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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

à distance du geste chirurgical

English translation:

some time after surgery

Added to glossary by Bertrand Leduc
Jun 21, 2018 15:45
5 yrs ago
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French term

à distance du geste chirurgical

French to English Medical Medical (general) oncology report
Historique de la maladie

Poursuite du traitement avec adjonction de l'XXX à distance du geste chirurgical.

Tentative de relais par agoniste LH-RH anti-aromatase, progression avant l'initiation de l'hormonothérapie.

XXX = medication used to treat different types of cancers
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 some time after surgery
References
long-distance telesurgery / remote surgery

Discussion

philgoddard Jun 21, 2018:
Geste is often tricky to translate. It could mean "site" or "time" here.

Proposed translations

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some time after surgery

"à distance de" here is referring to time. It's describing something that can be done after surgery, some way further down the timeline.

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An example of the expression "à distance de" for taking medication a couple of hours before a meal, just so you get the idea. https://eurekasante.vidal.fr/medicaments/vidal-famille/medic...

"Mode d'emploi et posologie du médicament FOSFOMYCINE ACTAVIS
Ce médicament doit être pris à distance des repas (à jeun ou 2 à 3 heures avant un repas).

Dissoudre le contenu du sachet dans un demi-verre d'eau.

Posologie usuelle :
1 sachet, en une prise unique."

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Actually, there are a fair number of hits in the medical context :

Imagerie de l'abdomen

https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=2257225562
Vilgrain, ‎Régent - 2010
... d'un anneau gastrique pour vérifier la perméabilité de l'œsophage et de l'estomac. À distance du geste chirurgical, il permet de vérifier l'efficacité de celui-ci ...


BIPOP | CRNH Rhône-Alpes

https://www.crnh-rhone-alpes.fr/projet/333
... de masse maigre entraîne une diminution de la dépense énergétique contribuant à la reprise pondérale souvent observée à distance du geste chirurgical.


Nutrition en pathologie digestive

https://books.google.fr/books?isbn=2704013241
Marie-Astrid PIQUET, ‎Xavier HÉBUTERNE - 2007 - ‎Medical
Une perte de poids de plus de 10 % à distance du geste chirurgical est préjudiciable à la réalisation d'un traitement oncologique adapté. Dans une étude ...

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In your example, the treatment is to be continued and after surgery, XXX is to be added.
Note from asker:
Thank you, Nikki!
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : It could also mean before, as your first reference shows.
11 mins
Yes, I should have indicated that too. Thanks Phil.
agree Michele Fauble
6 hrs
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Reference comments

23 mins
Reference:

long-distance telesurgery / remote surgery

A world's first across the Atlantic! | IRCAD France
https://www.ircad.fr/le-geste-chirurgical-a-traverse-latlant...
7 sep. 2001 - Operation Lindbergh, a complete telesurgical operation carried out by a team of ... It was in the same spirit of innovation and daring that the IRCAD/EITS (Institut de ... Institute of TeleSurgery) team realized the first transatlantic surgical ... The notion of long-distance surgery took shape within the EUREKA ...

Le geste chirurgical a traversé l'Atlantique ! | IRCAD France
https://www.ircad.fr/fr/le-geste-chirurgical-a-traverse-latl...
7 sep. 2001 - Le concept d'une opération chirurgicale à longue distance prenait forme dans le cadre du projet EUREKA Master (minimal access surgery by ...

L'université virtuelle appliquée à la téléchirurgie: de la télé-éducation ...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/.../S0001400199800889 -
J Marescaux - ‎1999 - ‎
L'avènement des nouvelles technologies informatiques révolutionne l'enseignement de la chirurgie, ainsi que la planification et la réalisation du geste chirurgical. ... Le projet MASTER permet de développer le concept de télé-manipulation à distance. ... The TESUS project developed the use of surgical images and data ...

BBC - Future - The surgeon who operates from 400km away
www.bbc.com/.../20140516-i-operate-on-people-400km-away
16 may. 2014 - The technology behind long-distance surgery is now mature enough to be used more widely, allowing people to access world-leading ...

Surgeons in U.S. Perform Operation in France Via Robot
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/.../0919_robotsurgery_2....
Tool, Not "Smart" Machine. Robotics and long-distance "telesurgery" are increasingly being used to give surgeons a helping hand in the operating room, ...

Remote surgery - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_surgery
Remote surgery (also known as telesurgery) is the ability for a doctor to perform surgery on a .... The possibility of being able to project the knowledge and the physical skill of a surgeon over long distances has many attractions. There is ...
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