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French to English translations [PRO] Medical - Medical: Instruments / Orthopaedic surgery
French term or phrase:appui pulpaire
Hello,
I'm trying to figure out what "l’appui
pulpaire" means in the following sentence.
Protocole post-opératoire habituel de la chirurgie de l’avant-pied selon les habitudes et usages. Il est important de contrôler l’appui pulpaire.
The sentence is from an instruction manual for an interphalangeal joint implant under the postop protocol section. Toe pulp support? Is this something to do with the toe pulp coming into contact with the floor?
ENG: "Functional dissatisfaction rate (18% vs.17.4%) and toe pulp contact defect (12% vs. 8.7%) were not significantly different in the two groups."
FRE: "Le taux d’insatisfaction est de 18% (vs 17,4%) et le défaut d’appui pulpaire du gros orteil de 12% (vs 8,7%), ces taux ne sont pas significativement différents dans les deux groupes."
Thanks Chris! I'm going to go with SJLD's toe-ground contact as I think this is the correct term in the context of postop forefoot surgery management. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
The issue after forefoot surgery is whether the toes make correct contact with the ground. We don't know which toe is being referred to here. In the literature you will find "défaut d'appui pulpaire". A defect in or loss of weightbearing would make no sense. See ref below with pictures of foot being assessed for toe ground contact.
It's OK Chris, but I have worked long enough with the Orthopaedics department to make a difference in French between "en contact" and "en appui". Especially when dealing with the great toe which is essential for balance.
Dr Manu - The decision has already been made by the Asker. Appui can either mean "support" or "contact". I'm sorry - we can't always be right. Even I am occcasionally wrong.
ENG: "Functional dissatisfaction rate (18% vs.17.4%) and toe pulp contact defect (12% vs. 8.7%) were not significantly different in the two groups."
FRE: "Le taux d’insatisfaction est de 18% (vs 17,4%) et le défaut d’appui pulpaire du gros orteil de 12% (vs 8,7%), ces taux ne sont pas significativement différents dans les deux groupes."
Chris Hall United Kingdom Local time: 21:50 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
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Thanks Chris! I'm going to go with SJLD's toe-ground contact as I think this is the correct term in the context of postop forefoot surgery management.
Toe pulp weight bearing (weight-bearing on the pulp of toes)
Explanation: contact with the deeper layers and a dark imprint is produced. Photographs-Some .... The footprint shows weight-bearing on the pulp of the big toe with even distribution .... joint of the great toe. Journal. ofBone and Joint Surgery, ... www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/reprint/57-B/4/478.pdf
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The position of the weight-bearing hallux was measured with reference to the .... are amenable to shoe alteration, but the toe pulp symptoms are usually ...
rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/15/3/143.pdf -
bearing on the pulp of the great toe, and the other rays (4). In the horizontal plane, it is essential, in order to preserve the weight bearing function of ... www.actaorthopaedica.be/acta/.../12-Jarde et al.pdf
This is definitely about weight bearing otherwise the word would have been contact in French. Ask any orthopedic surgeon!
Drmanu49 Local time: 22:50 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English, French PRO pts in category: 175
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, weight-bearing on the toe pulp! Thank-you so much!!
Reference comments
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Reference: toe ground contact in forefoot surgery
Reference information: Forefoot reconstruction - Google Books Resultby Louis Samuel Barouk - 2005 - Medical - 388 pages
Impaired MTP joint: joint Preservative Surgery Moderate impairment of the MTP joint, with correct great toe ground contact. In this case, the correction of ...
books.google.lu/books?isbn=2287252517... -
Preoperative Management III. SURGICAL MANAGEMENT IN FOREFOOT ...Decrease or loss of toe ground contact, also pointed out by the Bristol test. ..... 8) Decision-making in forefoot surgery with severe trophic troubles. ... www.springerlink.com/index/w877v5371m4xm571.pdf - Similar -
Postoperative Managementforefoot surgery (moderate hallux valgus correc- ... Tiptoes and training of toe ground contact (after one postoperative month). dicated. ... www.springerlink.com/index/q542x4n836123hj8.pdf -
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