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ORIF/type of screws used...

Posted By: maj on 2008-02-08
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Subject: ORIF/type of screws used...

sounds like surgeon is saying feltapping cortical screws.  TIA!




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Pt had ORIF with two small fragment s/l cancela screws. TIA *nm*
Subject: Pt had ORIF with two small fragment s/l cancela screws. TIA *nm*


type of screws
Subject: type of screws

s/l Kinsella or Cansella screws


This is an ORIF of lateral malleolus and I don't normally do OP notes !!!


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Subject: ORIF

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Subject: ORIF

I often see the ASR type "open reduction internal fixation".  I was always taught it was "open reduction and internal fixationThey are 2 separate procedures as far as I know.  Am In incorrect? 
what does ORIF stand for?
Subject: what does ORIF stand for?

nm
op note help for ORIF
Subject: op note help for ORIF

Am I hearing this correctly? 


Under 3.5 s/l executed magnification, the interval between the FCR and radial artery was utilized.


S/L executed


 


ORIF incision?
Subject: ORIF incision?

Ankle surgery


"transverse ****** vertical incision over the distal fibula."


What's missing?


ORIF in abdomen?
Subject: ORIF in abdomen?

ABDOMEN:  Soft, tender and redness on the left side of the patient's abdominal wall during examination.  The patient expressed feculent material coming from the ORIF incision site, along with air.


I have never heard of ORIF referring to the abdomen.  Any idea what else thise could be





Could it be hardware that has been taken out? An ORIF gone bad? sm
Subject: Could it be hardware that has been taken out? An ORIF gone bad? sm

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Explant: 1. The original meaning: to transfer tissue from the body and place it in a culture medium for growth; and the tissue that is transferred.

2. To remove a device that had been implanted.

Doing ORIF s/l *Benirshki* incision. nm TY!!
Subject: Doing ORIF s/l *Benirshki* incision. nm TY!!


ORIF of proximal phalanx
Subject: ORIF of proximal phalanx

In this op note, the doctor says a "one five recon plate" was trimmed to the appropriate length, and I placed a "one five" screw distally.  Would you agree this should be transcribed as 1.5 (as in mm).  He didn't say mm, and I won't go so far as to put mm in the report.


distal radius ORIF
Subject: distal radius ORIF

The patient was given s/l cephanicol for muscle relaxation.


sulfanicol? cefanical?  Can't find anything that s/l these.


Thank you!


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Subject: ORIF pin s/l preopproping through the skin

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Eye surgery - ORIF of tripod and
Subject: Eye surgery - ORIF of tripod and

and orbital floor fractures -- Doc says "There were s/l greenstat component fractures of the zygomatic arch and along the frontozygomatic suture line."  Thought about greenstick fracture, but have not had this used in reference to face before. 
ortho op report ORIF
Subject: ortho op report ORIF

ORIF of forearm  - this dr is a great dictator and speaks very clearly but does this make sense?


The anterior approach of Henry was now performed.  Care was taken to preserve all neurovascular structures.  The fracture site was **** s/l rarely *** delineated.  A butterfly fragment was noted.  The fracture was now reduced and the butterfly component was provisionally pinned with small K-wires. 


 


Ankle ORIF: A s/l three liter bump was placed.
Subject: Ankle ORIF: A s/l three liter bump was placed.

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Doing ORIF of ulna with plate fixation, SM
Subject: Doing ORIF of ulna with plate fixation, SM

Sounds like


Reduction was obtained and held with pointed reduction clamps, and a Synthes 8-hole 3.5 DC s/l "Kavi"  ______ plate was affixed....


As always, thanks in advance.


 


Cotton test?? performed under floroscopy? doing ORIF
Subject: Cotton test?? performed under floroscopy? doing ORIF


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Subject: Hip Screws

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Screws? nm
Subject: Screws? nm

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s/l *transendisponic* screws.
Subject: s/l *transendisponic* screws.

FU of Charcot ankle repair.


This is in the x-ray evaluation.


"Two of the three _______ screws are intact."


Ankle Screws
Subject: Ankle Screws

The patient is having an examination after having closed manipulation and reduction of the fracture and percutaneous cannulated screw fixation of the fracture site.  This comminuted fracture of the body of the calcaneus remains in good positional alignment and with one "can sell us" screw and washer. 


Any clues on the screw name?


list of screws - could it be any of these?
Subject: list of screws - could it be any of these?

