Umkipp-Plastik
English translation: flap-plasty
| 19:33 Jul 18, 2005 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Medical - Medical (general) / article on delayed surgery | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Inese Poga-Smith Canada Local time: 22:18 | ||||
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| 4 | flap-plasty |
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| 4 | turn-down flap / graft |
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| 2 | turn-up plasty |
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25 mins confidence: 
turn-up plasty Explanation: seems to be one (not incredibly popular) term for it ... In 1922, Sauerbruch43 described the Umkipp plastic, or "turn-up plasty" in which the tibia was turned up into the defect produced by resection of the entire ... www.corronline.com/pt/re/corr/ fulltext.00003086-200005000-00010.htm |
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flap-plasty Explanation: Check out these and other links, flap-plasty seems to be the term you need. The fracture was treated surgically by vertical thinning, intraosseal suture "osteosynthesis", and tendon flap plasty. End-to-end suturation and a fascial flap plasty were made on both sides. http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/fellows/jbarrie/hyperbook/conditions/... Reference: http://www.datatrace.com/medical/faiintlweb/2112_04.htm Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&d... |
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turn-down flap / graft Explanation: "turn-down" or "turndown". Ref.: http://www.wmt.com/Downloads/whitepapers/Augmentation of Chr... (page 3) German description of the technique: http://www.rennbahnklinik.ch/de/klinik/Achillessehne.php i.e., part of the tendon plate of gastrocnemius and soleus muscle is separated and turned down onto the Achilles tendon in order to augment the defect. Used mainly for old ruptures (--> delayed surgery). Refs for this suggestion: just search for "turndown" and "Achilles" in Google. HTH :-) |
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