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A patient who was diagnosed with spinal stenosis underwent L2-L3 posterolateral fusion, and repair of midline durotomy. In the body of the report, the provider documented that the durotomy was prob...
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A patient was admitted for right hip hemiarthroplasty due to femoral neck fracture. While in the post-anesthesia care unit, postoperative radiographs revealed a loose cement fragment in the joint. ...
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A patient presents to our facility for evaluation of left hip and groin pain discomfort. Arthroscopy was performed which revealed left hip femoroacetabular impingement with symptomatic labral tear ...
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This same patient underwent repair of the femoroacetabular impingement and labral tear. An arthroscopy was initiated and an intraportal capsulotomy and synovectomy was performed along with shaving ...
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A five-year-old presents with a rib deformity associated with congenital scoliosis affecting the thoracic region with thoracic insufficiency. The patient underwent open placement of vertical expand...
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The patient has a rib deformity due to severe idiopathic infantile thoracic scoliosis and is status post placement of vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR). The patient is admitted fo...
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The patient is an 11-year-old male with neuromuscular thoracolumbar scoliosis, who is status post insertion of growing rods. He had previously undergone lengthening of the growing rods on two occas...
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The patient is a five-year-old with severe juvenile scoliosis. She had previously undergone placement of growing rods and the proximal hooks have become dislodged. She is now being admitted for rem...
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A seven-year-old boy diagnosed with left distal femur osteosarcoma underwent surgery. The surgeon resected 18 centimeters of the distal femur and the entire knee joint down to subcondylar bone on t...
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The patient was admitted for correction of left valgus and recurvatum deformities of the left distal femur. Osteotomy of the lateral, anterior and posterior cortex was performed. Plates and screws ...
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