch marks.
Subject: Maybe you are looking for striae, or stretch marks.
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The period goes inside the quotation marks.
Subject: The period goes inside the quotation marks.
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s/l striata -- is referring to stretch marks
Subject: s/l striata -- is referring to stretch marks
I can't find any reference to this word and am just wondering if she's just not pronouncing it correctly and it should be striae?
I would probably go with turbinator but put it in quotation marks - I think this is another case of
Subject: I would probably go with turbinator but put it in quotation marks - I think this is another case of
doctors making up words
Bone morphogenic protein is used in orthopedics for bone fusion. It is a chemical; so, if you hear
Subject: Bone morphogenic protein is used in orthopedics for bone fusion. It is a chemical; so, if you hear
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Yes, vague. What tooth shaped bone in the hand would the dicator be referring to? Any bone could
Subject: Yes, vague. What tooth shaped bone in the hand would the dicator be referring to? Any bone could
tooth shaped from injury or what have you. And like I said 9 times out of 10, odontoid refers to the "toothlike odontoid process in the second cervical vertebra." That's pretty specific, dontcha think? I've never heard a doctor refer to an "odontoid" in any other part of the body.
cloaca - an opening in a diseased bone containing a fragment of dead bone. nm
Subject: cloaca - an opening in a diseased bone containing a fragment of dead bone. nm
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AREX®BONE? (injectable synthetic bone) nm
Subject: AREX®BONE? (injectable synthetic bone) nm
I think it should be machined bone, bone that's been shaped and
Subject: I think it should be machined bone, bone that's been shaped and
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In ortho, they prepare the keel cuts (osteotomy cuts into the bone) and Kiel bone is an allograft
Subject: In ortho, they prepare the keel cuts (osteotomy cuts into the bone) and Kiel bone is an allograft
that is implanted.
Kiel bone® grafts. This material is calf or ox bone which has been denaturated.
track...........nm
Subject: track...........nm
I was way off track.. Thank you so much!
Subject: I was way off track.. Thank you so much!
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track trauma
Subject: track trauma
I am not sure if he stumbles or if he actually says track trauma. The entire line is ...No track trauma.
The patient has hamstring pain from injuring himself playing a baseball.
s/l track and pack
Subject: s/l track and pack
ESL, dictating a problem list in a patient with respiratory failure, anemia and hip fracture: It's just a numbered list of problems.
Status post s/l "track and pack". ?????
I would use track, as in path etc. nm
Subject: I would use track, as in path etc. nm
tract or track
Subject: tract or track
This always gets me...is it screw tract or track? Thanks.
s/l bone burr surgery. thought it was bone spur, but s/l burr, is there such a thing?
Subject: s/l bone burr surgery. thought it was bone spur, but s/l burr, is there such a thing?
fistulous track or tract?
Subject: fistulous track or tract?
I hate these two words! The doctors always say tracT when it should be tracK and it confuses me!~
?? s/l track/tract sign
Subject: ?? s/l track/tract sign
Patient has wrist pain and some numbness - no finger pain. Full sentence: "track/or tract sign is positive, as is Finkelstein's. Diagnosis is de Quervain's. I appreciate any help.
tract/track signs
Subject: tract/track signs
long tract sign(s)
Well, I was on the right track, just the wrong word. LOL!
Subject: Well, I was on the right track, just the wrong word. LOL!
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Thank you! you put me on the right track- crepitance is the word!
Subject: Thank you! you put me on the right track- crepitance is the word!
Sounds like you're on the right track nm
Subject: Sounds like you're on the right track nm
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lot as in lot number to track inventory
Subject: lot as in lot number to track inventory
shunt track or tract?
Subject: shunt track or tract?
These 2 always confuse me. I'm leaning towards tract -- am I right?
Is it excision of ulcer and tract or track?....nm
Subject: Is it excision of ulcer and tract or track?....nm
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Ortho -- tract versus track
Subject: Ortho -- tract versus track
My ortho doc is saying the patient has pain over the posterior aspect of his hip along the *track* of the piriformis muscle and sciatic nerve. Should it be "track" or "tract"? I don't think I'll EVER know this.. Thanks..
He had numbness, no "long track" signs.
Subject: He had numbness, no "long track" signs.
Ortho reprot.
He had pain in his neck and left arm with mild numbness, no s/l "long track" signs.
Doesn't make sense to me
TYVM. Very helpful. Somehow I got off track and didn't see that info when I was searching.
Subject: TYVM. Very helpful. Somehow I got off track and didn't see that info when I was searching.
The first poster was obviously correct too. I don't know why it didn't come up with that when I searched it. It has just been one of those days.
bone-tendon-bone
Subject: bone-tendon-bone
i believe that would be a 6.5 screw.
Subject: i believe that would be a 6.5 screw.
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could be lag screw
Subject: could be lag screw
screw?
Subject: screw?
Homerun screw?
Okay, I could have sworn I asked about this already but I can't find any documentation of an answer. It's an orthopedic procedure on the calcaneus. He's using "an additional ?homerun? screw placed from the tibia to the talus . . "
Help! This time I promise I'll write it down!
home run screw
It's 2 words instead of one. 
Bi-lock screw??
Subject: Bi-lock screw??
ORIF of finger with bi-lock screw?
name of screw for fracture?
Subject: name of screw for fracture?
An ***abear*** screw has been placed securing that fracture.
s/l abare screw
arthro-fix screw
Subject: arthro-fix screw
Anyone heard of this, and is this the correct way to type it?
Thanks!
Arthrex screw
Subject: Arthrex screw
orthopedics
Cancellous screw. (nm)
Subject: Cancellous screw. (nm)
s/l trans-one screw
Subject: s/l trans-one screw
The patient returns to clinic for followup after an L5-S1 s/l trans-one screw with bilateral posterior facet screw fixation.
pedicle screw
Subject: pedicle screw
He says patient admitted for facetectomy using s/l felist pedicle screws. What is this? TIA
AO screw...see inside
Subject: AO screw...see inside
Can you get "AO screw and threaded washer with lags"
AO as in Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Osteosynthesfragen
wow what a name.
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