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WORDS & PHRASES IN OP REPORTS:

A. Common opening sentence in operative reports:a. The patient was taken to the operating room

b. The patient was taken to the operating suitec. The patient was taken to surgery

B. The patient was placed in the _____ position (one of the followingcommon positions).a. The patient was placed in the supine positionb. The patient was placed in the Trendelenburg positionc. The patient was placed in the Sims positiond. The patient was placed in the semi-Fowler positione. The patient was placed in the semiprone positionf. The patient was placed in the reverse Trendelenburg positiong. The patient was placed in the prone positionh. The patient was placed in the Mayo-Robson positioni. The patient was placed in the lithotomy positionj. The patient was placed in the leapfrog positionk. The patient was placed in the lateral recumbent positionl. The patient was placed in the Fowler positionm. The patient was placed in the dorsal positionn. The patient was placed in the dorsal supine position

o. The patient was placed in the lateral decubitus positionp. The patient was placed in the sitting position

C. The patient was given _____ anesthesia (one of the followingcommon types of anesthesia)endotracheal anesthesiaepidural anesthesiageneral anesthesiageneral via LMA

IV sedationMAC anesthesiascalene blockspinal anesthesiaWrist block anesthesia

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D. Incision was closed using ______ sutures (one of the followingcommon sutures)Sutures used:

bioabsorbable sutureBiosyn suturebraided Ethibond suturebraided Mersilene suturebraided Nurolon suturebraided nylon suturebraided polyester suturebraided silk suturebraided Vicryl suturebraided wire sutureburied interrupted (2-0, 3-0, 4-0, etc) Vicryl suturescatgut suturechromic catgut suturechromic sutureDexon suturedouble-armed sutureDupuytren sutureEthibond sutureEthilon suturefast-absorbing plain gut suturefigure-of-eight interrupted sutureGore-Tex sutureHeaney suture

horizontal mattress sutureinterlocking sutureKirschner sutureMersilene sutureMonocryl sutureNurolon suturenylon suture.PDS sutureProlene suturepursestring suturesilk suture

stay suturesubcuticular suturesuture ligatureVicryl suture

E. _____ dressing (one of the following) was placed:

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4 x 4sABD dressingAce wrapAdaptic gauzebacitracin

benzoinbulky dressingBunnell-type dressingCoban wrapcompression dressingdry sterile dressingfluff dressingiodoform gauzeJones dressingKerlix dressingKlingMastisolneoprene dressingnonadherent dressingOpsite dressingPolar Care ice packpressure dressingRay-Tec dressingsaline-soaked Kerlix gauzescrotal dressingscrotal supportsterile bulky gauzesterile compression dressing

Steri-StripsTegaderm dressingTegasorb dressingTelfa gauze dressingthumb spica splintTubiGrip dressingVi-Drape dressingWebril dressingwet-to-dry dressingXeroform dressing/gauze

Drains used:Blake drainFoley catheter to gravityHemovac drainIndwelling double-J stentJackson-Pratt (JP) drain

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Penrose drainIncisions used:anteromedial portal incision

Bruner incisioncurvilinear incisionelliptical incisionhemitransfixion incisioninframammary incisioninfraumbilical incisionKillian incisionleft upper quadrant incisionlinear incisionlongitudinal incisionlow transverse incisionmidline incisionPfannenstiel incisionpreviously made incisionpunctate incisionsemielliptical incisionsplitting incisionstab incisionsupraclavicular incisionsuprapubic incisionumbilical incisionvertical stab incisionWeber-Fergusson incision

Cautery used:bipolar cauteryBovie cauteryelectrocauterymonopolar cauteryTypes of dissection:careful dissection

deep dissectionmeticulous dissectionsharp and blunt dissectionEnding sentence in operative reports:The patient tolerated the procedure well and was discharged in stable conditionto the recovery

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roomOther common phrases in operative reports:prepped and draped in sterile fashion

hemostasis was obtained with electrocautery/bipolar cauteryEsmarch bandagemmHgFoley catheterpneumatic tourniquetexsanguinationbandage scissorsgloves were changedhemostasis was obtainedsponge, needle and instrument counts were correct x3