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Boot and medrol dose pack. Hand those out like candy. Tendonitis needs to chill out. Don't move it. Then also meloxicam.
Boot and medrol dose pack. Hand those out like candy. Tendonitis needs to chill out. Don't move it
Have never injected a tendon. Probably could get away with it. I don't have the cojones like dtrack.
The whole “ah I don’t inject into the tendon just the sheath” thing people say is so unrealistic. Like yeah you’re so tactile you can feel the difference
Nails nails nails Dremel tolycen nails
tolycen has officially entered the thread
Tolycen is a mustache dog whistle
Another TFP question- labs we use don't do fungal staining.
Only culture.
Cultures come back negative most of the time even if it looks/smells/tastes like onycho.
How are you guys testing if you are?
Am I just looking up the wrong lab code?
Only culture.
Cultures come back negative most of the time even if it looks/smells/tastes like onycho.
How are you guys testing if you are?
Am I just looking up the wrong lab code?
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We all have questions about random things especially us new in practice. Smart posters/good surgeons on here. Great resource. I hope it doesn’t take away from the meme thread though. If anything we’ll probably get juicier memes
I don't test. If it looks/smells/tastes then I treat it like fungus. I also ask the patients any questions about trauma, chemo/radiation. If the nail is thick green and black I usually just remove it. I don't have time to waste ****ing around with topicals and promises that maybe the nail will get better or whatever.
If it's not fully destroyed and no trauma/radio history, try lamisil
If it's partially destroyed with trauma, temp removal with the caveat it may not grow normal
If it's fully destroyed I remove it, most times permanently
In lectures, Warren Joseph has talked about malpractice cases where the defendant loses because they haven't confirmed the dx. Because he wasn't consulting for any path labs at the time, I've always been inclined to believe it. However I have been unable to find any plaintiff verdicts backing this claim up.
The way I look at it, patients have a right to know, they pay their insurance premiums, and I'm not not going to order a test just to save the insurance company money. This isn't take a z-pack empirically because of an ill-advised liaison with someone you met at a bar. This is a 3 month course of a drug so may as well know what we're treating.
@Weirdy you may need to have your institution send the specimen out to a reference lab, in which case I understand why you would find this to be too much work. Otherwise, it's not hard to order the test. Tick off boxes on a requisition form, medical assist does rest, pt enrolls in our online patient portal to see results. I send them a message via portal when results come in, rx as appropriate.
The way I look at it, patients have a right to know, they pay their insurance premiums, and I'm not not going to order a test just to save the insurance company money. This isn't take a z-pack empirically because of an ill-advised liaison with someone you met at a bar. This is a 3 month course of a drug so may as well know what we're treating.
@Weirdy you may need to have your institution send the specimen out to a reference lab, in which case I understand why you would find this to be too much work. Otherwise, it's not hard to order the test. Tick off boxes on a requisition form, medical assist does rest, pt enrolls in our online patient portal to see results. I send them a message via portal when results come in, rx as appropriate.
I biopsy all fungal nail patients. It’s not in house and I don’t make anything on it. I send it out. But I’ve gotten too many letters from insurances wanting proof before certain topicals.
And in the case of terbinafine, why put them on an unnecessary 90 day course for something that may not be fungus but trauma related
And in the case of terbinafine, why put them on an unnecessary 90 day course for something that may not be fungus but trauma related
Toenails are unnecessary.
Yes. I think we should always get enough of a history to try to distinguish between fungus, trauma, or combo
I'll KOH debris/nail clippings if I can't ascertain a reason for the dystrophy prior to starting an oral course. As an employed boot at a hospital that does it right away, it's not much extra for me to confirm it prior to starting a 3 month dose. Keeps the hospital happy that I'm contributing to other departments and it's a CYA thing on my end, especially in a very rare instance they have a complication from the medication.
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You guys ever had a patient that is irate when it’s not fungal but just dystrophic and they can’t have it treated? Only solution at that point is to offer a permanent nail avulsion. Some patients are crazy. It’s always the most mild discolored nail too.
I’ll biopsy if it is one isolated nail, previous trauma, failed anti fungals in the past. I’m not biopsying everyone.
I’ll biopsy if it is one isolated nail, previous trauma, failed anti fungals in the past. I’m not biopsying everyone.
I do and I explain to them that the nail is scarred, much like people with burns get skin scars/discoloration/changes and that's just it. They can get it avulsed and paint a fake nail or something but none of this is magic. I don't biopsy that. Don't bend over for these irate dinguses
You can live with it or I can remove it. You choose.
