Sentence examples for as second procedure from inspiring English sources

The development and changing in ROM to the different points of time are shown in Figure 1. 17 patients (43.6%) developed arthrofibrosis after primary TKA, 14 patients (35.9%) developed arthrofibrosis with the TKA as second procedure and 8 patients (20.5%) developed arthrofibrosis after two or more operations before the TKA was implanted.

In data not shown here, using the same multi-state model, we found a similar pattern in a cohort of patients who received a total knee arthroplasty as first procedure; that is, the patients were more likely to receive a contralateral knee than a hip.

Cyclopexy and cryopexy as first procedures resulted in cleft closure with no further intervention in 6/11 and 3/6 cases, respectively.

Cyclopexy was used as a second procedure after one procedure had failed in six cases (two cyclopexies, one argon laser and three cryopexies) and also in one case as a third procedure after failed cyclopexy and cryopexy).

Vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB) was introduced in Derby in 2001, as the second procedure after 14g core biopsy.

We disagree with this view, because it has been clearly demonstrated that SLN biopsy can be safely performed as a second procedure after primary tumour excision [ 19, 20].

Overall, 7.4% of the patients had SLND performed as a second procedure (3.1% in the biopsy group vs 12.8% in the nonbiopsy group).

Sentinel lymph node dissection was performed as a second procedure if a permanent section of the excision specimen revealed invasive tumour in frozen section-negative cases or when frozen section was not available.

In all other cases, only the primary tumour excision should be performed and SLN biopsy should be reserved, as a second procedure, for patients found to have infiltration at the histologic examination of the primary tumour.

Overall success was significantly lower with 70% (median 74% [IQR 60 92%]; P = 0.05) as well as the first procedure success rate of 58% (median 55% [IQR 47 81%]; P = 0.001, Table  3 ).

In persistent AF, success rates were significantly lower with 70% [median 74% (IQR 60 92%)]; P = 0.05) as well as the first procedure success rate of 58% [median 55% (IQR 47 81%)]; P = 0.001).