scavo ascellare
English translation: axillary dissection
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|  Selected response from: Sonia Hill United Kingdom Local time: 18:03 | ||||||
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| 4 +4 | axillary dissection |
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| 4 +3 | cavo ascellare -> armpit/axilla |
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| 3 | armpit |
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armpit Explanation: ... underarm |
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29 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4axillary dissection Explanation: This is a fairly colloquial term used to describe axillary dissection. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 41 mins (2006-10-26 08:37:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I googled the term in Italian and found that it is often paired with the term "quadrantectomia": SOLDANELLA - [ Translate this page ]Mi fecero una quadrantectomia con scavo ascellare. In seguito mi spiegarono perché sia l’eco, sia la mammografia parlavano di "nodulo non sospetto". ... www.qlmed.org/esperienza/storie/viola/SOLDANELLA.html I then looked up "quadrantectomy" and "axillary dissection" and found that they do appear to go together. A Randomized Trial Comparing Axillary Dissection to No Axillary ...Quadrantectomy with axillary dissection was performed under general anesthesia; quadrantectomy alone was generally performed under local anesthesia. ... www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1357697 "Scavo ascellare" clearly refers to some sort of medical procedure, not the armpit per se. |
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