Home     Contact Us    
Main Board Job Seeker's Board Job Wanted Board Resume Bank Company Board Word Help Medquist New MTs Classifieds Offshore Concerns VR/Speech Recognition Tech Help Coding/Medical Billing
Gab Board Politics Comedy Stop Health Issues
ADVERTISEMENT




Serving Over 20,000 US Medical Transcriptionists

davil? irrigator for knee arthroplasty

Posted By: taru on 2009-02-18
In Reply to:

Subject: davil? irrigator for knee arthroplasty

Hi all, I'm hearing "devil" or "davil" irrigator being used to wash out a knee after tka. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, TIA


Complete Discussion Below: marks the location of current message within thread

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu


Other related messages found in our database

Pick arthroplasty (knee)
Subject: Pick arthroplasty (knee)

I can't find anything about pick arthroplasty and I wonder if it is pick, pic, PIC, PIK, PYK, etc.!  Anyone know this one?  Thanks!
right total knee arthroplasty sm
Subject: right total knee arthroplasty sm

s/l "CNS" is intact in right leg.  Am I correct?


TKA is total knee arthroplasty, not amputation! Be careful! nm
Subject: TKA is total knee arthroplasty, not amputation! Be careful! nm

nm
for knee arthroplasty. tibial keel tray was correct! tks...
Subject: for knee arthroplasty. tibial keel tray was correct! tks...

x
stubby stems for knee arthroplasty-capitalize both words?
Subject: stubby stems for knee arthroplasty-capitalize both words?

TIA
Nezhat irrigator
Subject: Nezhat irrigator


Nezhat suction irrigator
Subject: Nezhat suction irrigator

used in laparoscopies.
The knee is pain significant because she had a total knee replacement. Make sense? nm
Subject: The knee is pain significant because she had a total knee replacement. Make sense? nm

,,
X-ray of the knee shows arthritic change within the knee, but maintained s/l tibiofemoral stasis.
Subject: X-ray of the knee shows arthritic change within the knee, but maintained s/l tibiofemoral stasis.

Thanks :-)
Starting off great today...Rheo Knee prosthetic knee???
Subject: Starting off great today...Rheo Knee prosthetic knee???


sucker tip is okay -- try googling sucker irrigator or probe. /nm
Subject: sucker tip is okay -- try googling sucker irrigator or probe. /nm


Knee x-ray: s/l RATTY knee joint erosions? NM
Subject: Knee x-ray: s/l RATTY knee joint erosions? NM


MRI of knee. Semimembranosus s/l pes-dens-a-ri-nus region of the knee.
Subject: MRI of knee. Semimembranosus s/l pes-dens-a-ri-nus region of the knee.

:-)
S/P left total knee reconstruction. On exam, has a palpable s/l clod defect on the left knee.
Subject: S/P left total knee reconstruction. On exam, has a palpable s/l clod defect on the left knee.

:-)
arthroplasty
Subject: arthroplasty

Has anyone heard of CMC arthroplasty w/ what sounds like artelan??  If so, would you please advise on spelling.
how about arthroplasty? nm
Subject: how about arthroplasty? nm

xx
hip arthroplasty
Subject: hip arthroplasty

Doctor says 32 plus zero delta head.  Not sure how to type this.  Is it 32+ 0 delta head?
Hip arthroplasty
Subject: Hip arthroplasty

s/l Pulvinar was removed. Posteriorly and inferiorly the labrum had s/l osteophied.
s/l "Brazer" arthroplasty nm
Subject: s/l "Brazer" arthroplasty nm


pegged arthroplasty?
Subject: pegged arthroplasty?

Many knee prosthetics have pegged components.  Could you be hearing "pegged arhroplasty"?


It's Pik arthroplasty - as in Water-Pik NM
Subject: It's Pik arthroplasty - as in Water-Pik NM

:
S/l ten lump cup. Hip arthroplasty. NM. TIA.
Subject: S/l ten lump cup. Hip arthroplasty. NM. TIA.

nm
says pt was taken to the or for excision arthroplasty
Subject: says pt was taken to the or for excision arthroplasty

placement of antibiotic s/l latent, weighted? spacer.


Help


prosthesis in hip arthroplasty
Subject: prosthesis in hip arthroplasty

I'm doing a report for a hip arthroplasty, and the doc mentions a component used that sounds like Rejuvenate stem, but I can't document this.  Any ideas, anyone?
CMC arthroplasty with Artelon
Subject: CMC arthroplasty with Artelon


Devrise arthroplasty
Subject: Devrise arthroplasty

Has anyone heard of this name for an arthroplasty?  the doc is doing a hammertoe correction.


thanks!


unicompartmental arthroplasty
Subject: unicompartmental arthroplasty

s/l Knoxville unicompartmental arthroplasty?
Hip arthroplasty - I gouge or
Subject: Hip arthroplasty - I gouge or

eye gouge or ???  "We used the I gouge to further anteversion." 


