Hospital Jargon

[missprim]

As some of you may know, I had an operation on my toes 10 days ago which meant having stitches.
I thought someone (nurse or doctor) said the stitches were to come out in 10 days but I haven't had an appointment sent.
Just looking on my discharge paper it says,

Discharged home on simple analgesia with F/U in Nurse led wound R/V clinic in 10/7 Mr (name of surgeon) OPD clinic in 4/52.

Do you know what this means?

[shoota]

Could 4/52 be four weeks time?

[missprim]

I think it does shoota but I don't know what F/U and R/V mean.

[shoota]

I can tell you what F/U meant in the Police - but I doubt it is the same thing!
Perhaps by that logic 10/7 does mean 10 days - when I had a decompressive metatarsal osteotomy for arthritis in my toes I think it was about 10 days for the stitches and a check up at the clinic after a month, maybe R?V is return visit?

[HowardKennitby]

possibly R/V = return visit, maybe 10/7 = 10th July

[LazyGun]

"Discharged home on simple analgesia, with Follow-Up (F/U) in Nurse led wound r/v (recovery?) clinic in 10 days (10/7).
Further appt to see surgeon in their Out-Patients Department (OPD) clinic in 4 weeks (4/52)

[Sqad]

Stitches out in 10 days Out patient appt to see your surgeon in a month.

[EDDIE51]

Very few stitches need to be removed now. They are normally the ones that dissolve themselves.

[missprim]

So the stitches should have come out today then?
Suppose I'd better phone them on Monday although I'm not sure who to phone apart from the ward I was in.

[jno]

other useful medical abbreviations:

HIVI - Husband is village idiot
DTS - Danger to shipping [for the obese]
TEETH - Tried everything else, try homeopathy

Any of those on your form?

[missprim]

I think these need to come out Eddie as the surgeon has left longish pieces of cat gut.

[missprim]

lol jno

[EDDIE51]

I have had stiches were there is a piece of 'cat gut' hanging out , after a week or so the hanging bit just drops off like a dried up scab. It has not been actual 'cat gut'for decades now by the way.

[missprim]

Oh I didn't know that, wonder what it's called now.
Think I had better phone on Monday just to make sure.

[EDDIE51]

Read this the 3rd paragraph , actual 'cat gut' is banned as there is concern it could spread 'mad cow disease' . It never was actual gut from a cat , imagine the debate about cats being bred and slaughtered just to make surtures or 'Stitches' , it was the gut from cows that had been slaughtered for meat.

[cathfromsaron]

4/52 is 4 weeks x

[bednobs]

r/v is review

[EDDIE51]

Here is the link I ment to post earlier , sorry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catgut_suture

[Sqad]

Eddie

\\Very few stitches need to be removed now. They are normally the ones that dissolve themselves.\\\

not true......non absorbable sutures are routinely used for skin closure as they give a better cosmetic result than do absorbable sutures. Absorbable skin sutures MAY be used but not as commonly as non-absorbable.

[Hopkirk]

Probably not true, but I heard one Essex Doctor wrote 'Epping' on someone's notes.

When asked what it meant , he replied 'half way to Barking'.

[Greedyfly]

r/v surely means review. f/u - follow up.
OPD - outpatient department.

If you haven't had the appointment through I would call them.