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could it be surface ablation?

Posted By: going out on a limb on 2009-03-07
In Reply to: Surfax?? ablation HELP - uknowme

Subject: could it be surface ablation?




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Subject: Intraarticular surface? NM


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Subject: Volar surface plate perhaps? (nm)


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Subject: You are right it is char, as in a scorched surface


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Subject: skin surface s/l escoriations

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Subject: Bowler's surface of forearm?

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Subject: Think this is probably weight-bearing surface ?? - nm


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Subject: Yes. Means it is flush, not standing out/above the surface. (nm)

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Subject: Proud means above the surface (sticking out)


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Subject: First thought is excrescence -- outgrowth from surface etc. nm


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Subject: smooth bursal surface thickening?

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Subject: Verrucous lesions have an irregular or velvety surface. nm

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Subject: then he says extending in the serrosal s/l surface? it's a male patient


Err, sort of. In your example, it is not proud (is flush w/surface), which is what I meant. (nm)
Subject: Err, sort of. In your example, it is not proud (is flush w/surface), which is what I meant. (nm)

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Subject: Exophytic mass (arising from epithelial surface) ?

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Subject: Think undercurrent makes perfect sense. Below the surface etc. sm

Main Entry:un*der*cur*rent
Pronunciation:-*k*r-*nt
Function:noun


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2 : a hidden tendency of feeling or opinion


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Subject: proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA)

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Subject: ablation

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Subject: arthroxesis (ahr-throk´sә-sis) scraping of diseased tissue from an articular surface.


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Subject: answer is ablation -- tried

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Subject: looks like AV nodal ablation? sm


PVI - AFF





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Subject: ablation care unit?


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Subject: wild guess...ablation? nm

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