Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

peritoracostomía

English translation:

[skin] surrounding/around the thoracostomy

Added to glossary by liz askew
Jan 23, 2019 13:27
5 yrs ago
Spanish term

peritoracostomía

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general)
Term appears in an Iberian Spanish clinical case study, sentence below:

...recubriendo la superficie interna de la pared torácica, y vaselina en los bordes de la piel peritoracostomía.

My problem is with the term "peritoracostomía". Any help gratefully received

Best wishes to all
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 [skin] surrounding/around the thoracostomy
Change log

Jan 29, 2019 15:22: liz askew Created KOG entry

Discussion

Chema Nieto Castañón Jan 23, 2019:
Peritoracostomía sólo significa eso, alrededor de la incisión de toracostomía. En tu caso, la idea del original es más o menos la expresada por liz y Charles; aplicar vaselina en los rebordes cutáneos de la zona de incisión de la toracostomía.
Aquí lo expresan como "over the skin incision";
Apply petrolatum (eg, Vaseline) gauze over the skin incision.
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/80678-overview#a6

Proposed translations

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[skin] surrounding/around the thoracostomy


https://www.dictionary.com/browse/peri

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peri- a prefix meaning “about” or “around” ( perimeter, periscope ), “enclosing” or “surrounding” ( pericardium ), and “near” ( perigee, perihelion ), appearing in loanwords from Greek ( peripeteia ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words ( perimorph ).



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracostomy

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A thoracostomy is a small incision of the chest wall, with maintenance of the opening for drainage. It is most commonly used for the treatment of a pneumothorax. This is performed by physicians, and paramedics, usually via needle thoracostomy or with a thoracostomy tube (chest tube).

Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis : I think you'd say the skin around the thoracostomy site (or more commonly the chest tube insertion site, though it could be a needle thoracostomy).
6 mins
agree Neil Ashby
1 hr
agree Ana Vanoli
1 hr
agree Thomas Walker
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