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le guide

English translation: the stylet

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French term or phrase:le guide
English translation:the stylet
Entered by: Claire Culliford

07:45 Jan 21, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments / LP needle
French term or phrase: le guide
This term is found in the instructions for carrying out a bone marrow aspiration procedure using an LP needle (rather than a trocar).

The last line of the instructions in the source text (before the aspirate sample is actually taken) reads:

Enlever le guide.

Could this be an 'obturator'? Or is it just a plain 'guidewire' like with a trocar?
Claire Culliford
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:34
the stylet
Explanation:
As I remember from the good old days, lumbar puncture needles have stylets.

https://my.supplychain.nhs.uk/catalogue/browse/1673/needle-s...

http://www.medstudents.com.br/proced/lumbpunc.htm

4- Advance slowly about 2 cm or until a "pop'' (piercing a membrane of the dura) is heard. Then withdraw the stylet in every 2- to 3-mm advance of the needle to check for CSF return. If the needle meets the bone or if blood returns (hitting the venous plexus anterior to the spinal canal), withdraw to the skin and redirect the needle. If CSF return cannot be obtained, try one disk space down

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the stylet


Explanation:
As I remember from the good old days, lumbar puncture needles have stylets.

https://my.supplychain.nhs.uk/catalogue/browse/1673/needle-s...

http://www.medstudents.com.br/proced/lumbpunc.htm

4- Advance slowly about 2 cm or until a "pop'' (piercing a membrane of the dura) is heard. Then withdraw the stylet in every 2- to 3-mm advance of the needle to check for CSF return. If the needle meets the bone or if blood returns (hitting the venous plexus anterior to the spinal canal), withdraw to the skin and redirect the needle. If CSF return cannot be obtained, try one disk space down



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