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RONGEUR [4 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

rongeur : an item in the "Medical and Psychological Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

pince-gouge : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement médicaux et psychologiques» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A multijointed, springloaded, plier-like instrument used to break off [or gouge away] pieces of bone.

OBS

The term "rongeur" is more commonly applied to gouge cutters... also known as "gouge forceps" or "bone nibblers".

OBS

Related pivot-controlled cutting instruments include ... bonecutters whose blade extremities do not decussate but meet in linear fashion edge-to-edge ... and bone-gouge forceps with circular or oval bladelike extremities that meet edge-to-edge to gouge out circular or oval pieces of bone or cartilage.

OBS

Gouge cutters are characterized by specialized jaws, usually oval or ovoid in shape, with cutting edges that meet each other precisely in order to break off or gouge away cancellous or very thin cartilage bone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Variété de pince dont les mors comportent un bord tranchant, utilisée en chirurgie osseuse pour sectionner de petits fragments osseux.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
CONT

A Doyen elevator is then used to strip periosteum along the posterior part of the rib.

CONT

A Doyen periosteal elevator is used to dissect the neurovascular bundle and muscle attachments from rib, remaining extrapleural.

OBS

Doyen's rib raspatory is commonly noted in British catalogues... although the French prefer to call it "rugine" whereas Doyen's rongeur for excavating the acetabulum in hip surgery is in effect a cylindrical form of drill.... In practice many English-language instrument catalogues interchange the terms "raspatory", "rugine", and "periosteal elevator" haphazardly, though "rugine" tends to be reserved for instruments of French design.... Indeed, the French for "raspatory" is "rugine", and to clarify English usage, either one term or the other should be discarded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

[The Ruskin rongeur is] similar to Ruskin forceps except that the blades are excavated spoon-shaped, classical rongeur blades.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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