S-ROM is an arthroplasty system
Subject: S-ROM is an arthroplasty system

nm
Found Breslow arthroplasty. sm
Subject: Found Breslow arthroplasty. sm

It is listed in my Sted's Ortho. Don't have any ref for it though. It is closest I can find to your S/L.
doc spells *chmay* arthroplasty.
Subject: doc spells *chmay* arthroplasty.

Cannot even reference that.
I do find reference to this with hip arthroplasty.
Subject: I do find reference to this with hip arthroplasty.

nm
arthroplasty with para carbon?
Subject: arthroplasty with para carbon?

The patient had an index finger arthroplasty with "para carbon?"
caput resection arthroplasty?
Subject: caput resection arthroplasty?


s/l capi resection arthroplasty?? sm
Subject: s/l capi resection arthroplasty?? sm

DIAGNOSIS: Left midfoot nonunion and hammertoes.

STATUS: Post surgery on 02/04/09 with a 2-5 s/l capi resection arthroplasty and extensor tenotomy and midfoot fusion with calcaneal bone graft with Akin osteotomy on the left side.

total hip arthroplasty components
Subject: total hip arthroplasty components

Under component type, Synergy size 11 high offset stem, 54-mm Reflection acetabular shell, 28-mm cobalt chrome head, 20-degree acetabular liner, Press-Fit acetabular shell, -3-mm cobalt chrome head. Question: Is it correct to have 2 acetabular shells and 2 heads?
listen for metal-to-plastic (arthroplasty). nm
Subject: listen for metal-to-plastic (arthroplasty). nm

x
Morris or Morse taper in hip arthroplasty? nm
Subject: Morris or Morse taper in hip arthroplasty? nm


subacromial arthrotomy? osteotomy? arthroplasty? nm
Subject: subacromial arthrotomy? osteotomy? arthroplasty? nm

s
A Girdlestone procedure is known as a resection arthroplasty of the hip
Subject: A Girdlestone procedure is known as a resection arthroplasty of the hip


computer-navigated right total hip arthroplasty
Subject: computer-navigated right total hip arthroplasty

I'm doing an op note for a computer-navigated right total hip arthroplasty, and the doctor says the femoral head was greatly deformed, almost s/l selectricalized.  I tried looking up this word on onelook.com using the wildcard search using *colized, *colize, *calized and *colize, but I'm not able to find this darn word!  Any ideas, anyone?
arthroplasty term - bundle canal?
Subject: arthroplasty term - bundle canal?

Hello. I'm a first timer here.  I am really stuck!  Is a knee arthroplasty surgery. The dication is as follows:  "The (s/l bundle or fundal) canal was plugged with cancellous autograft bone. Is there a bundle canal?


doing hip replacement arthroplasty, s/l a small "Homen"?
Subject: doing hip replacement arthroplasty, s/l a small "Homen"?

Some sort of tool they put anteriorly. Thats all it really says.
agility total ankle arthroplasty
Subject: agility total ankle arthroplasty

Is anyone familiar with this procedure- there is a word just before it that sounds like L-vine agility total ankle arthroplasty size 4, low profile type with a percutaneous tendonoachilles lengthing on the right- any ideas of what the "L-vine" might be?  I cannot find anything with my usual references or google search. 
ever heard of capi resection arthroplasty?
Subject: ever heard of capi resection arthroplasty?

Left midfoot nonunion and hammertoes

Can you hear "carpi" resection arthroplasty?
Subject: Can you hear "carpi" resection arthroplasty?


Total shoulder arthroplasty. The inferior portion of the humeral head had
Subject: Total shoulder arthroplasty. The inferior portion of the humeral head had

s/l cuddle stellana and I took this down to bare bone and reamed getting down as concentric as possible.
ankle arthroplasty xray s/l slud line or settling of component sm
Subject: ankle arthroplasty xray s/l slud line or settling of component sm

Talks fast.  Says there is no ?slud line or possibly settling or ____ of the talar component.  I can't find anything similar.


knee sleeve? Neoprene knee sleeve?
Subject: knee sleeve? Neoprene knee sleeve?


X-rays: X-rays of the left hip show cemented hip arthroplasty. sm
Subject: X-rays: X-rays of the left hip show cemented hip arthroplasty. sm

There appears to be a nonspecific lesion on the lateral s/l cord-i-se to the femoral component. Thanks!
I think....in the knee.......sm
Subject: I think....in the knee.......sm

so I'm not sure if this is correct or not.....a chondromalacic flap.....


perhaps he/she meant Karapandzic flap?  That would be innervated musculocutaneous arterial lip and cheek flap used in lip reconstruction.  It is named for Modrag Karapandzic....


Problem is I don't know what part of the body your dictator is speaking of......