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French term or phrase:
encombrement incomplet
English translation:
incomplete fill (of the void) or filling
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encombrement incomplet
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Hi,
This is the sentence: "L'élargissement médullaire ulnaire proximal ne permet en effet pas une réduction satisfaisante du foyer du fait d’un encombrement incomplet du matériel d’ostéosynthèse."
The author gave me this explanation: "L'encombrement fait référence au volume habité par le matériel. L'encombrement est complet lorsque par exemple nous mettons un clou de diamètre 2 dans un canal médullaire de diamètre 2. l'encombrement est incomplet lorsque par exemple nous mettons une broche de diamètre 1 dans un canal médullaire de diamètre 2."
I understand what he means but can't find a way to say it in English.
Thanks
Joanna
This is the sentence: "L'élargissement médullaire ulnaire proximal ne permet en effet pas une réduction satisfaisante du foyer du fait d’un encombrement incomplet du matériel d’ostéosynthèse."
The author gave me this explanation: "L'encombrement fait référence au volume habité par le matériel. L'encombrement est complet lorsque par exemple nous mettons un clou de diamètre 2 dans un canal médullaire de diamètre 2. l'encombrement est incomplet lorsque par exemple nous mettons une broche de diamètre 1 dans un canal médullaire de diamètre 2."
I understand what he means but can't find a way to say it in English.
Thanks
Joanna
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | incomplete fill (of the void) or filling |
Drmanu49
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| 4 | the space is not filled |
Conor McAuley
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| 2 | could not be fit snugly |
Anne Schulz
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incomplete fill (of the void) or filling
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... the fracture) results in the extrusion of the material at the entry site and causes an incomplete fill of the void. but the material may leak out into ...
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Sarmiento Augusto · 2012 · Medical
... of prosthetic head through plastic material 152f Periosteum 104 in fracture ... femoral head 39f endoprostheses incomplete filling of fenestrations with ...
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Frederick M. Azar, James H. Calandruccio, Benjamin J. Grear · 2017 · Medical
... the fracture) results in the extrusion of the material at the entry site and causes an incomplete fill of the void. but the material may leak out into ...
Orthopedics: Seeking a Balance
https://books.google.fr › books
10
· Traduire cette page
Sarmiento Augusto · 2012 · Medical
... of prosthetic head through plastic material 152f Periosteum 104 in fracture ... femoral head 39f endoprostheses incomplete filling of fenestrations with ...
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the space is not filled
Appears to me to be the most natural way of saying it, and I think it fits nicely into the sentence.
It's maybe a classic case of having to completely disconnect from the French, and rethink the situation in English.
That's my tuppence, or two cents across the wee pond!
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Note added at 6 hrs (2022-07-22 01:09:01 GMT)
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Often "encombrement" refers to floor space, in French (France), anyway, but here I don't think that's the case.
The word "volume" is an alternative, but I'm not too sure I prefer it over "space":
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/encombrement
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Note added at 6 hrs (2022-07-22 01:17:10 GMT)
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With the usual disclaimer that I'm not a specialist.
But in orthopaedics, it surely isn't surface area (referred to above as "floor space" for some crazy reason!), you need to fill in the gap, so to speak, for the patient's comfort. So it's volume or space, a three-dimensional thing.
It's maybe a classic case of having to completely disconnect from the French, and rethink the situation in English.
That's my tuppence, or two cents across the wee pond!
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Note added at 6 hrs (2022-07-22 01:09:01 GMT)
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Often "encombrement" refers to floor space, in French (France), anyway, but here I don't think that's the case.
The word "volume" is an alternative, but I'm not too sure I prefer it over "space":
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/encombrement
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Note added at 6 hrs (2022-07-22 01:17:10 GMT)
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With the usual disclaimer that I'm not a specialist.
But in orthopaedics, it surely isn't surface area (referred to above as "floor space" for some crazy reason!), you need to fill in the gap, so to speak, for the patient's comfort. So it's volume or space, a three-dimensional thing.
2 days 11 hrs
could not be fit snugly
... may be an option if a clou or broche - as mentioned in the client's explanation - was used for the procedure. If a copolymer was used for stabilizing, "filling" would be more appropriate (but the use of copolymer would be unusual, IMO, and I don't see a reason why a widened medullary canal shouldn't be amenable to complete filling with a paste-type material)
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see too
encombrement - Dictionnaire Français-Anglais
https://www.wordreference.com › fren › encombrement
Principales traductions. Français, Anglais. encombrement nm, (place occupée par quelque chose), bulk, volume, size n. (width), girth n. L'encombrement de ce ...
https://www.wordreference.com › fren › encombrement
Principales traductions. Français, Anglais. encombrement nm, (place occupée par quelque chose), bulk, volume, size n. (width), girth n. L'encombrement de ce ...
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