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HEALTH PROVINCE OF KWAZULU-NATAL EDENDALE HOSPITAL Department of Orthopaedic Surgery http://www.kznhealth.gov.za/ortho/default.htm Email.:gongalr@dohho.kzntl.gov.za Main Road Edendale Private Bag X509, Plessislaer, 3216 Tel.: 033 395 4911, Fax.: 033 395 4060 / 4660 Enquiries: MR R.N. Gongal Date : 28 December 2006 Reference ABBREVIATIONS USED IN ORTHOPAEDIC DEPARTMENT, # FRACTURE ABC ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST Ac. ACUTE ACL ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT ADI ATLANTO-DENTAL INTERVAL ADL ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING Adv. ADVICE AE ABOVE ELBOW AFO ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS AIDS ACQUIRES IMMUNO DEFICIENCY SYNDROME AK ABOVE KNEE AKA ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION Alk Phos ALKALINE PHOSPHOTASE AM ANTE MERIDIAN (BEFORE NOON = MORNING) AO ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT FUR OSTEOSYNTHESFRAGENAP ANTERO POSTERIOR APL ABDUCTOR POLLICIS LONGUS ARDS ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME ASIF ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNAL FIXATION ASIS ANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE AVN AVASCULAR NECROSIS BD/ BID BIS DIE BE BELOW ELBOW Bil. BILATERAL BK BELOW KNEE BKA BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION BMD BONE MINERAL DENSITY BMP BO

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OGRAM EDC EXTENSOR DIGITORUM COMMUNIS EHL EXTENSOR HALLUCIS LONGUS EMG ELECTROMYOGRAM ENT EAR NOSE AND THROAT EPB EXTENSOR POLLICIS BREVIS EPL EXTENSOR POLLICIS LONGUS ESR ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE ETA ELONGATION OF TENDO-ACHILLIS EUA EXAMINATION UNDE ANAESTHESIA EXT.FIX EXTERNAL FIXATOR F FEMALE FB FOREIGN BODY FBC FULL BLOOD COUNT FCR FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS FCU FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS FDP FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS FDS FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS FFD FIXED FLEXION DEFORMITY / FIT FOR DUTY / DISCHARGE FES FAT EMBOLISM SYNDROME FHL FLEXOR HALLUCIS LONGUS Fib. FIBULA FPL FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS FWB FULL WEIGHT BEARING GA GENERAL ANESTHESIA GCS GLASGOW COMA SCORE GSW GUN SHOT WOUND GYNAE GYNAECOLOGY HA HYDROXY APPATITE Hb HAEMOGLOBIN HIV HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HRT HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY HTO HIGH TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY I&D INCISION AND DRAINAGE ICD INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES ICU INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IM INTRAMUSCULAR IMHS INTRAMEDULLARY HIP SCREW Inj. INJECTION IPJOINT INTER PHALANGEAL JOINT ISS INJURY SEVERITY SCORE IV INTRAVENOUS IVI INTRAVENOUS INFUSION IVP INTRAV

ENOUS PYELOGRAPHY JCA JUVENILE CHRONIC ARTHRITIS KAFO KNEE ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS L LEFT / LUMBAR L1-5 LUMBAR 1 – 5 (SPINE, ROOT, SEGMENT) LA LOCAL ANESTHESIA Lat. LATERAL LBA LOW BACK ACHE LCDCP LOW CONTACT DYNAMIC COMPRESSION PLATE LFT LIVER FUNCTION TEST LMWH LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN L/S SPINE LUMBO-SACRAL SPINE Lt LEFT M MALE MCL MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT MCS MICROSCOPY, CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY MESS MANGLED EXTREMITY SEVERITY SCORE MORNE MORNING MOPD MEDICAL OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT MPJOINT METACARPO PHALANGEAL JOINT MRI MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING MTPJOINT METATARSO PHALANGEAL JOINT MUA MANIPULATION UNDER ANAESTHESIA MVA MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT N/A NOT APPLICABLE / NOT AVAILABLE NAD NO ABNORMALITY DETECTED NOF NECK OF FEMUR NPO NIL PER OS ( NOTHING TO BE FED) NSAIDS NON STEROIDAL ANTI INFLAMMATORY DRUGS NV NEURO VASCULAR NWB NON WEIGHT BEARING OA OSTEO ARTHRITIS O&G OBSTRETICS AND GYNAECOLOGY OD OMNI DIE (ONCE A DAY) OI OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA OOPD ORTHOPAEDIC OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT (CLINIC) ORIF OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION ORTHO ORTHOPAEDICS OT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY P PLAN PA POSTE

