Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

Gesteelde wanglap

English translation:

flap of cheek skin

Added to glossary by Mark Shimmin
Dec 18, 2007 04:26
16 yrs ago
Dutch term

Gesteelde wanglap

Dutch to English Medical Medical: Dentistry Surgical device/padding?
Phrases in medical report:
- Opnieuw werd getracht de wond (i.e. exposed bone in the lower jaw caused by osteonecrosis) te sluiten, eerst met een *gesteelde wanglap*;
- Afb. 2. *Gesteelde wanglap* om het botdefect te bedekken na verwijdering van necrotisch bot.
- Afb. 3. Geëxposeerd kaakbot 6 weken na bedekking door de *gesteelde wanglap*.

Illustrations and surrounding text can be seen here: beheer.ntvt.nl/UserFiles/PDF/NTVT_10-07_432-435LR.pdf
Proposed translations (English)
2 flap of cheek skin
Change log

Dec 27, 2007 19:51: Mark Shimmin Created KOG entry

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flap of cheek skin

First tried to close the wound using a cheek graft (flap of skin).
This is my understanding of what was carried out. No evidence to support it though.
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for this - I was still somewhat uncertain about "gesteeld", but your suggestion worked in context :-)"
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