Student with a question - what does FES stand for?

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

Hi! I'm a second semester student who will be observing a TKA on Monday. I'm reading about it in my med-surg textbook, and it lists FES as one potential complication of joint surgery. I've looked in my medical dictionary and other places and am having a hard time figuring out what FES stands for. Any assistance would be appreciated!

Thanks!

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Having been intrigued by this question- I didn't know what it was either... I decided to ask jeeves. At first he came up with Fluent English Speaker :chuckle Not quite what I was looking for. Then he came up with Fat Embolus Syndrome :doh: Yep, cut into a long bone and you can get one of those. Gotta love Jeeves...

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
Having been intrigued by this question- I didn't know what it was either... I decided to ask jeeves. At first he came up with Fluent English Speaker :chuckle Not quite what I was looking for. Then he came up with Fat Embolus Syndrome :doh: Yep, cut into a long bone and you can get one of those. Gotta love Jeeves...

That Jeeves! He's so clever; I wish he were my butler.

Thank you so much! That makes much more sense than Fluent English Speaker *or* Functional Electrical Stimulation. :)

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I guess iron sulfate isn't right!?

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having been intrigued by this question- i didn't know what it was either... i decided to ask jeeves. at first he came up with fluent english speaker :chuckle not quite what i was looking for. then he came up with fat embolus syndrome :doh: yep, cut into a long bone and you can get one of those. gotta love jeeves...

not to mention fess, which is functional endoscopic sinus surgery...just another little piece of useless or information.

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