Cotton test?? performed under floroscopy? doing ORIF
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test of ankle instability Cotton test?
Subject: test of ankle instability Cotton test?
Stedman's Orthopedics has a Coton test. Can't find Coton test on Google but do find Cotton (cotton?) test.
yes Cotton test to check stability
Subject: yes Cotton test to check stability
Cotton ankle instability test
Subject: Cotton ankle instability test
found it. It is cotton maneuver or test. sm
Subject: found it. It is cotton maneuver or test. sm
It is a test of moving the ankle from side to side to check for high ankle sprains.
yes, cotton (or hook) test is correct. Used during arthroscopic or fluoroscopy syndesmotic procedur
Subject: yes, cotton (or hook) test is correct. Used during arthroscopic or fluoroscopy syndesmotic procedures. SM
I don't capitalize cotton and have never been corrected, although I'm not sure if capitalized or not, but I don't think so.
doing L5/S epidural steroid injection says s/l serium??? floroscopy was used to identify the L5/S1
Subject: doing L5/S epidural steroid injection says s/l serium??? floroscopy was used to identify the L5/S1
interspace
ORIF
Subject: ORIF
open reduction internal fixation
ORIF
Subject: ORIF
I often see the ASR type "open reduction internal fixation". I was always taught it was "open reduction and internal fixation. They 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
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp
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.
ORIF/type of screws used...
Subject: ORIF/type of screws used...
sounds like surgeon is saying feltapping cortical screws. TIA!
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!
ORIF pin s/l preopproping through the skin
Subject: ORIF pin s/l preopproping through the skin
Left small finger shows a palpable point of what appears to be metal but is not *s/l preopproping* through the skin.
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.
cotton?
Subject: cotton?
may be cotton??
Subject: may be cotton??
Ankle ORIF: A s/l three liter bump was placed.
Subject: Ankle ORIF: A s/l three liter bump was placed.
thanks
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. 
coarse cotton
Subject: coarse cotton
s/l it. Coarse-mesh gauze dressings work great with skin grafts.
WAG cotton ball ? nm
Subject: WAG cotton ball ? nm
nm
Cotton –Leung
Subject: Cotton –Leung
Best guess is Cotton's . sm
Subject: Best guess is Cotton's . sm
Cotton ankle instability test. as per my old Sted's ortho.
by A Beumer - 2003 - Cited by 14 - Related articles - All 4 versions
Clinical diagnosis of syndesmotic ankle instability-evaluation of stress tests ... fibula translation, Cotton, and external rotation tests as well as for ...
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Cotton maneuver
Subject: Cotton maneuver
Cotton (capitalized) ankle instability test - Stedman's Orthopaedic & Rehab Words
could it just be "plain" cotton ??
Subject: could it just be "plain" cotton ??
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*
Packed with cotton balls perhaps?
Subject: Packed with cotton balls perhaps?
I've heard of saline-soaked cotton balls before. Tonsil balls though...friggin' awesome visual! 
Pt having hysterectomy. s/l fibrillar cotton placed..nm
Subject: Pt having hysterectomy. s/l fibrillar cotton placed..nm
Cotton is a proper name per this info
Subject: Cotton is a proper name per this info
Cotton, F. The ankle and foot.
In Dislocations and Joint-Fractures. WB Saunders Co.
Philadelphia 1910:535-88.
s/l "pun" cotton placed over stump
Subject: s/l "pun" cotton placed over stump
after amputation of foot??? ');>![](http://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/sowhat.gif")
s/l cotton lewing stent during ERCP
Subject: s/l cotton lewing stent during ERCP
TIA
Cotton-Leung biliary stent
Subject: Cotton-Leung biliary stent
/s
wild guess..."sutured" cotton? sm
Subject: wild guess..."sutured" cotton? sm
often they create a bolster dressing with cottonballs and petroleum cotton-gauze dressing which is sutured in place...can't think of anything else..sorry
s/l Triple cotton nylon suture.
Subject: s/l Triple cotton nylon suture.
Is there such a thing as cotton nylon sutures?
10-French cotton wing stent?
Subject: 10-French cotton wing stent?
Does this sound right for bile/hepatic duct. Thanks.
Feel that revision ORIF would be most warranted and I will use a s/l stack plating technique. sm
Subject: Feel that revision ORIF would be most warranted and I will use a s/l stack plating technique. sm
Patient does suffer from neurofibromatosis and this is not unexpected. Is the **stack** plating correct? Thanks
*oscopy was performed. ??
Subject: *oscopy was performed. ??
The beginning of this word is cut off. All I can hear is "oscopy" was performed that showed internal hemorrhoids.
Would this be "endoscopy" ?? Any help appreciated!
Sure this is not the name of the facility performed at?
Subject: Sure this is not the name of the facility performed at?
MRI at Open Imaging of Redwood?
Procedures... would these be performed by MD or DDS?
Subject: Procedures... would these be performed by MD or DDS?
Cricopharyngeal myotomy and swallowing study.
s/l pan-cystoscopy was performed
Subject: s/l pan-cystoscopy was performed
I've never had a prefix added to cystoscopy. Does this make sense?
Do you have the name of the procedure performed?
Subject: Do you have the name of the procedure performed?
He says it as the procedure performed
Subject: He says it as the procedure performed
"Port: Right IJ single-lumen power port."
Stuff like this makes me look bad and also paranoid. The suits only look at QA scores, that type of thing, and never how crappy the report was.
It's just one of those nights.
Thanks so much...
first is pledget (A tuft of wool, cotton, or lint). nm
Subject: first is pledget (A tuft of wool, cotton, or lint). nm
As the type of operation being performed
Subject: As the type of operation being performed
Debridement of nonunion, right distal femur with bone grafting (cancellous chips allograft and INFUSE BMP bone grafting).
I am asking because I found it 3 different ways and thus my confusion.
A cardiac cath is usually performed
Subject: A cardiac cath is usually performed
through the femoral artery that runs past the knees.
Maybe pending as in ordered, but not yet performed?
Subject: Maybe pending as in ordered, but not yet performed?
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