Traducciones de español a inglés [PRO] Medical - Medicina: Odontología / jaw injury
Término o frase en español:cerelaje
I'm working with a Spanish text consisting of nurse and doctors' notes on a patients progress. the word "cerelaje" appears several times, not offering much for context. One of the major injuries is a fractured jaw undergoing surgery. For example:
"usuario en cama, conciente y orientado, muy palido, con cerelaje"
or
"se observa tranquilo, tiene cerelaje"
The origin of the document is Colombia.
I have found enough to tell me that "cerelaje" means some sawing up of an opening or wound or rupture, but I'm lacking a precise term, if there is one.
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Clarification request(s) and response
Dr. Jason Faulkner: 20:55 Apr 24, 2008: Is the patient a pregnant woman? mar lopez: 20:59 Apr 24, 2008: No, the patient is not a pregnant woman. He had jaw surgery. Thank you. Dr. Jason Faulkner: 21:16 Apr 24, 2008: OK, just checking. I thought it may have been a typo. Dr. Jason Faulkner: 21:23 Apr 24, 2008: I just confirmed with a surgical colleague in Mexico. He said it sounds like a typo as well. It should probably be "cerclaje" as well. In English that's an MMF or "cerclage."
Explicación: Based on the context, it sounds like they are referring to maxillomandibular fixation (MMF). This is essentially having the jaw "wired shut."
I've never heard the term cerelaje, however.
SaludoZ!
Dr. Jason Faulkner Estados Unidos Local time: 22:33 Especializado en este campo Idioma materno: inglés Pts. PRO en la categoría: 8
A suture is the type of binding or stitch that doctors , and especially surgeons, use to hold skin, internal organs, blood vessels and all other tissues of the human body together, after they have been severed by injury or surgery.
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LisaMac España Local time: 06:33 Idioma materno: inglés
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