trocar
3
9.9
- noun
- /ˈtroʊkɑr/
- Specialized
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trocar
- Electromechanical grinding puts an edge on these stainless steel trocars, surgical instruments used to perforate the body and drain fluids.
- using a trocar
This is a trocar as well, slightly different in that it doesn't suck fluid out, but puts fluid back in.
- This is a trocar as well, slightly different in that it doesn't suck fluid out, but puts fluid back in.
- But sometimes after you use that trocar and you've there's a button that we use that's kind of like a screw in button that we put on the person.
Examples
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This is a trocar as well, slightly different in that it doesn't suck fluid out, but puts fluid back in.
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4 SAM can be placed as strips with a closed technique using trocars or as a specifically shaped implant with an open technique.
Academic text (1995) -
Three trocars were used, and the mass was dissected out using an ultrasonic dissector (Fig. 1 & 2).
Academic text (2007) -
They use hollow needles with removable trocars that prevent plugging with tissue or bone fragments during initial insertion (Fowler et al., 2007).
Academic text (2010) -
The surgeon carefully inserted the trocar to drain the excess fluid from the patient's abdomen.
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During the operation, the doctor used a trocar to create an opening for the laparoscope.
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To allow access for the procedure, the nurse prepared a trocar for the surgical team.
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Etymology
Trocar comes from old words meaning 'three' and 'corner', because the first trocars had a three-sided point. Think of tri- as in triangle to remember that shape. So a trocar is a sharp, often three-sided surgical tool used to make an opening so fluid can drain or other instruments can enter.