saucerization

saucerization

 [saw″ser-ĭ-za´shun]

1. the excavation of tissue to form a shallow shelving depression, usually performed to facilitate drainage from infected areas of bone.

2. the shallow saucer-like depression on the upper surface of a vertebra that has suffered a compression fracture.

sau·cer·i·za·tion

(saw'sĕr-i-zā'shŭn),

Excavation of tissue to form a shallow depression, performed in wound treatment to facilitate drainage from infected areas.

Synonym(s): craterization

saucerization

/sau·cer·iza·tion/ (saw″ser-ĭ-za´shun)

1. the excavation of tissue to form a shallow shelving depression, usually performed to facilitate drainage from infected areas of bone.

2. the shallow saucer-like depression on the upper surface of a vertebra which has suffered a compression fracture.

saucerization

Orthopedics A flattened, disciform defect that parallels the shaft of long bones, which may be seen on a plain film, punctuated by microcalcifications; saucerized bone defects are typical of fibrosarcoma of bone Surgery Saucerization biopsy, see there.

sau·cer·i·za·tion

(saw'sĕr-ī-zā'shŭn)

Excavation of tissue to form a shallow depression, performed in wound treatment to facilitate drainage from infected areas.

saucerization

; revivication wound (ulcer) edge debridement back to healthy bleeding tissue, to remove devitalized tissue, and promote drainage, epithelialization and healing (see Table 1)

Table 1: Phases in the progression of an ulcer to healing

Ulcer phase	Characteristics	Comment
Active phase	Wound dimensions increase (undermined wound edges) Exudation Formation of slough Periwound oedema and induration of edges	Dissolution and degradation of devitalized tissue ± infection Macrophage and enzyme activity Accumulation of degraded tissue and dead macrophages Chronic, non-resolving inflammation ± collagen deposition
Proliferative phase	Wound begins to infill (wound dimensions reduce) Epithelialization (saucerization) of margins	Formation of granulation tissue Recruitment of fibroblasts; collagen formation Epidermal cells at margins mitose and spread out to begin to close wound
Maturation phase	Wound contraction Wound closure Scar formation	Myofibrils within fibroblasts contract Epithelialization is complete Devascularization of fibrotic tissue that forms scar

sau·cer·i·za·tion

(saw'sĕr-ī-zā'shŭn)

Excavation of tissue to form a shallow depression, performed in wound treatment to facilitate drainage from infected areas.

saucerization (sôs´ərizā´shən),

n an excavation of the tissue of a wound to form a shallow, saucerlike depression.

saucerization, pericervical,

n the circular bone resorption that occurs about the necks of endosteal implants shortly after their insertion and continues slowly during the time of the implant's biologic presence.

saucerization

1. the excavation of tissue to form a shallow shelving depression, usually performed to facilitate drainage from infected areas of bone.

2. the shallow saucer-like depression on the anterior surface of a vertebra which has suffered a compression fracture.