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Adjectival Hyphens
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"Other names for failed back syndrome include failed back surgery syndrome, post-laminectomy syndrome, or post-surgical spine syndrome."

Line 3:104 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-laminectomy'.

"Other names for failed back syndrome include failed back surgery syndrome, post-laminectomy syndrome, or post-surgical spine syndrome."

Line 3:151 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-surgical'.
List Punctuation
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"Scar: irregular borders, thecal retraction towards the soft tissue mass. Early post contrast enhancement with long-term retention."

Line 24:128 · Do not put full stops at the end of a list item.
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"Other names for failed back syndrome include failed back surgery syndrome, post-laminectomy syndrome, or post-surgical spine syndrome."

Line 3:49 · Generally, don't use bold in text: '<strong>failed back surgery syndrome</strong>'

"Other names for failed back syndrome include failed back surgery syndrome, post-laminectomy syndrome, or post-surgical spine syndrome."

Line 3:96 · Generally, don't use bold in text: '<strong>post-laminectomy syndrome</strong>'

"Other names for failed back syndrome include failed back surgery syndrome, post-laminectomy syndrome, or post-surgical spine syndrome."

Line 3:143 · Generally, don't use bold in text: '<strong>post-surgical spine syndrome</strong>'
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"Scar: irregular borders, thecal retraction towards the soft tissue mass. Early post contrast enhancement with long-term retention."

Line 24:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Disc: smooth borders. No or delayed post contrast enhancement. 4, 5"

Line 25:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.