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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 suite

 c. The patient was taken to surgery

 B.  The patient was placed in the _____ position (one of the following common positions).

 a. The patient was placed in the supine position

b. The patient was placed in the Trendelenburg position

c. The patient was placed in the Sims position

d. The patient was placed in the semi-Fowler position

e. The patient was placed in the semiprone position

f. The patient was placed in the reverse Trendelenburg position

g. The patient was placed in the prone position

h. The patient was placed in the Mayo-Robson position

i. The patient was placed in the lithotomy position

j. The patient was placed in the leapfrog position

k. The patient was placed in the lateral recumbent position

l. The patient was placed in the Fowler position

m. The patient was placed in the dorsal position

n. The patient was placed in the dorsal supine position

o. The patient was placed in the lateral decubitus position

p. The patient was placed in the sitting position

 C.  The patient was given _____ anesthesia (one of the following common types of anesthesia)

 endotracheal anesthesia

epidural anesthesia

general anesthesia

general via LMA

IV sedation

MAC anesthesia

scalene block

spinal anesthesia

Wrist block anesthesia

 D.  Incision was closed using ______ sutures (one of the following common sutures)

 Sutures used:

 bioabsorbable suture

Biosyn suture

braided Ethibond suture

braided Mersilene suture

braided Nurolon suture

braided nylon suture

braided polyester suture

braided silk suture

braided Vicryl suture

braided wire suture

buried interrupted (2-0, 3-0, 4-0, etc) Vicryl sutures

catgut suture

chromic catgut suture 

chromic suture

Dexon suture

double-armed suture

Dupuytren suture

Ethibond suture

Ethilon suture

fast-absorbing plain gut suture

figure-of-eight interrupted suture

Gore-Tex suture

Heaney suture

horizontal mattress suture

interlocking suture

Kirschner suture

Mersilene suture

Monocryl suture

Nurolon suture

nylon suture.

PDS suture

Prolene suture

pursestring suture

silk suture

stay suture

subcuticular suture

suture ligature

Vicryl suture

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

 4 x 4s

ABD dressing

Ace wrap

Adaptic gauze

bacitracin

benzoin

bulky dressing

Bunnell-type dressing

Coban wrap

compression dressing

dry sterile dressing

fluff dressing

iodoform gauze

Jones dressing

Kerlix dressing

Kling

Mastisol

neoprene dressing

nonadherent dressing

Opsite dressing

Polar Care ice pack

pressure dressing

Ray-Tec dressing

saline-soaked Kerlix gauze

scrotal dressing

scrotal support

sterile bulky gauze

sterile compression dressing

Steri-Strips

Tegaderm dressing

Tegasorb dressing

Telfa gauze dressing

thumb spica splint

TubiGrip dressing

Vi-Drape dressing

Webril dressing

wet-to-dry dressing

Xeroform dressing/gauze

 Drains used:

 Blake drain

Foley catheter to gravity

Hemovac drain

Indwelling double-J stent

Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain

Penrose drain

 Incisions used:

 anteromedial portal incision

Bruner incision

curvilinear incision

elliptical incision

hemitransfixion incision

inframammary incision

infraumbilical incision

Killian incision

left upper quadrant incision

linear incision

longitudinal incision

low transverse incision

midline incision

Pfannenstiel incision

previously made incision

punctate incision

semielliptical incision

splitting incision

stab incision

supraclavicular incision

suprapubic incision

umbilical incision

vertical stab incision

Weber-Fergusson incision

 Cautery used:

 bipolar cautery

Bovie cautery

electrocautery

monopolar cautery

 Types of dissection:

 careful dissection

deep dissection

meticulous dissection

sharp and blunt dissection

 Ending sentence in operative reports:

 The patient tolerated the procedure well and was discharged in stable condition to the recovery

room

 Other common phrases in operative reports:

 prepped and draped in sterile fashion

 hemostasis was obtained with electrocautery/bipolar cautery

 Esmarch bandage

 mmHg

 Foley catheter

 pneumatic tourniquet

 exsanguination

 bandage scissors

 gloves were changed

 hemostasis was obtained

 sponge, needle and instrument counts were correct x3

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