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Per Stedman it is not capitalized, seton drain

Posted By: MT50 on 2007-11-08
In Reply to: Do I need to capitalize seton? (As in drainage seton) Thanks in advance! nm - stumped

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seton..a fabric guide or drain thru a part. Sometimes misused when meaning a drain. nm
Subject: seton..a fabric guide or drain thru a part. Sometimes misused when meaning a drain. nm

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Per Stedman - no it is not capitalized
Subject: Per Stedman - no it is not capitalized


It was capitalized per Stedman
Subject: It was capitalized per Stedman


Not capitalized, per Stedman's
Subject: Not capitalized, per Stedman's

Per Stedman's Psychiatry/Neurology/Neurosurgery Words book, Appendix 2, page A54, ecstacy is not capitalized and is spelled ecstacy not ecstasy, otherwise known as MDMA.
Do I need to capitalize seton? (As in drainage seton) Thanks in advance! nm
Subject: Do I need to capitalize seton? (As in drainage seton) Thanks in advance! nm


Stedman's Ortho 5th shows it capitalized.
Subject: Stedman's Ortho 5th shows it capitalized.


Stedman Ortho has Gram negative capitalized
Subject: Stedman Ortho has Gram negative capitalized


LOL! I thought it may actually be a drain that s/l "aspirin" as the patient had a drain.
Subject: LOL! I thought it may actually be a drain that s/l "aspirin" as the patient had a drain.


Seton
Subject: Seton

According to my research, seton is a length of suture material. I think you may be wrong.
s/l seton
Subject: s/l seton

doing an OR for anal fissure... procedure is placement of a s/l Ceton/Seton? 
seton. nm
Subject: seton. nm

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seton (nm)
Subject: seton (nm)

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seton
Subject: seton


seton
Subject: seton

thanks


s/l seton, ceton
Subject: s/l seton, ceton

Pain following tightening of seton for anal fistula.


 


And now the definition for seton.
Subject: And now the definition for seton.

medicine> A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed.
Seton is correct
Subject: Seton is correct


the answer is Seton sm
Subject: the answer is Seton sm

Anal fistula; Seton; ... treatment of complex anal fistulas. The seton ... seton in the management of complex anal fistula
seton, no capital S. nm
Subject: seton, no capital S. nm

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pretty sure its seton
Subject: pretty sure its seton

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fistula tract with placement of seton. sm
Subject: fistula tract with placement of seton. sm

 Fistula tract.   A seton is almost like a wick etc.


 


seton




A wisp of threads, a strip of gauze, a length of wire, or other foreign material passed through the subcutaneous tissues or a cyst to form a sinus or fistula.


seton suture at the base of the anal "crip" ??
Subject: seton suture at the base of the anal "crip" ??


I have Stedman medical & surgical equipment and words and find that out of my Stedman books (have 4
Subject: I have Stedman medical & surgical equipment and words and find that out of my Stedman books (have 4 others) this is the one I use the most. Just my preference.


GP Drain
Subject: GP Drain

GP drain status post cholecystectomy 
Could it be JP drain? sm
Subject: Could it be JP drain? sm

Jackson-Pratt drain
drain
Subject: drain

What kind of a surgery, ortho, gut, vascular?
s/l batubeter drain
Subject: s/l batubeter drain

TKA:  ........swelling and air in the soft tissues and a vacuum-type [batubeter] drain. 


Drain sites?
Subject: Drain sites?


cigarette drain?
Subject: cigarette drain?


type of drain...help!!
Subject: type of drain...help!!

Hi All!


Has anyone heard of a "JetAc" drain??? Doctor says it so quickly and I've looked everywhere for anything like this. Your help would be so appreciated! Thanks!


type of drain
Subject: type of drain

A 19-gauge s/l Taxial mini drain?
There is an Axiom drain?
Subject: There is an Axiom drain?


Tomey drain
Subject: Tomey drain

Is Tomey drain correct for cholecystitis? Patient did not have a cholecystectomy, but instead had a "Tomey" drain.
cholecystostomy drain.
Subject: cholecystostomy drain.

Cholecystostomy drain-- not Tomey-- sorry

cholecystostomy] drain
Subject: cholecystostomy] drain

A clamping drain for transcutaneous laparoscopic cholecystostomy]
manovac drain?
Subject: manovac drain?

S/L manovac or hemanovac drain.  Can anyone help?
Manovac drain
Subject: Manovac drain

A _____ drain was then placed in the subcuticular tissue.  This is an exploratory laparotomy for an ovarian mass, fibroids etc.  I know Hemovac but this sounds so much like Manovac or something like that.


autovac drain?
Subject: autovac drain?

I need your assistance please. The dictation is a total knee arthroplasty and is as follows:  "Closure was then performed over a 1/8-inch (s/l autovac) drain." Would this be correct? If so, would autovac be capitalized? 


Is it Auto Vac drain?
Subject: Is it Auto Vac drain?

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#10 JP drain would be correct and
Subject: #10 JP drain would be correct and

suture numbers are 2-0, 3-0, etc. JP stands for Jackson-Pratt drain.
Blake Drain
Subject: Blake Drain

10-mm  flat Blake drain?
JEDI drain?
is there such a thing as a JEDI drain?
Can you hear "JP drain" ?
xx
yes - pain pump AND drain
Subject: yes - pain pump AND drain


There is a 'Shirley Wound drain'
Subject: There is a 'Shirley Wound drain'


incise the pustule and drain the pus out
Subject: incise the pustule and drain the pus out

xx

Jackson-Pratt drain
Subject: Jackson-Pratt drain

x
help - type of surgical drain
Subject: help - type of surgical drain

Procedures: appendectomy, partial omentectomy, abscess drainage, phlegmon debridement.


A 15 *blay* drain was left in place.


TIA!


No a ventricular brain drain. nm
Subject: No a ventricular brain drain. nm

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? some sort of sump drain
Subject: ? some sort of sump drain

Okay, this surgeon is dealing with a very purulent abdomen and kind of said this in a weird way, like he was going to sneeze or cough when he said ?shriv? then port then sump drain.  "Drains placed:  ?Shriv? ?port? sump drain placed through the left abdominal wall into the liver abscess all the way to the base and sutured up against the diaphragm to secure its position with a Vicryl suture." 
Medi-Vac drain - sm for link
Subject: Medi-Vac drain - sm for link

http://www.cardinal.com/us/en/brands/medivac/