aufwändig

English translation: comprehensive

07:42 Mar 2, 2021
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Surgery
German term or phrase: aufwändig
Surgical report:
Examples:
Aufwändige Implantation einer zementfreien Hüft-TEP rechts,
Aufwändiges Weichteilrelease
Aufwändige Myoplastik zur Stabilisierung


Any suggestions for the best term to use for "Aufwändig" in these cases? I currently have "complex", but none of the meanings I have found so far get a great deal of hits in my searches.

Thanks for your help!
Hannah Soley
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:45
English translation:comprehensive
Explanation:
I have a feeling that in this context it might be one of those words that is used for almost entirely for the purpose of eliminating doubt or ambiguity.
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Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 18:45
Grading comment
Thank you!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2comprehensive
Cillie Swart
3 +3with high resource use
Susanne Schiewe
3 +2elaborate
Lirka
4extensive , sometimes also intensive may work
thefastshow
4complex
David Hollywood


  

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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
comprehensive


Explanation:
I have a feeling that in this context it might be one of those words that is used for almost entirely for the purpose of eliminating doubt or ambiguity.

Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 18:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 62
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): my first thought, too --- obviously comprehensive work has been done during surgery
58 mins
  -> Thank you!

agree  Eleanore Strauss: I think complex and comprehensive would work well together.
1 day 5 hrs

neutral  Lancashireman: Good to know the surgeon did the job 'comprehensively'. No half measures!
1 day 7 hrs
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
elaborate


Explanation:
Aufwaendig = Time-consuming and complex/intricate

Lirka
Austria
Local time: 17:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 880

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: didn't see your "complex" and fully agree Lirka
20 hrs
  -> Thank you very much, David!

agree  Z-Translations Translator: Gut
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thanks a lot, Z! How have you been?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
extensive , sometimes also intensive may work


Explanation:
You could probably use different terms in your listing... anyway
"extensive" should work fine with most of your points ....works fine with soft tissue release e.g. :) :

https://journals.lww.com/pedorthopaedics/Abstract/2017/10000...

thefastshow
Germany
Local time: 17:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 32
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
with high resource use


Explanation:
I think it refers to the resource use which is linked to coding system (DRG in Germany), i.e. it is an economical issue. The reimbursement will be higher with a high resource use.

The additional HRG codes were
mostly created by granulating existing HRGs into several
splits that better reflect complications and comorbidities
and are therefore more suitable for distinguishing cases
with high-resource use, reflected either by higher cost or
longer length of stay.
http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/104099/1/KG_AM_AS_Payng_quant...

Search for "aufwändige" (p. 216). These are notes for the coding procedure.
https://www.zimmerbiomet.com/content/dam/zimmer-biomet/medic...


Susanne Schiewe
Germany
Local time: 17:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 848

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne Schulz: I agree that aufwändig is obviously meant as a reason or basis for charging more money.
3 mins
  -> Danke, Anne

agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: "Buchstabe A kennzeichnet eine aufwändige (teure) Behandlung...https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Diagnosis_Related_Group..."
15 hrs
  -> Danke, Johanna

agree  Lancashireman: Time is money
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Absolutely. Thank you, Lancashireman
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
complex


Explanation:
I would say in this specific context

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Note added at 20 hrs (2021-03-03 04:35:51 GMT)
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es geht wohl um den Schwierigkeitsgrad in diesem Fall

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Note added at 20 hrs (2021-03-03 04:38:01 GMT)
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hat nichts mit Geld zu tun

David Hollywood
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 316

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Susanne Schiewe: Aus meinen Referenzen geht klar hervor, dass es hier um die Abrechnung geht. Wer das deutsche Gesundheitssystem kennt, weiß das.
2 hrs
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