Author Question: Correct the following by adding or removing hyphens. 1. The patient denies a history of abdominal ... (Read 327 times)

TFauchery · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

Correct the following by adding or removing hyphens.

1. The patient denies a history of abdominal pain, jaundice, clay colored stools, or recent unexplained weight loss.
2. There was no intrahepatic-biliary duct dilatation.
3. It does not involve the bone- or the joint space.
4. He underwent repair of an incarcerated ventral-umbilical hernia with mesh.
5. She is a pleasant 51 year old Hispanic female who complains of recurrent abdominal pain mostly localized to the epigastrium and right upper quadrant areas.
6. She never really followed up post-operatively, but today she is here complaining of mid-epigastric pain.

Question 2

List each of the anatomical structures examined in the following procedures:

1. esophagoscopy
2. gastroscopy
3. esophagogastroscopy
4. esophagogastroduode noscopy (EGD)
5. upper GI with small-bowel followthrough

stano32 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1. clay-colored
2. remove hyphen
3. remove hyphen
4. remove hyphen
5. 51-year-old
6. postoperatively (remove hyphen), midepigastric (remove hyphen)

Answer to Question 2

1. esophagus
2. stomach
3. esophagus and stomach
4. esophagus, stomach, and duodenum
5. esophagus, stomach, duodenum, jejunum, and ileum