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Retiro de puntos

English translation: remove the sutures

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Spanish term or phrase:Retiro de puntos
English translation:remove the sutures
Entered by: Letitia Colon

23:56 Mar 28, 2024
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Orthopedics
Spanish term or phrase: Retiro de puntos
Orthopedic surgeon note reads "cita en dos semanas para retiro de puntos." Can someone confirm if this means "Appointment in two weeks to remove sutures"? Or something else?
Letitia Colon
United States
remove the sutures
Explanation:
Yes, I believe you are right.

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Note added at 3 days 10 hrs (2024-04-01 10:15:46 GMT)
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We also say "stitches." That is the common term, even with doctors.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 08:31
Grading comment
Thank you all!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6remove the sutures
Muriel Vasconcellos


  

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3 days 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
remove the sutures


Explanation:
Yes, I believe you are right.

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Note added at 3 days 10 hrs (2024-04-01 10:15:46 GMT)
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We also say "stitches." That is the common term, even with doctors.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 08:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1508
Grading comment
Thank you all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie Wilson
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Cecilia Gowar: I would say stitches is more common
6 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Ana Salvador: I agree. And I also would say "to remove the stitches", although sometimes it is a subcutaneous continuous suture or staples what needs to be removed.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Carol Gullidge: Stitches
7 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Manuel Aburto: Agree with Muriel: https://www.nhsggc.org.uk/media/224172/5.4 - Removal of Sutu...
8 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Joseph Tein: I would use "sutures" as a slightly more formal term that doctors would use in written medical notes; I think of "stitches" as something they might say when speaking to a patient.
8 hrs
  -> Thank you. I agree.
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