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GAUZE SPONGE [7 records]

Record 1 2015-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • The Mouth
CONT

Brush your teeth gently with an extra-soft toothbrush, sponge toothette, cotton swabs or gauze so that gums do not bleed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Cavité buccale
CONT

Brossez-les délicatement avec une brosse à poils ultra-souples, un tampon buccal (Toothette), un coton-tige ou de la gaze afin d’éviter que vos gencives saignent.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A pad made from several layers of gauze folded into a rectangular shape and used as a sponge, for packing off the viscera in abdominal operations, and in other ways.

OBS

The terms "abdominal dressing" and "abdominal pad" are often used as synonyms. In fact, a dressing is any of various materials used for covering and protecting a wound whereas a pad is a cushionlike mass of soft material

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Compresse stérile à forte capacité d'absorption, utilisée pour absorber le sang et les exsudats au cours des interventions chirurgicales.

CONT

Faire une compresse abdominale avec de la gaze trempée dans du sérum physiologique tiède pour écarter l'intestin du champ opératoire.

CONT

Après examen de l'ensemble de la cavité abdominale, le segment digestif incriminé est isolé entre des compresses à laparotomie et un champ étanche, hors de la cavité abdominale si possible.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A surgical instrument with two blades and two handles that is designed to hold small absorbent pads. It is used for blunt dissection and hemostasis.

OBS

[The sponge-holding forceps] is used for blunt dissection and hemostatis.

OBS

While sponge forceps have proven useful in a variety of new surgical techniques, their primary arena has traditionally been gynecological, surgical female sterilization, and abortion procedures. This is because sponge forceps have the ability to grip and manipulate tissue during examinations and minor surgeries with a minimum of damage and trauma. ... Surgeons consider them standard thoracic instruments when performing lung surgeries such as bullectomies. The blunt tips these devices offer prove excellent tools to grasp and collapse the lung and manipulate lung tissue for complete exploration. ... Surgeons will also use sponge-holding forceps with tonsil wipes to treat pleural abrasions, and they will often use them in colposcopy operations to hold dry or moist cotton balls. The tong-like tips of sponge forceps make them excellent tools when handling sponges, gauzes, or sensitive medical supplies.

OBS

Sponge forceps can be straight or curved. Sponge forceps can have smooth or serrated jaws. Used to atraumatically hold viscera (bowel and bladder).

OBS

There are many varieties of sponge forceps: Ballenger sponge forceps; Bergmann sponge forceps; Bozeman sponge forceps; Fletcher sponge forceps; Foerster sponge forceps; Foerster sponge holding forceps; Foerster sponge (ring) forceps; Heine sponge holding forceps; Javerts ring forceps; Rampley sponge forceps; Rampley sponge holder; Rampley sponge holding forceps; etc.

OBS

The terms sponge holder and sponge stick, even if corrects, are much more used in other domains than the medical one. Using the adjective surgical is a way to avoid any confusion: surgical sponge holder; surgical sponge stick.

CONT

The use of an extension such as a sponge forceps, rather than hands, to handle or touch contaminated items or to handle or touch sterile items.

CONT

The sponge clamp has two opposing circular jaws with transverse serrations used to hold a folded gauze sponge during preparation or blotting of the surgical are

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
CONT

L'utilisation d'un instrument, tel qu'une pince porte-éponge, plutôt que les mains, pour manipuler ou toucher du matériel contaminé ou pour manipuler ou toucher du matériel stérile.

OBS

Le terme pince porte-tampon est également utilisé pour désigner un accessoire de proctologie.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A sponge or an absorbent pad of folded gauze or cotton used to absorb fluids from the operative field in ophthalmic surgery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

Gauze sponge available in strung and non-strung [types], also double-wrapped.

OBS

Refers to tonsil sponges and other types of sponges used in surgery which have a string attached; the string is used to locate and draw out the sponge from the cavity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
OBS

sponge : An absorbent pad made of gauze and cotton used to absorb fluids and blood in surgery or to dress wounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux

Spanish

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Record 7 1987-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

sponge : A pad of gauze, cotton, or other absorbent material used in surgical operations to soak up blood or other fluids or as a dressing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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