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points de crins de florence

16:42 Sep 5, 2013
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French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / eye/nose surgery
French term or phrase: points de crins de florence
"Fermeture sous-cutanee lache sur des **points de crins de florence** par des points inversants de vicryl 6.0"

Surgery to repair nose/eye injury described as 'plaie palpebrale et paranasale et nasale transfixiante du nez avec atteinte du cartilage et plaie du globe oculaire'
Gabrielle Lyons
Local time: 02:40


Summary of answers provided
1silk-worm gut sutures
Claire Nolan
Summary of reference entries provided
Sheri P

  

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silk-worm gut sutures


Explanation:
In 1920, Pezon & Michel acquires "Julio Rose," a company located on Beranger Street in Paris. The company sells silk-worm gut (known as "crin de Florence"), also used in surgical procedures.

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/bamboo/part119.php

https://www.google.ca/?gws_rd=cr&ei=x74oUovSCtPF4AP-3oFo#q="...

However, all the references on Google to ''silk-worm gut sutures'' are very old.

Claire Nolan
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 82
Notes to answerer
Asker: I think you're right, but not for my context, which is up-to-date treatment handover. Research suggests 'seton' may be the right term but in the end I've gone for explaining what crins de florence are (black, non-dissolving sutures that drain by capillary action) and left the client/doctor to work out what they should be called in English.

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Reference information:
Les crins de fleurance [florence] sont en général: épais, noirs et ils ne suturent pas une plaie. Ils la traversent de part en part, en passant sous la peau. Pour qu'ils ne glissent pas sous la peau, ils ont un nœud à chaque extrémité.

Ils drainent le sang dans le pansement. Ils ne suturent pas une plaie. Il faut les enlever.

http://forum.doctissimo.fr/sante/chirurgie/fermeture-profond...

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There are some photos on Google images under "crins de florence". There's a large one at the bottom of this page
http://www.e-plastic.fr/ulnairecoude/pg000.html

Sheri P
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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