compromisso do muro anterior

English translation: damaged anterior wall

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Portuguese term or phrase:compromisso do muro anterior
English translation:damaged anterior wall
Entered by: Mihaela Roman

19:01 Jul 13, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Portuguese term or phrase: compromisso do muro anterior
Fractura de L2 compromisso do muro anterior sem grande afundamento.
Mihaela Roman
Romania
Local time: 13:35
damaged anterior wall
Explanation:
Not much to go on, but a number of Google hits on anterior/posterior (abdominal) wall... "compromised" is sometimes used in this medical sense, but I would go with "damaged"

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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-07-13 22:13:50 GMT)
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rhandler suggests "face", which is more directly related to the vertebra, but "muro" sounds like a strange translation for "face"... maybe your context can help
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Edgar Potter
United States
Local time: 06:35
Grading comment
Ok, obrigada.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1damaged anterior wall
Edgar Potter
4lesion of the anterior face
rhandler


  

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lesion of the anterior face


Explanation:
"muro anterior" means the "anterior face", in this case, of the second lumbar vertebra (L2), look:

Primary Stability of Anterior Interbody Fusion ImplantsThen L1/L2 and the L5/S1 vertebrae are fixed together with several screws ... a steel wire linked to the anterior face of the implant and displaced with a ...
www.orl.mcgill.ca/projects/implants/implants.html


Laparoscopic Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Technical Note... can be used to expose the anterior face of the vertebral bodies and disc space. ... Fabiani P, Argenson C: New possibilities in L2–L5 lumbar arthrodeses ...
www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article86.html


One example of the proposed translation:

Mr K. R aged of 41, without known pathological background presented for 20 days a nodular lesion of the anterior face of the neck, 2 juxtaposed ulcerated ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubM...


rhandler
Local time: 08:35
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
damaged anterior wall


Explanation:
Not much to go on, but a number of Google hits on anterior/posterior (abdominal) wall... "compromised" is sometimes used in this medical sense, but I would go with "damaged"

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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-07-13 22:13:50 GMT)
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rhandler suggests "face", which is more directly related to the vertebra, but "muro" sounds like a strange translation for "face"... maybe your context can help

Edgar Potter
United States
Local time: 06:35
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 22
Grading comment
Ok, obrigada.

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