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A patient with proliferative vitreoretinopathy of the left eye underwent pars plana vitrectomy revision. After the revision, Kenalog was injected intravitreally, followed by subconjunctival injecti...
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A patient status post multiple eye procedures, who is diagnosed with corneal edema with anterior segment membrane of the right eye, presented for penetrating keratoplasty and anterior segment recon...
The penetrat...
A patient with failed corneal graft with corneal scar of the right eye presented for penetrating keratoplasty of the right eye. A paracentesis was performed and the anterior chamber filled with vis...
For the pene...
A seven-year-old boy with Noonan syndrome and non-cleft velopharyngeal insufficiency underwent posterior pharyngeal flap to the soft palate. At surgery, the posterior pharyngeal flap was suspended ...
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A patient is undergoing right uterine artery embolization due to concern for placenta accreta. The catheter was placed in the right internal iliac artery and the uterine artery was embolized using ...
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A patient with right foot ulceration, status post partial 5th ray amputation, was seen in the operating room for secondary closure of the right foot. The site of the partial ray amputation was debr...
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A patient with median arcuate ligament syndrome underwent bypass graft from the distal descending thoracic aorta to the celiac artery with Dacron® graft. What is the correct qualifier for this pro...
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A patient with dry gangrene of the right and left distal aspect of the hallux, underwent partial amputation of the right and left hallux. The right and left hallux were disarticulated at the interp...
The hallux i...
A nasogastric (NG) tube was inserted for drainage. The next day, tube feedings were ordered using the existing NG tube. What is the correct root operation(s) for the insertion of a single NG tube u...
The placemen...
The patient has an open abdomen (abdominal compartment syndrome) and comes in for an exploratory laparotomy, abdominal washout, and initiation of dialysate infusion of abdomen. After these pr...
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