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MATSON ELEVATOR [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

An instrument for prying up a sunken part, as the depressed fragment of bone in fracture of the skull, or for elevating tissues.

CONT

Elevators are multipurpose bone tools used to elevate, dissect, or scrape bones.

OBS

There are many varieties of elevators, according to their fonction : abdominal elevator; corneal elevator; dental elevator; ear elevator; neurochirurgical elevator; nose elevator; orthopedic elevator; throat elevator; uterine elevator; etc. Very often, they also bear the name of their inventor : Adson elevator; Langenbeck elevator; Overholt elevator; Matson elevator; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Il semblerait que le terme «élévateur» ait un sens plus restreint que son homonyme anglais «elevator», cet instrument étant exclusivement utilisé en chirurgie dentaire.

Spanish

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