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Wiki Traumatic wound repair - delayed care requiring debridement

A patient presented to our clinic with a 5 day old wound (4 cm long) of the left index finger he had gotten from cutting himself while dressing out a deer. The wound was infected at this point, and the delay in seeking medical care meant that the wound required sharp debridement of the...
- Jbeck@karuk.us
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- Oct 14, 2019
- closure of traumatic wounds delayed closure wound debridement
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion
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Wiki Myodesis to metatarsal stumps

CPT? Patient had partial amputation of right foot and came back to the operating suite for delayed primary closure, rotational skin flap and "Myodesis of intrinsic muscles to metatarsal stumps". I'm okay up until the myodesis. What I've read is that this is attaching the muscle to the bone and...
- fltbaroque
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- Jan 29, 2019
- amputation delayed closure myodesis skin flap
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Orthopaedics

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