AMA CPT® Assistant - 1991 Issue 2 (February)

Acoustic Neuroma (Summer 1991)

Summer 1991 pages 4-12 Case-by-Case Acoustic Neuroma   PT. NAME:       ADM DATE: SEX: F AGE: 61   DR. NAME:       P.C.U. ROOM/BED NO:   PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Right acoustic neuroma.     POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Right acoustic neuroma.     OPERATION PERFORMED: 1. Right translabyrinthine craniotomy.       2. Abdominal fat graft.     SURGEONS: Doctor "A" ASSISTANTS:     ANESTHESIOLOGIST:       ANESTHESIA: General per endotracheal tube POSITIVE FINDINGS AT TIME OF SURGERY: Includes a 2 cm right-sided acoustic neuroma. PREOPERATIVE HISTORY: This is a 61-year old white female with a...

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