Arbeitslehre

English translation: (femoral) alignment guide

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German term or phrase:Arbeitslehre
English translation:(femoral) alignment guide
Entered by: Martina Kilgo

15:31 Nov 11, 2014
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments
German term or phrase: Arbeitslehre
Wieder aus dem OP Bericht an dem ich arbeite:

bei liegendem Spacerblock Aufbringen der **Arbeitslehre** fuer die posteriore Femurresektion, die mittels 2er Pins am Condylus befestigt wird.

All I could come up with for **Arbeitslehre** was "manufacturing gauges" and that just doesn't seem right in this context. Do you have any suggestions for me, please?
Martina Kilgo
United States
Local time: 06:54
(femoral) alignment guide
Explanation:
I have some doubt about 'rod' here, particularly because this is a device placed in/drilled into the inner (!) portion of the femur ("intramedullary rod", i.e. in the bone marrow canal) whereas the source text says *Auf*bringen, i.e. apply from the the outside/place/attach...

Many sources:
https://www.google.de/?gws_rd=ssl#q="femoral alignment guide...
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uyuni
Local time: 12:54
Grading comment
Thank you for your help :-)
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Summary of answers provided
3(femoral) alignment guide
uyuni
2guide rod
David Hollywood


  

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(femoral) alignment guide


Explanation:
I have some doubt about 'rod' here, particularly because this is a device placed in/drilled into the inner (!) portion of the femur ("intramedullary rod", i.e. in the bone marrow canal) whereas the source text says *Auf*bringen, i.e. apply from the the outside/place/attach...

Many sources:
https://www.google.de/?gws_rd=ssl#q="femoral alignment guide...

uyuni
Local time: 12:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 56
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Thank you for your help :-)
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guide rod


Explanation:
maybe

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16598097 - Traducir esta página
de WL Chan - ‎2006 - ‎Citado por 3 - ‎Artículos relacionados
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2006 Apr;14(1):96-8. Breakage of intramedullary femoral guide rod during total knee arthroplasty: a case report. Chan WL, Yen CH, ...

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"lehre" in this case has to be something that guides the process

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-11-11 17:54:29 GMT)
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naybe just "guider"

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-11-11 17:55:39 GMT)
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this is so technical that we need an expert to come in

David Hollywood
Local time: 07:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 45
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you. That sounds right to me ;-)

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