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Medical - Medical: Instruments / List of hospital equipment | | Spanish term or phrase: divalvador de yeso | | This is an item in a list of items in a Guatemalan hospital. There was a "sierra de cortar yeso" -- a cast cutter, but I cannot find any reference to this anywhere? Thank you in advance for any help. |
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| | English translation:cast splitter | Explanation:
I believe this would be a tool used to bivalve a cast—that is, split it into two halves lengthwise to relieve pressure or allow tissues to expand. The purpose is not to remove the cast but to make it consist of two "independent" halves.
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-11-24 06:44:43 GMT)
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"Divalvador" certainly suggests "bivalve", at least... |
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