Nov 21, 2011 00:16
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French term

aller retour

French to English Medical Medical: Instruments Suture type
excision of the tumour removing the superior third of the vagina to which it is firmly attched — closure of vagina with a Surjet ***aller retour*** de vicyrl n° 2

Can't find this anywhere in english, what type of suture is this?

http://dictionnaire.reverso.net/francais-anglais/aller retou...

A stitch in time saves nine, thank you in advance!

Discussion

Kelly Harrison (asker) Nov 21, 2011:
lock-stitch suture?

Proposed translations

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French term (edited): (surjet) aller retour
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simple continuous (suture)

back and forth, back and forth (i.e. over and over and over and over again).

Compare:

Surjet aller-retour
http://i.imgur.com/AZACj.png

and

See Figure 18
http://is.gd/PMpWM9
Note from asker:
Nice one Bryan!
Peer comment(s):

agree casper (X) : A picture is worth a thousand words
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outward-return (running suture)

Refer to the abstract of this medical paper:
Revue de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique - Vol. 93 - N° 4 - p. 381-384 - Réparation du pronator quadratus par surjet aller-retour dans la voie de Henry
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