vetoruuvi

English translation: lag screw

12:40 May 12, 2008
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments
Finnish term or phrase: vetoruuvi
This concerns an operation for a sprained ankle. The context is 'porataan paikka vetoruuville distaalisimman ja proximaalisimman kappaleen valille'
Spencer Allman
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:48
English translation:lag screw
Explanation:
Stryker terminology
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Juha Valtonen
Estonia
Local time: 19:48
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does not fit the context that I have but ....
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5 +1lag screw
Juha Valtonen


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lag screw


Explanation:
Stryker terminology


    Reference: http://www.europe.stryker.com/leibinger/lb_pdf_90_01907.pdf
Juha Valtonen
Estonia
Local time: 19:48
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Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 5
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does not fit the context that I have but ....

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Desmond O'Rourke
1 hr

neutral  Yngve Roennike: Just curious why it should not be a tension screw, which is the standard translation for this term in Swedish (dragskruv), German (Zugschraube), upon which this word is modeled. See also: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5702398.html. See: Ankkuriruuvi
4 hrs
  -> The Stryker terminology is "lag screw"; 1630 hits on google, also 13376 hits on freepatentsonline e.g. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2008/0109080.html?highligh...
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