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Has anyone heard of s/l "X-LIP" procedure for spinal stenosis/scoliosis? nm

Posted By: grin on 2008-08-28
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Subject: cervical stenosis is spinal stenosis in the neck...sm

It should actually be called

cervical spinal stenosis.
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Subject: spinal stenosis

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ALSO- Patient has spinal stenosis & this is probably for that
Subject: ALSO- Patient has spinal stenosis & this is probably for that

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s/l soso spinal stenosis
Subject: s/l soso spinal stenosis

70-year-old woman has a "soso" spinal stenosis surgery in her past medical history.

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Any suggestions?
lumbar spinal stenosis. nm
Subject: lumbar spinal stenosis. nm

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Sesso Spinal Stenosis?
Subject: Sesso Spinal Stenosis?

Dictator has made past medical history list. Sounds like she's stutters saying something else possibly? or maybe just a stutter? of Spinal ?


 


7 sesso?? Spinal stenosis surgery three years ago.


maybe cervical spinal stenosis
Subject: maybe cervical spinal stenosis


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Subject: mid acquired spinal stenosis? mind a bland

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Subject: mild acquired spinal stenosis is correct (nm)

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Subject: spinal stenosis and facet mass....s/l siset

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I remember someone correcting me about a sentence that was "patient has got spinal stenosis."
Subject: I remember someone correcting me about a sentence that was "patient has got spinal stenosis."


I would go with cervical because severe spinal stenosis could be in other parts of the body
Subject: I would go with cervical because severe spinal stenosis could be in other parts of the body


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Sounds like: Fixation using Encompass (?) rods and screws...


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Subject: X-Lift spinal procedure

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Subject: Has anybody heard of s/l Denasis spinal instrumentation? sm

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I heard of a Norwood procedure, but there is no
Subject: I heard of a Norwood procedure, but there is no

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Subject: Could they be slurring cerebral artery stenosis or some other stenosis? nm

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patient under went a Hewitt? and at that time a colostomy was done..


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Subject: I've heard "cremasteric fibers" in this procedure.(nm)


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Subject: mid stenosis, mid-stenosis, midstenosis?

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Risser.
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Subject: Could it be scoliosis? Wild guess... nm

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Subject: Nevermind. Later on he says going to get scoliosis series...


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Afebrile, stable S/L-ladder signs standing upright, well compensated. 


 


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Subject: Scoliosis pt - s/l "parasail" configuration

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Subject: more help on scoliosis patient, really having a hard time here!

She has a 1.8 mm S/L- celutoe translation at L3-L4 level. 


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Subject: S/L APO thoracic curve..patient has scoliosis...foriegn doc

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Subject: For measurement of scoliosis, Cobb's angle. See link inside.

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Subject: Also dictates the patient had scoliosis diagnosed at 10 years of age, no treatment (is now 60)


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Subject: Makes sense. Scoliosis is a lateral curve. A rotation is more of a twisting

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