If they want nails treated I dont test KOH or culture.
Straight to oral terbinafine. I do check liver enzymes once if not recently tested (already discussed on here I think).
It works most of the time or at least improves the nails.
Some nails obviously too far gone and then its live with it or matrixectomy.
Straight to oral terbinafine. I do check liver enzymes once if not recently tested (already discussed on here I think).
It works most of the time or at least improves the nails.
Some nails obviously too far gone and then its live with it or matrixectomy.
Mucoid cysts can be a goldmine. I always take them to the OR. Code for soft tissue mass removal, arthroplasty of DIPJ to prevent recurrence and then bilobed flap. I’ve had them pay more than a Lapidus.
Yes, I’ve had two younger women who have gotten very upset when I told them their nails are dystrophic and not fungal and there ain’t **** anyone can do for it but complete matrixectomy or live with it. One was apoplectic and I had to refer to another doctor in our group so they could tell her the same thing.
On the one hand, this seems like an upcode. At the very least you shouldnt bill excision of [subcutaneous] soft tissue mass when taking out a cutaneous cyst. On the other hand, upcoding like this is a very TFP thing to do. Might not be appropriate IRL but is appropriate content for this thread
I sell patients like this Bako's 40% urea nail gel. Either they buy it and the nail gets a little better and I've created a revenue stream, or they don't buy it but at least lose their attitude
I'd much rather tell them to **** off, that revenue stream ain't worth the hassle
Yeah I don't see how you bill that. I would bill an arthroplasty of toe and that's it. Maybe I am under. You are over.
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Anyone billing toe fillet flaps?
Yes when you debone the toe and use it to cover something. That is an easily abused code.
I had a patient's primary doc get upset with me for giving a medrol dose pack to one of his geriatric patient's with some achilles tendinosis that he referred to me for. Apparently I significantly increased her risk of DVT.
Coincidentally, this doctor also insists that none of his patient's go on oral terbinafine.
Is this doctor old.
Surprisingly no... at least I don't think. He looks mid 40s at the oldest.
A few a year. It pays well but I dont think its really that useful.
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I apply TCA 80%. The bottle it comes in is like an eyedrop bottle. I put five or six drops on the end of a cotton tip applicator and then apply it. It doesn’t do much but I may be applying it wrong. I think silver nitrate sticks are better
I put some on a person recently who didn't respond to cantharone. Will be curious to see how it goes.
Did ya'll know there's a Reddit dedicated to HPV which can be treated with trichloroacetic acid.
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Funny enough immiquod is also what I have people do for warts at home. 3 times a week and occlude with duct tape. Works really well in some and then not in others. Very weird
I've used 5-FU and Aldara to - as you say - mixed effect. Tried adapalene once a few years ago - it sadly failed. Was funny because there's an article on Adapalene in an Indian journal where it shows 100% success.
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It was by far the best treatment. May it rest in peace…
Yep, proper debride + salicylic for 98%.
Canth can be used for 2% (then back to salic)... then surg excision for the 1%.
Exactly what I do
The cyst communicates with the joint. How is that cutaneous? Sorry you don’t like money.
I understand billing the cyst and the excision of bone.
The flap is the iffy part imo. Isn’t that just closing skin? Taking out a mucoid w a dip arthroplasty is just an elliptical incision
Switched to 5FU at dyk343 and Feli recommendations....was cantharidin before.
Every Man Jack Beard Butter, keeps things smooth and luxurious. Women want you, associates want to be you.
I use adapalene but I always do deep debridement first once. It works for me. But it needs to be able to penetrate, not just on top
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is Nuzyra legit? It’s a pain in the ass to order when I can just do doxycycline. Feels like a scam.
Does it do what it needs you to do? Yes
Is it cost-effective? For $7000/rx, I'll leave it to you to judge.
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It’s really $7,000? My only patient I ever placed on it went to their “patience assistance” and got it paid for
I think I’ll stick to doxy.., not going to let someone else/a company manipulate me into getting rich off an abx. Ridiculous
I'll presumably try it again in the future. The kid I used it on failed everything so I don't know why adapalene would be any different. The wart microwave people would have us believe/know that there are HPV variants that are much more difficult to treat - perhaps that's an explanation for why some people are so treatment resistant.
I just wrote my first prescription for an unpleasant diabetic wound. Guess I'll see what I'm in for. I swear the rep wants me to write it for ingrown toenails. 👎to that.
Having reps pushing antibiotics feels really strange compared to being around Infectious Disease doctors pushing stewardship.
