ablazione on-line

09:52 Mar 13, 2020 

According to the Treccani dictionary, one of the definitons of "online" is:
on-line ‹òn làin›(o on line, online) locuz. avv. ingl. (propr. «in linea»), usata in ital. come agg. e avv. – 1. Nella tecnica, espressione usata per caratterizzare operazioni che possono essere effettuate su una macchina o su un impianto durante il normale funzionamento (a differenza delle operazioni off-line)

They might have used it to indicate that the ablation was part of the same administrative process. The patients were admitted, treated within 48 hours and then discharged. The others were admitted to the ED, discharged and invited to book the procedure for a later date.

07:57 Mar 13, 2020 

Another example of the infinite creativity of the Italian mentality. Once you find out the rationale it makes perfect sense.

07:01 Mar 13, 2020 

Ciao everyone,

Thank you for trying to help me, but this very logical suggestion from Luigi turned out to be unrelated to the way the authors were using this "ablazione on-line" expression.

In this article (not published yet) the authors compare outcomes in patients who underwent ablation within 48 hours of presenting to an emergency department, with patients who scheduled their procedure for a later time.

A little excerpt says: " ... valutando i risultati clinici in acuto e nel lungo termine di coloro che sono stati trattati in modo elettivo rispetto a quelli ablati on-line, ovvero entro le 48 ore dall’accesso al reparto."

So they explain what the "online" group is, but NO explanation why they use this way of describing it.

Thank you for trying to help me.

18:30 Mar 8, 2020 

Grazie, Luigi for your suggestion, and many thanks Judy for your input ... not just here, but for all the other questions you've helped me with :)

10:01 Mar 8, 2020 

I think you are right. Fine observation

09:55 Mar 8, 2020 

Luigi's word order indicates we're talking about navigation not ablation.
I'd probably use "remotely controlled/guided ablation" (also in Luigi's 2nd reference) or just "remote ablation"