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Apr 26, 2018 14:31
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French term

quille

French to English Medical Medical (general) Orthopedic surgery
Context: This is from a report concerning a total knee replacement.
"Mise en places des implants définitifs : fémur taille 4, tibia taille 3, quille longueur 40, scellées avec ciment Palacos Genta."
Proposed translations (English)
4 a keel

Discussion

Neal Allen (asker) Apr 27, 2018:
Keel Keel is correct. I found it in product literature.,
writeaway Apr 26, 2018:
What answer did you find elsewhere? You can share it with your colleagues. Kudoz is a two-way street

Proposed translations

26 mins

a keel

What does keel mean? ... keel. (in prosthetics) a device in a stored-energy foot prosthesis that bends the foot upward when weight is applied to the toe. ... 2007 Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Note added at 29 Min. (2018-04-26 15:01:12 GMT)
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Total knee arthroplasty using cementless keels and cemented tibial ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2899213/
09.01.2008 - Many of these cementless implant designs use additional devices, such as screws, pegs or keels, on the tibial component to improve fixation, and some ... Spinal anaesthesia, including intrathecal bupivacine and morphine, was used and intravenous cefazolin was administered for surgical prophylaxis
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