Ziehharmonikaplastik
English translation: wedge plasty
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| 14:28 Feb 11, 2009 |
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1 hr confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3W-plasty Explanation: ...or perhaps "Z-plasty" (see http://www.springerlink.com/content/v474xw204348h10n/ ). Also see http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/W-plasty AND http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Z-plasty Note: This is little more than a guess. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-02-11 15:46:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I take it that the names of these procedures reflect they way it looks, i.e., the side-view of an accordian looks like a "w." |
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