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A patient developed hypoxia due to acute pulmonary edema following a near drowning in the pool at his home. The patient was treated with supplemental oxygen and noninvasive ventilation (NIV). How i...
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A patient with a dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy was admitted for a scheduled primary cesarean section. She was also diagnosed with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. Code O26.62, Liver a...
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A patient with bilateral traumatic above knee amputations underwent placement of a Stage 1 Osseointegrated Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of Amputees (OPRA) device. Following incision, an osteot...
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The same patient presented for Stage 2 OPRA device placement surgery. During the procedure, the previous incision was opened and the healing components were removed from the bone. The abutment scre...
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A 75-year-old patient had previously undergone creation of a tracheostomy that was subsequently taken down. Since that time, the tracheostomy site has remained open with greenish discharge without ...
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A patient with a history of acute subdural hematoma secondary to a motor vehicle accident previously underwent hemicraniectomy followed by cranioplasty using autologous bone flap. On a follow-up ex...
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This same patient presented for removal of their autologous bone flap to allow the site to heal for placement of a synthetic cranioplasty implant at a later time. At surgery, an incision was made a...
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A patient with Zenker’s diverticulum and dysphagia presented for diverticulectomy. Prior to the procedure, a laryngoscopy and hypopharyngoscopy revealed a large deep Zenker’s diverticulum, alon...
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A patient with a history of prior L1-L5 fusion with XLIF cages and an extension of fusion down to S2 with alar-iliac (S2AI) screws presents for surgical intervention due to pain from prominent hard...
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A patient is admitted for surgical excision and myocutaneous flap reconstruction of stage IV pressure ulcers of the right ischium and sacrum. Both ulcers were completely excised from surrounding he...
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