Gamekeeper's thumb or cast
Posted By: pc on 2008-05-02
In Reply to: type of cast sm - help
Subject: Gamekeeper's thumb or cast
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short arm cast with a small thumb component.... sm
Subject: short arm cast with a small thumb component.... sm
put this patient back into a short-arm cast with a small thumb component with a tension to be able to allow the patient to get some flexion at the MP joint.
Is this right or would it be "attention"?
A thumb MCP fusion and a thumb *IPE* possible capsulodesis
Subject: A thumb MCP fusion and a thumb *IPE* possible capsulodesis
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s/l ear cast
Subject: s/l ear cast
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cast
Subject: cast
I guess it could be because at first he says we split her cast, then says this. I actually think that is what it is. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!!!! I love how MT's really look out for each other.
s/l bibalter cast
Subject: s/l bibalter cast
He says s/l bibalter cast in the office today.
maybe bivalved her cast
Subject: maybe bivalved her cast
cast and plate ? nm
Subject: cast and plate ? nm
Gauntlet cast? NM
Subject: Gauntlet cast? NM
s/l ocuplast cast
Subject: s/l ocuplast cast
s/l ocuplast cast applied after closed reduction of nasal fx. Thanks.
There is a Munster cast. nm
Subject: There is a Munster cast. nm
nm
type of cast sm
Subject: type of cast sm
Casting for a thumb sprain
put him in a hand-based s/l game-pis-a-burse cast.
could it be ____ zippered? I am out of my mind listening.
s/l thordon cast
Subject: s/l thordon cast
Fracture of the distal ulnar styloid. Patient is getting a s/l thordon cast placed.
could he be saying forearm cast? nm
Subject: could he be saying forearm cast? nm
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Skin for over a cast --
Subject: Skin for over a cast --
I have heard this before, looked it up and now I cannot find it. It sounds like moe-skinned and padded (the top portion of the cast) any clue? I cannot find the name of the skin. Grrr . . . .
hyaline cast
Subject: hyaline cast
Cast may be okay. It could just be a remnant of a stone. nm
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Soft cast question
Subject: Soft cast question
Doctor says the patient was seen in the emergency room and given "a soft cast OR appliance." I THINK he says "or" but the word is muffled. would that fit?
help - need a type of cast for the ankle - sm
Subject: help - need a type of cast for the ankle - sm
______ cast stirrup to help support the ankle and provide some stabilization to it.
s/l omar-gutter cast?
Subject: s/l omar-gutter cast?
Patient has a fifth metacarpal fracture. Doc says s/l omar gutter cast.
s/l omar-gutter cast
Subject: s/l omar-gutter cast
It's "ulnar gutter".
alpha cradle with s/l leg cast? sm
Subject: alpha cradle with s/l leg cast? sm
Patient with tonsil cancer receiving radiation treatment. The patient was placed supine on the simulator couch and his head was immobilized in a neutral position using an upper alpha cradle with s/l leg or light cast.
Shantz ankle cast per QA.
Subject: Shantz ankle cast per QA.
The document with wrap was left blank by QA.
s/l amigoter/omigoter cast
Subject: s/l amigoter/omigoter cast
DIAGNOSIS: FRACTURE FIFTH METACARPAL, RIGHT HAND
The patient presents today for followup. He has been in an S/L OMIGOTER CAST. tia
maybe ulnar gutter cast?/nm
Subject: maybe ulnar gutter cast?/nm
That should be thumb.
Subject: That should be thumb.
Thanks.
We will remove the cast and RE-X-RAY ? Proper spelling?? Thanks for any help
Subject: We will remove the cast and RE-X-RAY ? Proper spelling?? Thanks for any help
Steadmans has bivalved cast...any chance of that?
Subject: Steadmans has bivalved cast...any chance of that?
PROCEL cast liner -- all caps?
Subject: PROCEL cast liner -- all caps?
Would PROCEL be typed in all caps? Thanks!
