Glossary entry

español term or phrase:

Cupulectomia

inglés translation:

Radial head resection

Added to glossary by David Russell
Dec 14, 2016 12:39
7 yrs ago
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español term

Cupulectomia

español al inglés Medicina Medicina (general) Surgery
From a medical report (I think from Spain) on a patient who fell and fractured the radial head. This was the procedure followed to treat it:

"e interviene realizándose reducción cruenta más osteosíntesis en placa ALCP de reconstrucción de cubito y cupulectomia de la cabeza radial con resultado satisfactorio."
Proposed translations (inglés)
3 +2 Radial head resection

Discussion

Rachael Ellis (X) Dec 14, 2016:
Radial head resection The following page suggests "resección" as another way to say "cupulectomia"

http://www.doctoralia.es/pruebamedica/reparacion de fractura...

From there, I got to "radial head resection" in English which is referenced on the following page:

http://www.orthobullets.com/trauma/1019/radial-head-fracture...
David Russell (asker) Dec 14, 2016:
I suppose "cupul" refers to the socket of the joint. However "socket excision" seems a little drastic, given that the text continues: "La paciente refiere que podía mover el codo con normalidad y sin dolor."

Proposed translations

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Radial head resection

Searches for this term show "resección de la cabeza radial" which could be translated as radial head resection. It seems to be procedure in elbow surgery

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Note added at 33 mins (2016-12-14 13:12:37 GMT)
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Background: In the past, radial head resection was the surgical treatment of choice for radial head fractures that could not be internally fixed. More recently, radial head implant arthroplasty has gained popularity for the treatment of isolated radial head fractures. The purpose of the present study was to review the long-term results of radial head resection after radial head fractures not associated with elbow instability in patients younger than forty years of age.

jbjs.org/content/92/3/558

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-12-14 14:34:01 GMT)
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Existen tres tipos principales de cirugía. Uno es la resección, en la que se extrae la cabeza del radio fracturada. Otro tipo es la reducción abierta y la fijación interna (RAFI), en la que el hueso fracturado se ubica en su posición original y se fija en su lugar mediante el uso de diversos dispositivos como tornillos. El tercer tipo de intervención quirúrgica es el reemplazo de cabeza del radio o artroplastia, ---
www.cochrane.org/.../intervenciones-quirurgicas-para-el-tra...
Peer comment(s):

agree Rachael Ellis (X) : Yes, I agree (I posted in the same answer in the discussion) :)
5 minutos
Thanks, I hadn't seen the discussion, sorry about that
agree liz askew : Manual de Ortopedia Y Traumatologia https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=9870590160 - Translate this page Si la fractura es conminuta, estará indicada la resección quirúrgica de los fragmentos, es decir la resección completa de toda la cabeza (cupulectom
3 horas
Thanks, Liz
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