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How to transcribe graft 1:16 thousandths of an inch?

Posted By: paintyper on 2007-11-26
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Subject: How to transcribe graft 1:16 thousandths of an inch?

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Subject: I'm having a brain block! How do I transcribe 12 one thousandth of an inch?

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You would write it 12/1000 inch, written the same as 1/2 inch or 1/4 inch would be
Subject: You would write it 12/1000 inch, written the same as 1/2 inch or 1/4 inch would be


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Subject: 0.5 inch equals 1/2 inch.

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Subject: 12 one thousandths?

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Subject: fem graft? as in femoral vessel graft


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Subject: inch or "??

inch or " ??
inch
Subject: inch

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0.014 inch
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Subject: 3/8" or 3/8 inch

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1/8 of an inch....
Subject: 1/8 of an inch....



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0.5 inch or 1/2 inch
Subject: 0.5 inch or 1/2 inch

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Subject: 0.5 or 1/2 inch

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Subject: It's 12/1000-inch. nm

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Subject: how would you type 1/2 to 3/4 inch. sm.

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Subject: 2 quarters of an inch would be equivalent to

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Subject: 3/8-inch heel lift...

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Subject: I would type it as "a 1/8 inch lift"


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Subject: inch is NOT used with metric values. That

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Subject: need to know the right way to transcribe....

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Subject: How would you transcribe this?

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Subject: How would you transcribe this?


 I have a doctor who keeps saying axillosubclavian brachiocephalic vein as if this is one vein he is referring to, but I think it has to be two, so how would you transcribe it when he lists the procedures performed as:


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2.  Right axillosubclavian brachiocephalic vein balloon angioplasty using a 10 mm x 4-cm long balloon followed by 6 mm x 4-cm long balloon followed by 7 mm x 4-cm long balloon.


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Subject: I would transcribe it exactly as you have it. nm

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