Answer Key • APPENDIX B 589- What is the patient’s past surgical history?
Simple mastectomy a year ago - At what sites did the patient have malignant growth?
Left breast with metastases to the axilla, liver, and bone
Medical Record Activity 8–2: Bilateral Vasectomy
Evaluation
- What is the end result of a bilateral vasectomy?
Sterilization - Was the patient awake during the surgery? What type of anesthesia was used?
Yes; 1% Xylocaine - What was used to prevent bleeding?
Hemostats, cautery, and sutures - What type of suture material was used to close the incision?
2-0 chromic - What was the patient given for pain relief at home?
Darvocet-N 100 - Why is it important for the patient to go for a follow-up visit?
To analyze his semen and confirm sterilization
Word Elements Chapter Review
Medical Term Word Elements Meaning- aer/o/phagia aer/o (CF) air
-phagia (S) swallowing, eating - a/pnea a- (P) without, not
-pnea (S) breathing - atel/ectasis atel (WR) incomplete, imperfect
-ectasis (S) dilation, expansion - bronch/o/scopy bronch/o (CF) bronchus (plural, bronchi)
-scopy (S) instrument for examining - cyan/osis cyan (WR) blue
-osis (S) abnormal condition; increase (used primarily
with blood cells) - dys/pnea dys- (P) bad; painful; difficult
-pnea (S) breathing - hyp/oxia hyp- (P) under, below, deficient
-oxia (S) oxygen
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