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| What position will the patient be in for posterior cervical decompression? |
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Definition
| Prone with a three pin skull clamp |
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| why is the bed placed in mild reverse trendelenburg? |
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Definition
| to encourage venous drainage |
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| What area is it talking about when it says "cervical"? |
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| What dressings will they use? |
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Definition
| they will use inner contact layers, 4x4 pads, and an ABD |
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| What wound classification is this? |
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Definition
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| What will they use to verify correct level placement? |
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| What kind of incision is made? |
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Definition
| A midline incision over the cervical spinous process |
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Term
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Definition
| Square off with towels and covered with a thyroid sheet |
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Term
| What is done for diagnostic testing? |
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Definition
| plain radiographic films of the spine, CT or MRI scanning, and a myelogram |
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| What exactly do they do to decompress? |
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Definition
| they remove one or more of the vertebral bones and the disc? |
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| What do they use to remove the bone? |
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Definition
| drills, rongeurs, and curettes |
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| What do they use to remove the disc? |
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Definition
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| What will be placed on the patient after the surgery? |
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Definition
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| What should the surg tech do once the procedure is over? |
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Definition
| Not break down the sterile field until the patient has left the OR |
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