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Tonsiloliths those nasty sulfur balls...

Posted By: Hayseed on 2007-12-05
In Reply to: I think that is it. I think she was leaving out the "O"...Thank you. - bad day already !

Subject: Tonsiloliths those nasty sulfur balls...

that are found in tonsillar crypts.  Please don't ask me how I know this.     Anyway, I'd say tonsillar snoring in this case.


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Tonsil balls
Subject: Tonsil balls

Resident stumbling around dictating a T&A, making this much more difficult than it has to be!!!!!!


we packed off the nasopharynx with what sounds like rhino or rhinoi or rhonoi (going back and forth here ) moistened tonsil balls


What is he trying to say?


s/l tips and balls
Subject: s/l tips and balls

pins were pulled with s/l tips and balls.
Packed with cotton balls perhaps?
Subject: Packed with cotton balls perhaps?

I've heard of saline-soaked cotton balls before.  Tonsil balls though...friggin' awesome visual!      
Sulfa or Sulfur
Subject: Sulfa or Sulfur

Patient has allergies to Sulfa or Sulfur that cause vomiting.  I am not sure which is correct.
sulfur colloid?? nm
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sulfur colloid
Subject: sulfur colloid


Don't be so nasty!
Subject: Don't be so nasty!

Sportmom91 has been posting for help on the word board off and on for some time. We experienced transcriptionists are happy to help her out, as others did for us when we started out.
I am not going to be as nasty as sm
Subject: I am not going to be as nasty as sm

"WE DON'T CARE" but do you have surgical word books or access to OB GYN terminology book or something? These are very very common words that you should already know if you are an MT.......much less an MT working at home unsupervised.

If you called yourself an MT and sent me back a report with urethral lysis typed in it, you would not have a job tomorrow.

maybe technetium sulfur colloid? nm
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technetium sulfur colloid
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Yes, technetium sulfur colloid -no caps NM
Subject: Yes, technetium sulfur colloid -no caps NM

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sulfur hexafluoride (SF8) gas for retinal surgery..nm
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wasn't being nasty as you put it - I merely asked
Subject: wasn't being nasty as you put it - I merely asked

how you can interpret a simple question being *nasty* is beyond belief....I asked because she never posted before 3/1 and there are a slew of questions - and is the ONLY reason I asked if she was testing.  I showed and had no attitude in my question BUT YOU SURE DID !!!


around these here parts, I guess one is dam*ed if you do and  dam*ed if you don't. 


post was nasty, challenging and saying..nm
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nasty itchy witchy, some of us will use that site again too...
Subject: nasty itchy witchy, some of us will use that site again too...

      
People can be so nasty! I bolded those that I could figure out for you. I would agree that...
Subject: People can be so nasty! I bolded those that I could figure out for you. I would agree that...

that maybe you're not ready for ops though. 


 


Right wrist "rest"--?? assuming AV fistula. 


 


ANESTHESIA:  @@Local with monitored anesthesia s/l--montra--garis bolus 20 cc. 


 


extremity was prepped and draped in a sterile (not Pfannenstiel) fashion.  The patient was given a 1 gram (instead of low grade--??) of Ancef


 


The artery was then carefully dissected out proximally and distally and little side--?? branches were clipped to help obtain hemostasis of the anastomosis.  The


 


A Potts (pot--??) scissors were then used to form a hood.  It had been marked with a marking pen prior to division 


 


Bull (Markable--??) dogs were used to obtain control of the artery proximally and distally. 


 


The vein was sewn to the arteries using a 6-0 Prolene (pulling) suture in a circumferential--?? fashion. 


 


The wound was then closed (enclosed )in layers using a 3-0 Vicryl suture in the subcutaneous layer in a running fashion and a 4-0 Vicryl running subcuticular (subventricular--??) closure. 


 


The patient was brought out from (and) monitored anesthesia care--?? and taken to the recovery room in stable condition. 


 

Sponge, needle, and instrument counts were reported to be correct at the end of the case--??.
Thanks. I didn't feel bad. Gotta have nasty ppl along with the nice ones
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When our fish tank gets nasty, I say they're surviving
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