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The patient underwent an outpatient radical prostatectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate cancer. The final diagnosis listed on the pathology report indicates lymphovascular invasion...
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A patient was admitted due to lower left quadrant pain. An MRI was performed and the results were concerning for possible osteomyelitis with pubic symphysis joint infection and surrounding bone mar...
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A patient with dumping syndrome presented for a small bowel transection and enteroenterostomy. The patient was taken into the operating room and placed under general anesthesia.
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A patient with basal joint arthritis and instability of the left thumb metacarpophalangeal joint presented for surgical treatment. The patient was appropriately prepped and anesthetized.
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A patient with a cataract presented for phacoemulsification with a posterior chamber intraocular lens placement. Trypan blue dye was instilled into the anterior chamber for better visualization.&nb...
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A patient, one day post-cheek reconstruction for melanoma, presented to the emergency room with significant swelling. A hematoma was identified and multiple attempts were made to decompress it unde...
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A patient with a history of abdominal surgeries presented with a subcutaneous pocket with a sinus tract and hypertrophic granulation tissue at the 3 o’clock position, as well as a small suture gr...
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A patient presents for a left knee medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction with allograft, open autograft osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) fixation, and matrix-induced autologous chondr...
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A procedure known as Phonophoresis is provided in our physical medicine department. This procedure was explained to me as an ultrasound with application of a steroidal cream to push medication deep...
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A patient had a kissing balloon angioplasty of bilateral common iliac arteries. In order to perform the procedure, a second access site had to be made. No diagnostic procedures are done...
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