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Do you think this is a med, radiation of some sort, or another type of physical procedure? nm

Posted By: Details mean a lot! on 2006-10-18
In Reply to: s/l hen-a-tu-mad - a liver-directed therapy

Subject: Do you think this is a med, radiation of some sort, or another type of physical procedure? nm

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Subject: What type of procedure/test is this? .. nm


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Subject: Would you like to give us the whole sentence or type of procedure?


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Subject: This could be way off the mark, but could it be a type of pinning procedure where they open up the lacrimal ducts with pins?


guessing but maybe vaginal speculum? They do use these for this type of procedure. - nm
Subject: guessing but maybe vaginal speculum? They do use these for this type of procedure. - nm


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Subject: s/l rucey procedure -- wondering if it is Ruiz procedure ...

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Subject: Gold's procedure or Gould's procedure..ortho? nm

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Subject: Thank you, that was it. He just sort of

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Subject: I'd let him sort it out himself.

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Subject: Unless there has been some sort of

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Subject: Radiation - see msg


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radiation
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Subject: Guess he could say antibiose, just sort

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Subject: Would you provide some sort of context, please? nm

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Subject: GOT IT. "a course of" external beam radiation. WOW. I am done for the day now.

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