That should be arthroscopy...LOL...coffee!

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"The scope was inserted anteriorly _____________ posteriorly.  The posterior cuff was normal.  The superior labrum was torn, consistent with a type II SLAP lesion."

This is a shoulder. 

how would you write 5 5???  Saying "Two 5 5? corkscrew anchors were placed, one anteriorly and one posteriorly.

Thanks

Shoulder arthroscopy report, author dictates,

A "Halloween-type" shaver was used to debride the acromion. 

I have not been able to verify this term anywhere.  Has anyone come across this?

Thanks. 

There were noted to be grade 2 changes over the patella and grade 3 to 4 changes over the trochlear groove.  __________ (s/l full rate of susector) was made through a medial portal and abrasion chondroplasty was performed over the patella and abrasion arthroplasty performed over the trochlear groove.  

A biter was placed laterally in order to incise the plica and then a _______________ (s/l full rate of susector) was then taken to excise the remainder of the plica.  T

There was noted to be a small degenerative tear posteromedially, which was removed using the ___________ (s/l full rate of susector).

He says this many times, but I can't catch exactly what it is.  Thanks.

they sometimes do dictate *coffee grounds* but then no emesis would be after that.....coffee-ground material, coffee-ground emesis, or just coffee grounds........

HTH (hope that helps)

A gentle chondroplasty was performed with a _________ whisker and arthroscopic shaver to remove any loose debris.

TIA!

Just FYI, there are more french terms medically speaking, i.e., there is also *peau d'orange* which is *orange skin* used in medicine to describe something with the look (orange color) and texture (dimpled appearance) of an orange peel; for example the skin of the breast in inflammatory breast cancer or the retina in pseudoxanthoma elasticum.