RO ANTERIOR PAED PAEDIATRICS PC POST CIBUM ( AFTER FOOD) PCA PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA PCL POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT PCR POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION PE PULMONARY EMBOLISM PEEP POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE ( VENTILATION) PET POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY PFFD PROXIMAL FEMORAL FOCAL DEFICIENCY Phos PHOSPATE PHYSIO PHYSIOTHERAPY PL PALMARIS LONGUS PM POST MERIDIAN ( AFTER NOON) PO PER OS POP PLASTER OF PARIS POPD PAEDIATRIC OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT PR PER RECTUM PRN PRO RE NATA ( AS REQUIRED) PSA PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN PTB PATELLAR TENDON BEARING PTH PARATHYROID HORMONE PV PER VEGINUM PWB PARTIAL WEIGHT BEARING QID QUARTER IN DIE ( FOUR TIMES A DAY) R RIGHT RA RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS RSD REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY RhF RHEUMATOID FACTOR RICE REST, ICE, COMPRESSION, AND ELEVATION RJ BANDAGE ROBERT JONE’S BANDAGE R/O REMOVAL OF ROM RANGE OF MOVEMENT/ MOTION ROP REMOVAL OF PLASTER ROS REMOVAL OF SUTURE Rt RIGHT RT NAIL RUSSEL TAYLOR NAIL RVD RETROVIRAL DISEASE S1-5 SACRAL 1-5 (SPINE, ROOT, SEGMENT) SACH (SINGLE - AXIS CUSHION HEEL) FOOT SCFE SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS SCIWORA SPINAL C

ORD INJURY WITHOUT RADIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITY Sec SECONDARY SI JOINT SACRO ILIAC JOINT SLR STRAIGHT LEG RAISING ( test) SOMI BRACE - STERNO OCCIPITAL MANDIBULAR IMMOBILIZER SOPD SURGICAL OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT SPECT SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SPEP SERUM PROTEIN ELECTRO PHORESIS SSG SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT STAT STATIM ( IMMEDIATELY) STI SOFT TISSUE INJURY TI-12 THORACIC 1 – 12 (SPINE, ROOT, SEGMENT) TA TENDO ACHILLIS, Tibialis Anterior Tab. TABLET TB TUBERCULOSIS TCB TO COME BACK TENS TITANIUM ELASTIC NAILS TFCC TRIANGULAR FIBRO-CARTILAGE COMPLEX THEATRE OPERATION THEATRE THR TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT Tib. TIBIA TID/TDS TER IN DIE ( three times a day) TKR TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT T/L SPINE THORACO LUMBER SPINE TLSO THORACO LUMBO SACRAL ORTHOSIS Tt TREATMENT U&E UREA AND ELCETROLYTES UFN UNREAMED FEMORAL NAIL U/S ULTRASOUND VCU VESICO CYSTO URETHROGRAM VISI VOLAR INTERCALATED SEGMENTAL INSTABILITY Vit. D VITAMIN D WBC WHITE BLOOD CORPUSCLES WCA WORKMANS COMPENSSATION ACT XBC X-RAY BEFORE CLINIC Mr. R.N.Gongal FC Ortho (SA) Principal and HOD Review date for protocols – 1January