Capital as in capital letters ORIF
Posted By: MTVA on 2008-11-20
In Reply to: radiology help - me
Subject: Capital as in capital letters ORIF
changes left (maybe) humeral shaft with good bony healing.
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Subject: You don't have to capitalize it. It is not meant to start with a capital.
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ORIF
Subject: ORIF
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ORIF
Subject: ORIF
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letters
Subject: letters
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Subject: Since it's got so many letters (sm)
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Subject: I think those letters are SUV. Can
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what does ORIF stand for?
Subject: what does ORIF stand for?
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op note help for ORIF
Subject: op note help for ORIF
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Subject: ORIF incision?
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Subject: ORIF in abdomen?
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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.
Anything I can find with those letters
Subject: Anything I can find with those letters
would not be a diagnosis. Are you sure it isn't MVA? or something similar? Does the body of the report give any clues? I am stumped on that one too.
think you have letters transposed, it is
Subject: think you have letters transposed, it is
Just capitalize the first letters...
Subject: Just capitalize the first letters...
i.e. Gore Viabahn. Only all caps if it is an abbreviation.
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