Is it excision of ulcer and tract or track?....nm
Posted By: Thanks on 2008-02-01
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tract or track
Subject: tract or track
This always gets me...is it screw tract or track? Thanks.
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Subject: ?? s/l track/tract sign
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Subject: tract/track signs
long tract sign(s)
shunt track or tract?
Subject: shunt track or tract?
These 2 always confuse me. I'm leaning towards tract -- am I right?
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Subject: heroin tract or track marks?
Ortho -- tract versus track
Subject: Ortho -- tract versus track
My ortho doc is saying the patient has pain over the posterior aspect of his hip along the *track* of the piriformis muscle and sciatic nerve. Should it be "track" or "tract"? I don't think I'll EVER know this.. Thanks..
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Sinus tract or sinus track?nm
Subject: Sinus tract or sinus track?nm
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Ghost Track or Ghost Tract?
Subject: Ghost Track or Ghost Tract?
I believe I've never heard of this one before!
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sinus tract or sinus track (sm)
Subject: sinus tract or sinus track (sm)
An elliptical excision was made of the skin with an open sinus tract that was draining in the center.
I would put tract, as in sinus tract (tunnel) formation. IMO. nm
Subject: I would put tract, as in sinus tract (tunnel) formation. IMO. nm
Achilles regional skin ulcer and left foot ulcer following venotomy?
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Subject: I meant Apligraf placement to an ulcer, not of an ulcer
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track...........nm
Subject: track...........nm
I was way off track.. Thank you so much!
Subject: I was way off track.. Thank you so much!
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track trauma
Subject: track trauma
I am not sure if he stumbles or if he actually says track trauma. The entire line is ...No track trauma.
The patient has hamstring pain from injuring himself playing a baseball.
s/l track and pack
Subject: s/l track and pack
ESL, dictating a problem list in a patient with respiratory failure, anemia and hip fracture: It's just a numbered list of problems.
Status post s/l "track and pack". ?????
I would use track, as in path etc. nm
Subject: I would use track, as in path etc. nm
Well, I was on the right track, just the wrong word. LOL!
Subject: Well, I was on the right track, just the wrong word. LOL!
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Thank you! you put me on the right track- crepitance is the word!
Subject: Thank you! you put me on the right track- crepitance is the word!
Sounds like you're on the right track nm
Subject: Sounds like you're on the right track nm
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Subject: lot as in lot number to track inventory
s/l Bio-Track screw? (used in ortho surg) TIA
Subject: s/l Bio-Track screw? (used in ortho surg) TIA
He had numbness, no "long track" signs.
Subject: He had numbness, no "long track" signs.
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excision-debridment
Subject: excision-debridment
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Subject: Excision of lipoma
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OP scalp excision.
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could be tangential excision....nm
Subject: could be tangential excision....nm
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Maybe ....laser excision? n/m
Subject: Maybe ....laser excision? n/m
TYVM. Very helpful. Somehow I got off track and didn't see that info when I was searching.
Subject: TYVM. Very helpful. Somehow I got off track and didn't see that info when I was searching.
The first poster was obviously correct too. I don't know why it didn't come up with that when I searched it. It has just been one of those days.
Ghost track (where screw marks are embedded in bone)
Subject: Ghost track (where screw marks are embedded in bone)
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Subject: maybe interphalangeal (joint) excision?...
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Subject: sounds like widens excision
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s/l onblock excision...see full...
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tract
Subject: tract
Sorry, it is definitely tract. nm
Subject: Sorry, it is definitely tract. nm
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tract. nm
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