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The patient had significant peripheral vascular disease at the tibial level. A right peroneal artery to dorsalis pedis artery bypass with contralateral reversed left greater saphenous vein graft wa...
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The patient developed necrosis of the skin and soft tissue because of radiation therapy. ICD-10-CM’s Alphabetic Index under necrosis, radiation states, “see Necrosis, by site.” However, there...
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Following a left modified radical mastectomy, a lymphovenous bypass was performed to reroute the lymphatic channels into the veins in order to prevent potential blockage in the lymphatic system and...
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A 55-year-old patient with ovarian adenocarcinoma, status post neoadjuvant chemotherapy, underwent total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Once the specimen was removed th...
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The patient presented for total abdominal hysterectomy. At surgery, extensive adhesions, involving the omentum and peritoneum were encountered and taken down under direct visualization. What is the...
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A patient who is status post right transmetatarsal amputation presents for nonexcisional debridement of a dehisced wound using the Versajet. An EpiFix® graft was then applied to the wound. What is...
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When a mini-thoracotomy is carried out as the surgical approach, would this be considered an open approach or percutaneous approach?
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A patient with an ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction presented for a right dismembered pyeloplasty. The ureter was transected and chromic stay sutures were placed in the ureter and renal pelv...
The ureter w...
A 61-year-old female status post ileojejunal bypass with reversal and sleeve gastrectomy complicated by multiple enterocutaneous fistulas presents due to an enteric fistula that was treated on thre...
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A patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the glans penis had a total penectomy and perineal urethrostomy. During surgery, the urethra was dissected out at the shaft of the penis, then divided and ...
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