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DISKECTOMY [3 records]

Record 1 2011-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthopedic Surgery
CONT

Disk removal is one of the most common types of back surgery. Diskectomy (also called discectomy) is the removal of an intervertebral disk, the flexible plate that connects any two adjacent vertebrae in the spine.

Key term(s)
  • disc removal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie orthopédique
DEF

Ablation d'un disque intervertébral.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Vertebrae and Bone Marrow
DEF

Excision, in part or whole, of an intervertebral disk.

Key term(s)
  • discoidectomy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie orthopédique
  • Vertèbres et moelle
CONT

Facile, rapide, spectaculaire : c'est la nouvelle intervention du mal de dos. La "discectomie" est destinée aux hernies discales qui sont à l'origine de nombre de sciatiques, lombalgies et lumbagos.

OBS

discoïdectomie : néologisme utilisé par Jean Mathieu (médecin et professeur), de la faculté de médecine de l'Université de Montréal.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

Excision of an invertebral disk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie

Spanish

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