Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
la totalidad del marco colonico alcanzando ciego con visualizacion
English translation:
the whole colon was explored, reaching the cecum and visualizing...
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Robert Copeland
May 25, 2008 01:21
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la totalidad del marco colonico alcanzando ciego con visualizacion
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Context:
ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA BAJA: Se explora la totalidad del marco colonico alcanzando ciego con visualizacion de la valvula ileo-cecal
LOWER GI ENDOSCOPY: (I assume this is stating that the entire colon/or framework of the colon was explored) and that the ileocecal valve was observed-But I'm not sure if they exactly what was "blind" here and the "alcanzando" (what was reached here-or if they explored "blindly"or how this GI procedure is performed (Anyone out there that could explain this at all???? Especially the ciego and alcanzando-and what is being meant here with these 2 terms
ENDOSCOPIA DIGESTIVA BAJA: Se explora la totalidad del marco colonico alcanzando ciego con visualizacion de la valvula ileo-cecal
LOWER GI ENDOSCOPY: (I assume this is stating that the entire colon/or framework of the colon was explored) and that the ileocecal valve was observed-But I'm not sure if they exactly what was "blind" here and the "alcanzando" (what was reached here-or if they explored "blindly"or how this GI procedure is performed (Anyone out there that could explain this at all???? Especially the ciego and alcanzando-and what is being meant here with these 2 terms
Proposed translations
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| 4 +6 | the whole colon was explored, reaching the cecum and visualizing... |
Roxanna Delgado
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Proposed translations
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Roxanna Delgado
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United States
Native in Spanish
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United States
Medical translation expertise from an MD
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
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the whole colon was explored, reaching the cecum and visualizing...
El "ciego" es la primera parte del intestino grueso.
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Note added at 35 mins (2008-05-25 01:57:06 GMT)
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Patient data including extent of colonoscopy, indication for procedure, complications, time taken to reach the cecum and terminal ileum, success of bowel ...
www.nature.com/ncpgasthep/journal/v3/n5/full/ncpgasthep0494...
The reported success rate for reaching the cecum has, in the past, varied from 57% ... Confirmation of reaching the cecum can sometimes be a difficult task. ...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/489070_4
Results: The rate of reaching the cecum was 96.5%, and the average time to the cecum .... The success rate for reaching the cecum was found to vary among ...
www.jabfm.org/cgi/content/full/17/5/353
Background: There are few published data on how different types of colonoscopes affect success in reaching the cecum and patient comfort. ...
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1304444
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Note added at 35 mins (2008-05-25 01:57:06 GMT)
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Patient data including extent of colonoscopy, indication for procedure, complications, time taken to reach the cecum and terminal ileum, success of bowel ...
www.nature.com/ncpgasthep/journal/v3/n5/full/ncpgasthep0494...
The reported success rate for reaching the cecum has, in the past, varied from 57% ... Confirmation of reaching the cecum can sometimes be a difficult task. ...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/489070_4
Results: The rate of reaching the cecum was 96.5%, and the average time to the cecum .... The success rate for reaching the cecum was found to vary among ...
www.jabfm.org/cgi/content/full/17/5/353
Background: There are few published data on how different types of colonoscopes affect success in reaching the cecum and patient comfort. ...
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1304444
Note from asker:
| Thanks, that's the piece of the puzzle i was missing here... I had heard of the intestino ciego, but it didn't even occur to me here..... |
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