Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
prothèse d’expansion cutanée
English translation:
skin or tissue expander
Added to glossary by
liz askew
Jul 24, 2011 20:56
12 yrs ago
French term
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prothèse d’expansion cutanée
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Medical
Medical (general)
Plastic surgery
Une prothèse temporaire pour une expansion de la peau qui permettra ensuite le traitement de cicatrices. Par exemple, voir: http://www.cicatrisation.info/livre/module_2/casanova_expans...
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | prosthesis for skin expansion |
liz askew
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Jul 29, 2011 14:26: liz askew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/784375">Jean-Louis S.'s</a> old entry - "prothèse d’expansion cutanée"" to ""skin or tissue expander""
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prosthesis for skin expansion
this site describes the Neumann procedure
Controlled tissue expansion in reconstructive surgery - Elsevier
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0007122684901437
by LC Argenta - 1984 - Cited by 96 - Related articles
Controlled tissue expansion is produced by gradual inflation of a prosthesis placed beneath the skin. The prosthesis is removed when adequate expansion has ...
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Note added at 33 mins (2011-07-24 21:30:21 GMT)
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Tissue expansion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissue_expansion - Cached
Skin expansion using a subcutaneous inflatable balloon ... painful, and time-consuming (each procedure lasts around 8–12 months). [edit] References. ^ Neumann CG. The expansion of an area of skin by the progressive distension of a ...
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Note added at 34 mins (2011-07-24 21:31:42 GMT)
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I am actually wondering whether
"tissue expansion" is the expression here
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Note added at 36 mins (2011-07-24 21:32:58 GMT)
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Tissue expansion prior to revision total knee arthroplasty - Elsevier
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883540397902096
by RF Santore - 1997 - Cited by 9 - Related articles
Neumann is credited with having performed the first tissue expansion procedure in 1957 [I]. He developed an implantable, inflatable silicone device with a ...
Tissue Expander - Reconstructive Breast Surgery Website
www.breastreconstruction.ca/implant.htm - Cached
Tissue expansion is a process that stretches the remaining skin in preparation for the placement of a permanent implant later. Depending on whether one is ...
so final offer
prosthesis for tissue expansion
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Note added at 15 hrs (2011-07-25 12:50:31 GMT)
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sounds fine to me:)
Controlled tissue expansion in reconstructive surgery - Elsevier
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0007122684901437
by LC Argenta - 1984 - Cited by 96 - Related articles
Controlled tissue expansion is produced by gradual inflation of a prosthesis placed beneath the skin. The prosthesis is removed when adequate expansion has ...
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Note added at 33 mins (2011-07-24 21:30:21 GMT)
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Tissue expansion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissue_expansion - Cached
Skin expansion using a subcutaneous inflatable balloon ... painful, and time-consuming (each procedure lasts around 8–12 months). [edit] References. ^ Neumann CG. The expansion of an area of skin by the progressive distension of a ...
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Note added at 34 mins (2011-07-24 21:31:42 GMT)
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I am actually wondering whether
"tissue expansion" is the expression here
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Note added at 36 mins (2011-07-24 21:32:58 GMT)
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Tissue expansion prior to revision total knee arthroplasty - Elsevier
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883540397902096
by RF Santore - 1997 - Cited by 9 - Related articles
Neumann is credited with having performed the first tissue expansion procedure in 1957 [I]. He developed an implantable, inflatable silicone device with a ...
Tissue Expander - Reconstructive Breast Surgery Website
www.breastreconstruction.ca/implant.htm - Cached
Tissue expansion is a process that stretches the remaining skin in preparation for the placement of a permanent implant later. Depending on whether one is ...
so final offer
prosthesis for tissue expansion
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Note added at 15 hrs (2011-07-25 12:50:31 GMT)
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sounds fine to me:)
Note from asker:
| Thank you, Liz. One of your links leading to another, I found, and I think I will settle on, skin or tissue expander prosthesis [http://tinyurl.com/3eqmbgt], or simply "skin or tissue expander" unless somebody comes up with something better. |
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