Medical Transcription Word Board archived thread

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"...to involve the left dorsoplantar aspect and left lower
Wed Aug 25, 2004 19:18

extremity." Should it be dorsoplantar, dorsal/plantar, dorsal plantar, or some other version? Thank you so much! Have a great night.

Anonymous
I think dorsal/plantar (nm)
Wed Aug 25, 2004 19:22

What does it mean?
Maybe I'm just dumb, but I see this word dorsoplantar - sm
Wed Aug 25, 2004 19:57

in Stedman's Ortho, and I can't figure out what it means. How can something be dorsal and plantar at the same time? If plantar means the sole of my foot, where is the dorsal aspect of that?

Do I need to go back and get some basic MT training? Makes me wonder........

Anonymous
It means from the dorsal to the plantar aspect (nm)
Wed Aug 25, 2004 20:06

Thanks, I think I get it now.
I can understand that as a surgical approach I guess - sm
Wed Aug 25, 2004 20:12

but then the dorsoplantar aspect of my foot in inside my foot, right? Kind of "on top of" my sole, meaning if I cut all the way through my foot, starting on top of my foot at the arch, I'd reach the dorsoplantar aspect just before I reached the sole. (I think.)

projection"
the term is frequently used in radiology "dorsoplantar (nm)
Wed Aug 25, 2004 20:19

Anonymous
Thanks, that makes sense to me. (nm)
Wed Aug 25, 2004 20:31