Can you re-cast to 'Incontinuity of the nerve was found.' ? nm
Subject: Can you re-cast to 'Incontinuity of the nerve was found.' ? nm
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cast being s/l pedaled back for the patient?
Subject: cast being s/l pedaled back for the patient?
The cast has some breakdown and abrasion and is getting loose. Doc says the cast has been s/l pedaled back for her
Did fine gaiter cast in my old Sted's so sm
Subject: Did fine gaiter cast in my old Sted's so sm
-- that along with the Google hits makes me think this is legit. Kind of makes sense. nm
She's baaaack - now referring to it as an ankle cast.
Subject: She's baaaack - now referring to it as an ankle cast.
Again no fracture or anything. Impression is a crush injury. No she refers to it as an ankle cast instead of wrap. Why do the repeat the problem words over and over and over again!? lol
s/l Lawsten cast for ankle sprain (nm)
Subject: s/l Lawsten cast for ankle sprain (nm)
RULE OF THUMB
Subject: RULE OF THUMB
basic guideline is:
if you have a credible reference, spell it whichever way the reference spells it.
you should never be counted off for it, as long as the reference is credible. if you are, it is a valid challenge to assert.
Splint for the thumb
Subject: Splint for the thumb
s/l orthoply ? splint for the thumb after surgery Thanks for the help. pj
name of thumb tourniquet
Subject: name of thumb tourniquet
Sounds like "tournicot"?
polydactylyzed???? thumb
Subject: polydactylyzed???? thumb
procedure is excision, reconstruction of right polydactylzed??? thumb. Patient has right thumb polydactyly. Is there such a word?
area of the thumb - s/l em-pu-age
Subject: area of the thumb - s/l em-pu-age
On physical examination, she is point tender, has a positive CMC grind in the very base of her thumb and in the empuage of her thumb as well.
Thanks.
X-ray of nail through thumb. SM
Subject: X-ray of nail through thumb. SM
Dictator gives location of nail, saying "apparently s/l SKY-VING just anterior to the tuft of the distal phalanx." Skyving? I can find it only in the urban dictionary. 
"Falen" on right thumb tip
Subject: "Falen" on right thumb tip
The patient has a 2-week history of a "falen" on her right thumb tip. It was decompressed in the ER and she subsequently went on to have an MRI.
I've done ortho for a long time and have only ever heard of Phalen's test/maneuver, but that's exactly what it sounds like.
Anybody hear of this before?
s/l 'tofi' on thumb
Subject: s/l 'tofi' on thumb
The patient has a large 'tofi' on her thumb.
Vapo Thumb?
Subject: Vapo Thumb?
sounds like vapo thumb??
stretch cast for club foot repair
Subject: stretch cast for club foot repair
s/l ponsetti stretch cast TIA
there is a cast shoe in the stedmans ortho book
Subject: there is a cast shoe in the stedmans ortho book
Dictator says, "gauze was 'home placed' with Sof-Rol cast padding.
Subject: Dictator says, "gauze was 'home placed' with Sof-Rol cast padding.
Is 'home placed' correct?
Sometime short leg cast used when ankle involement???? Still sounds the same? NM
Subject: Sometime short leg cast used when ankle involement???? Still sounds the same? NM
nm
Wrist/base of thumb. nm
Subject: Wrist/base of thumb. nm
nm
pollicis pertains to the thumb - sm
Subject: pollicis pertains to the thumb - sm
hallux pertains to the great toe. Would the word before *pollicis* be flexor or extensor, or maybe adductor or abductor???
I only know boutonniere deformity of thumb
Subject: I only know boutonniere deformity of thumb
swan-neck is just for fingers?
type of thumb splint?
Subject: type of thumb splint?
s/l comfercle splint
Rule of thumb. When I was in school for
Subject: Rule of thumb. When I was in school for
my Associate Degree in MRT and BA in HCA, in transcription we were taught that any combining medical form can be combined with any other combining form for things associated in the same part of the body.
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