Sentence examples for deformity in which from inspiring English sources

Hammertoe is a deformity in which one or more of the small toes develops a bend at the joint between the first and second segments.

Cleft palate, congenital deformity in which the palatal shelves (in the roof of the mouth) fail to close during the second month of prenatal life.

She was born, in Birmingham in 1992, with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle-bone disease, a tissue deformity in which the tissue fails to grow properly, which makes the bones weaker and more prone to breaking.

To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of this mirror hand deformity in which fingers are symmetrical while duplicated ulnae are not.

A predisposing factor is the "bell clapper" deformity, in which the tunica vaginalis joins high on the spermatic cord, leaving the testis free to rotate.

There are, however, occasions where optimal placement of the osteotomy site is not possible either due to soft tissue considerations and previous instrumentation, or periarticular deformity in which fixation may become tenuous in the resulting bone fragments [5].

W-Dahl and Toksvig-Larsen conducted a prospective cohort study of 49 patients (196 pins) undergoing tibial osteotomy and external fixation for knee deformity correction in which pin site infection rates were compared at 1, 6, and 10 weeks post-operatively with two different cleansing solutions: (1) chlorhexidine (2 mg/ml) and (2) normal saline (0.9 % sodium chloride) cleansing solutions [52].

In China, researchers found that female rats given phthalates gave birth to males with a penis deformity called hypospadias (in which the urethra exits the side or base of the penis, not the tip).

This in itself is a comparatively common congenital deformity, but cases in which the right superior vena cava is missing are extremely rare.

Some authors also described results of worsening of glenohumeral deformity in cases in which surgery was performed early for upper type palsies [ 27, 28].

A common cavity (CC) deformity is a deformed inner ear in which the cochlea and vestibule are confluent forming a common rudimentary cystic cavity.