Aug 20, 2013 09:38
10 yrs ago
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Italian term
Sweden
Karin and Folke Nettelblad (Folia Textproduktion HB) 
Medic, chemist, writer and translator
Native in: Swedish 
Works in: English to Swedish, French to Swedish, German to Swedish, and 6 more.
gambaletto in sughero
Italian to English
Medical
Medical (general)
My text is the E.R. medical records of a patient who has fallen and broken a vertebra and three metatarsals.
Under "Terapie Effettuate" it reads:
"GAMBALETTO IN SUGHERO AA INF DX" (no other info apart from the date and time of this treatment and the name of the physician).
Obviously, it is some kind of bandage, but I have no idea what it looks like or what it is called in other languages (my taget is Swedish). And it's strange that I can't find any Google hits for the italian term.
Grateful for any suggestions.
Under "Terapie Effettuate" it reads:
"GAMBALETTO IN SUGHERO AA INF DX" (no other info apart from the date and time of this treatment and the name of the physician).
Obviously, it is some kind of bandage, but I have no idea what it looks like or what it is called in other languages (my taget is Swedish). And it's strange that I can't find any Google hits for the italian term.
Grateful for any suggestions.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | cork brace/orthosis |
dandamesh
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References
| Leg trough |
Fiona Grace Peterson
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Proposed translations
46 mins
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for all comments and discussion entries. In the end I traslated it as "cork orthosis for the lower leg", but included a translator's comment that I was not sure about the term."
Reference comments
3 hrs
Fiona Grace Peterson
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Specializes in field
Italy
Just what the doctor ordered
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
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697
Reference:
Leg trough
Might be, although they normally seem to be made of foam rather than cork.
http://dpfoam.in/ortholegtrough.php
http://dpfoam.in/ortholegtrough.php
Discussion
I did a nursing placement on an orthopaedic oncology surgical ward, and supports like this (http://www.homeandmedical.co.uk/healthcareaid/pressure-care-... were often used to immobilise the lower limb when the patient was in bed, usually following surgery, although they extended to immobilise the foot too. It could be a kind of "tutore" or brace, as dandamesh suggests, or some kind of support to immobilise the limb as shown in the link I provided, but made from cork rather than foam.
The following links may also be helpful:
http://www.terminologia.it/restricted/index.php?c=5&s=92
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7eAanJ2rjU