clan cuillère

English translation: spoon clamp

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French term or phrase:clan cuillère
English translation:spoon clamp
Entered by: joanna menda

00:08 Jan 20, 2020
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Cardiology / heart transplant
French term or phrase: clan cuillère
Hi,

Here is the sentence: "Réalisation de la cardiectomie par la dissection de la veine cave supérieur, toit de l'oreillette gauche, puis veine cave inférieure clampée par un clan cuillère"

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Joanna
joanna menda
Canada
Local time: 08:11
spoon clamp
Explanation:
I think the surgeon used an "anglicisme", "clamp cuillère", and there was a transcription mistake. A spoon clamp is well suited to clamp a vessel. It is actually also called a vascular clamp.
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Nicolas Gambardella
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:11
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spoon clamp


Explanation:
I think the surgeon used an "anglicisme", "clamp cuillère", and there was a transcription mistake. A spoon clamp is well suited to clamp a vessel. It is actually also called a vascular clamp.


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Nicolas Gambardella
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:11
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