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Sun 26 Jun, 2005 02:11 am
Hi, I want to translate this report to another language, but there are some medical terms that I couldn't figure out. I think it is easy for someone who knows. Could you help me out?
1) There was no history of loss of conciousness, vomiting or bleeding from ENT.
I think E means ears, N nose, but what T, teeth ?!
2) GCS was 15/15
3) He underwent decompressive laminectomy of C2and C3 and posterior stabilisation with a hartshill frame from C1 to C5 on 22-3-200
Thanks for you help
Oops, ofcourse I'm talking about my brother.
T = throat
GCS - Glasgow coma scale
http://www.ssgfx.com/CP2020/medtech/glossary/glasgow.htm
C2 etc = segments of your cervical spine
Definition decompressive laminectomy here:
Edit [Moderator]: Link removed per owner's request
Posterior stabilization here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8111988&dopt=Abstract
I can't get a definition of the hartshill frame - it is obviously a way of stabilizing the spine and any work done post-operatively.
Here is some more on the cervical spine - with vertebrae identified:
http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article1021.html
I hope your brother or whoever is feeling better!
Thank you all. I wonder if there is no problem to remove this hartshill, let's
say what would happen if he does / doesn't remove them?, I know that
he doesn't want to. Doctors said it's ok.
navigator- It sounds like the frame is permanent.
You are right about that Phoenix, thanks
what "T" stands for as in ent
just responding to the question posed regarding the specialty "ent". The question was: what does T stand for in ent. It stands for throat. ear,nose,& throat