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Scrubbs said:Had a patient the other day giving me a surgical hx...
Pt: "I had a vaginal microwavezation for bleeding."
Me: "A what?"
Pt: "Yeah... that's what they told me it was... a microwavezation for my fibroids."
Translation = Uterine Embolization. At least she new what it was for... never would've figured it out otherwise!
In that same vein, I had a patient tell me she was thinking about having an "endometrial deflation," i.e. endometrial ablation