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A patient is admitted for removal of recurrent parathyroid carcinoma from the left tracheoesophageal groove. The documentation indicates the laryngeal nerve was encased in the parathyroid mass. The...
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A pregnant patient underwent surgical intervention at 32 weeks of gestation. Following midline laparotomy, the uterus was found to have ruptured at the site of a previous hysterotomy. The demised f...
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A patient with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma was admitted for chimeric antigen receptor-natural killer (CAR-NK) infusion. CAR-NK was infused via the patient's port-a-cath. What ...
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A patient with scoliosis and progressive deformity was admitted for posterior spinal fusion with instrumentation. A longitudinal incision along the length of the spine was made. The posterior eleme...
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A patient was admitted for excision of a chondrosarcoma of the left distal femur followed by endoprosthetic reconstruction. The distal femur was replaced with a Zimmer® segmental system along with...
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A patient was admitted with increased pain and bloody purulent drainage from the right leg following a previous gunshot wound (GSW) to the right popliteal fossa from an assault. The provider docume...
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The patient above underwent incision and drainage (I&D) of the subfascial deep space infection in the popliteal fossa of the right leg. The skin was opened superiorly and laterally, just poster...
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A patient was admitted for a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure. During the CABG, the surgeon noted that the patient experienced hyperkalemia while on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), which...
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A patient was admitted for arthroscopic repair of a massive rotator cuff tear with retraction. During the repair, weak tissue along with significant fatty atrophy was found and the repair was augme...
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A patient with a stage 3 full thickness pressure injury of the sacrum underwent Veraflo™ negative pressure wound therapy with instillation (NPWTi), with Cleanse Choice™ dressing. Documentation ...
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