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CAVITY TREATMENT [6 records]

Record 1 2010-12-01

English

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

Kyphoplasty is a newer treatment for patients immobilized by the painful vertebral body compression fractures associated with osteoporosis. Like vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure that can alleviate up to 90% of the pain caused by compression fractures. In addition to relieving pain, kyphoplasty can also stabilize the fracture, restore height, and reduce deformity.... Kyphoplasty is performed under local or general anesthesia. Using image guidance x-rays, two small incisions are made and a probe is placed into the vertebral space where the fracture is located. The bone is drilled and a balloon, called a bone tamp, is inserted on each side. These balloons are then inflated with contrast medium(to be seen using image guidance x-rays) until they expand to the desired height and removed. The balloon does not remain in the patient. It simply creates a cavity for the cement and also helps expand the compressed bone. The spaces created by the balloons are then filled with PMMA [poly(methyl methacrylate) ], the same orthopaedic cement used in vertebroplasty, binding the fracture. The cement hardens quickly, providing strength and stability to the vertebra, restoring height, and relieving pain.

French

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

À la différence de la vertébroplastie, la cyphoplastie est caractérisée par l'utilisation de ballonnets avant l'injection de ciment. Les ballonnets sont insérés dégonflés dans la vertèbre à traiter. Les ballonnets sont ensuite gonflés avec un produit de contraste radio-opaque. Les ballonnets repoussent l'os spongieux fracturé sur les bords de la vertèbre tassée et créent ainsi une cavité au sein du corps vertébral. Un manomètre digital permet au radiologue de contrôler la pression interne des ballonnets. Lorsque la pression maximale est atteinte, une phase de maintien de la pression permet de créer la cavité, puis les ballonnets sont dégonflés et retirés. Un ciment acrylique visqueux PMMA [poly(méthacrylate de méthyle)] est alors injecté à basse pression dans la cavité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

Protective coverings, which are either clean or sterile, designed to be placed over a wound or otherwise diseased tissue to keep the site clean and to absorb secretions, protect against trauma, administer medication, and/or stop bleeding.

OBS

Dressings are typically available in three different general types : permeable(e. g., gauze), semipermeable(e. g., transparent self-adhesive film), and occlusive(e. g., hydrocolloids, hydrogels) ;they are usually used to cover a limited area of the body. The type of dressing used depends on the type of wound, wound location, and wound status; dedicated dressings are available for many uses, including burn treatment, dentistry, and cavity wound protection.

PHR

adhesive absorbent, antiseptic, biological, cocoon, dry, fixed, Lister’s, occlusive, paraffin, pressure, protective, rigid, tie-over, wet, wet-to-dry dressing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
DEF

Ensemble de compresses stériles, sèches ou imprégnées de médicaments, appliquées sur une plaie pour la guérir, la protéger des chocs et l'isoler de l'infection.

OBS

Le pansement a pour but de protéger la plaie contre tout agent nocif extérieur, d'absorber l'exsudat produit par la plaie et de favoriser sa guérison.

PHR

Pansement humide, sec, adhésif, antiseptique, chirurgical, compressif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
DEF

Pieza de tela o de gasa, más o menos larga que se aplica a las diferentes regiones del cuerpo humano, con el fin de mantener o sostener algún apósito, realizar cualquier tipo de compresión o inmovilizar una fractura o luxación.

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Record 3 1996-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
DEF

Initial caries localized in pits and fissures and progressing towards the dentino-enamel junction.

CONT

Attempts have been made to prevent pit and fissure caries by applying a variety of different chemical solutions ... and by covering the depressions with various types of dental cement.

CONT

G. V. Black introduced the concept that cavity preparations on teeth under treatment for occlusal caries be extended to eliminate noncarious fissures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
CONT

The presence of a syringomyelia cavity increases the rate of neurological complications on the course of surgical treatment of scoliosis. We have evaluated the results of monitoring of somatosensory evoked potentials(SEP) in these situations.

CONT

Somatosensory evoked potentials in surgical treatment of scoliosis associated with syringomyelia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
CONT

Les syndromes syringomyéliques sont souvent associés à une scoliose (...) La présence d'une cavité syringomyélique augmente le risque de complication neurologique au cours de la correction chirurgicale de la scoliose (...)

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Ear
CONT

In 4 cases of typical blue ear drum. CT examination was performed before and after treatment of the disease. Comparison of the CT image with that of OME(otitis media with effusion) cases demonstrated the following.(1) In blue ear drum cases, an irregular mass with soft tissue density exists in the middle ear after the elimination of effusion. This distinguishes the disease from OME and demonstrated that the two can be distinctly differentiated by CT findings.(2) In blue ear drum cases, the mass having the density of soft tissue disappeared when the patients became free from symptoms.(3) The mass with soft tissue density in the middle ear cavity of blue ear drum varied in location from case to case seemed to represent cholesterol granuloma.

OBS

Term and context extracted from the PASCAL data base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oreille
CONT

Le plus souvent, et cela surtout chez l'adulte, un tel aspect bleuté de la membrane tympanique se voit au cours de l'évolution prolongée d'une otite séro-muqueuse. C'est ce que l'on appelle le "tympan bleu idiopathique".

Spanish

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Record 6 1982-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deep Foundations
OBS

Old cutoffs may be successfully treated, where original treatment was omitted, by first cleaning out decayed wood, swabbing the cavity with creosote, then filling with sealing compound, and covering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fondations profondes
OBS

Les anciennes parafouilles peuvent être traitées avec succès, quand le traitement d'origine a été omis; il faut éliminer le bois pourri puis traiter la cavité à la créosote, enfin la remplir avec un produit d'étanchéité et la couvrir.

Spanish

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