Absolute absorbable screw
Ace screw
AcroMed screw
alar screw
Alta cancellous screw
Alta cortical screw
Alta cross-locking screw
Alta lag screw
Alta supracondylar screw
Alta transverse screw
AMBI hip screw
Amset R-F screw
anchor screw
AO cancellous screw
AO cortex screw
AO lag screw
AO spongiosa screw
AO-ASIF screw
Arthrex sheathed interference screw
arthrodesis screw
ASIF cancellous screw
ASIF cortical screw
ASIF malleolar screw
Asnis III cannulated screw
Aten olecranon screw
Autogenesis automator for Ilizarov screw
axial compression screw
Barouk cannulated bone screw
Basile hip screw
Bechtol screw
bicortical screw
Bio-Absorbable interference screw
BioCuff C bioresorbable cannulated screw
Bio-Interference tibial screw
Biologically Quiet interference screw
Bionx absorbable cannulated screw
Bionx self-reinforced PLLA smart screw
BioRCI screw
BioScrew absorbable interference screw
BioSorbFX SR self-reinforced plate and screw
Bold compression screw
bone mulch screw
Bosworth coracoclavicular screw
buttress thread screw
Campbell cannulated screw
cancellous bone screw
cannulated cancellous lag screw
cannulated hip screw
CAPIS screw
carpal scaphoid screw
Carrell-Girard screw
Caspar cervical screw
chrome cobalt screw
Clearfix screw
Cohort bone screw
Collison screw
compression hip screw
compression lag screw
Concise compression hip screw
cortex screw
cortical bone screw
cortical cancellous screw
Cotrel pedicle screw
Coventry screw
crown drill screw
cruciate head bone screw
cruciform head bone screw
Cubbins screw
DeMuth hip screw
DePuy interference screw
Deyerle interlocking screw
distal locking screw
distraction screw
double-threaded Herbert screw
Duo-Drive screw
Dwyer spinal screw
Dynamic condylar screw (DCS)
dynamic hip screw (DHS)
ECT bone screw
Edwards modular system spinal/sacral screw
Eggers screw
encased screw
EndoFix bioabsorbable interference screw
expansion screw
Fabian screw
femoral head cork screw
Fixateur Interne screw
flute of cannulated screw
foreign body screw
four-tap screw
Garden screw
Gentle Threads interference screw
Glasgow screw
Glass-Bessen transfixion screw
glenoid fixation screw
Guardsman femoral interference screw
Hahn screw
Hall spinal screw
Hamilton screw
Heck screw
Hedrocel titanium screw
Henderson lag screw
Herbert bone screw
Herbert scaphoid screw
Herbert-Whipple bone screw
hex screw
hexagonal slot-cap screw
hip compression screw
hollow mill Asnis cannulated screw
hook trial set screw
Howmedica ICS screw
Howmedica Universal compression screw
iliac screw
iliosacral screw
Ilizarov screw
Instrument Makar biodegradable interference screw
Integrity acetabular cup screw
interference screw
interfragmentary lag screw
Intrafix screw
Isola spinal implant system iliac screw
Isola vertebral screw
Jeter lag/position screw
Jewett pick-up screw
Johannson lag screw
Jones screw
Kaessmann screw
Kostuik screw
Kristiansen eyelet lag screw
Kurosaka interference-fit screw
lag screw
Lane bone screw
lateral screw
Leinbach olecranon screw
Leone expansion screw
Linvatec absorbable screw
Lippman screw
locking screw
Long Beach pedicle screw
Lorenzo screw
Luhr screw
lumbar pedicle screw
Lundholm screw
Luque II screw
Luque pedicle screw
machine screw
malleolar screw
Marion screw
Martin screw
maxillofacial bone screw
McLaughlin carpal scaphoid screw
medial bicortical screw
medial unicortical screw
Medoff axial compression screw
micrometric screw
mille pattes screw
mini AO screw
minifragment screw
Moberg screw
Morris biphase screw
Moss screw
Mouradian screw
multiaxial screw
navicular screw
Neufeld screw
No-Lok screw
non-self-tapping screw
Olerud PSF screw
Ormandy screw
Orthex cannulated bone screw
Orthofix screw
Osteomed screw
OsteoTite bone screw
Palex expansion screw
Palmer screw
pedicle screw
PerFixation screw
PGA screw
Phillips head screw
Phillips recessed-head screw
Pilot point screw
polyaxial cervical screw
polylactide absorbable screw
posterior-anterior screw
Preston screw
Propel cannulated interference screw
pull screw
Ray screw
ReUnite orthopedic screw
reverse-threaded screw
Revo retrievable cancellous screw
Richards classic compression hip screw
Richards lag screw
Richmond subarachnoid screw
rigid pedicle screw
Rockwood shoulder screw
Russell-Taylor screw
sacral alar screw
sacral pedicle screw
Schanz screw
screw alignment bar
screw alignment rod
screw angle guide
screw angulation
screw backout
screw breakage
screw compressor
screw depth calibrator
screw depth gauge
screw design
screw epiphysiodesis
screw fixation
screw fixation operation
screw fusion
screw head
screw implantation
screw insertion
screw insertion technique
screw loosening
screw placement C-guide
screw position perioperative monitoring
screw stabilization
screw stripout
screw tap
screw tip
screw toggle
screw torque
Scuderi screw
Selby I, II screw
self-tapping bone screw
SemiFix screw
set screw
Shanz screw
Sharpey screw
Shelton bone screw
Sherman bone screw
Simmons double-hole spinal screw
Simmons-Martin screw
sliding compression hip screw
small fragment screw
small-headed screw
spherical-headed screw
spongiosa screw
stainless steel screw
Steffee plate and screw
step screw
Storz screw
Stryker lag screw
subarticular screw
superior thoracic pedicle screw
Swiss cancellous screw
syndesmotic screw
Synthes compression hip screw
Thatcher screw
thoracolumbar pedicle screw
Thornton screw
threaded cancellous screw
thumb screw
tibial head screw
titanium screw
Tivanium cancellous bone screw
Townley bone graft screw
Townsend-Gilfillan screw
traction tongs screw
transarticular screw
transfixion screw
transpedicular screw
transverse screw
triangulated pedicle screw
TSRH pedicle screw
tulip pedicle screw
Tunneloc bone mulch screw
unicortical screw
Universal fixation screw
Uppsala screw
Vari-Angle screw
varus-valgus adjustment screw
VDS screw
Venable screw
Venable-Stuck screw
Virgin hip screw
Vitallium screw
VLC compression screw
VSF screw
Wagner-Schanz screw
Weise jack screw
Wiltse pedicle screw
wood screw
Woodruff screw
Wurzburg screw
Yuan screw
Zimmer compression hip screw
Zuelzer screw
Where are the screws being inserted? nm
Subject: Where are the screws being inserted? nm

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Subject: Feel that revision ORIF would be most warranted and I will use a s/l stack plating technique. sm

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Just my opinion, but I would say set lock (like set screws). Anyone else?
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BioOss? for fixation instead of screws? sm
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