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Case Study: Work-Related Injury
DOI: 5/20/2002. Patient is a 43-year-old female shipping clerk who sustained a work-related injury to her back and left knee due to falling while climbing down a ladder. As per OMNI entry, patient was diagnosed with status post left knee surgery on 12/15/2009; status post lumbosacral fusion on 10/31/2006; lumbar disc displacement; lumbosacral neuritits/radiculitis; and internal derangement of the left knee.
Per progress notes dated 9/27/2016, patient complained of locking of knee and lots of pain in her back and swelling on her knee with tingling sensation. It was noted that the IW last took Norco on 09/26/16.
Based on the progress report dated 11/08/16, the patient reports that she has lots of pain on her back. She also notes that, “my
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