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A patient who is status post colectomy presents with chills, abdominal pain, and fever. On examination, the patient was found to have feculent wound drainage and was diagnosed with anastomotic dehi...
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A patient presents with a celiac artery aneurysm that has significantly increased in size because a previously placed stent graft is no longer excluding the aneurysm. A left external iliac artery t...
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A patient was admitted for lymphovenous bypass of the left axilla. Using an open approach, a suitable left axillary lymphatic channel was identified. A major venous branch draining into the axillar...
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A patient with a history of bilateral mastectomy and implant reconstruction complicated by grade IV capsular contracture and bilateral seromas, was admitted for removal of the implants and bilatera...
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A patient with COVID-19 infection and respiratory failure was treated with the Seraph® 100 Microbind® Affinity Blood Filter system. A catheter was placed in the right femoral vein for access. Wha...
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At our facility, surgeons are performing traditional surgical discectomies in order to repair a spinal disc herniation. This is typically being performed by making an incision into the disc annulus...
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At our facility some physicians are performing a new protocol for wound care. They are referring to it as autologous tissue graft application with Acell membrane. This protocol requires that blood ...
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Our facility is beginning to use a new cartilage allograft material, Zimmer DeNovo NT Natural Tissue Graft, during chondroplasty. This graft material is made of minced juvenile hyaline cartilage an...
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Our facility began using a new patch, the Zimmer Collagen Patch, to aid in rotator cuff repair tendon. This collagen repair patch is comprised of processed acellular porcine dermal tissue and is us...
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Patient presented a week ago and had placement of right and left subthalamic nucleus leads. He now presents for placement of lead extensions and right and left impulse generators. We reported CPT c...
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