Sentence examples for existing deformity from inspiring English sources

To decide the locations of screws, the surgeon should know the plane of existing deformity or be able to speculate the expected deformity.

This technique involves three steps: (1) assess or speculate the deformity: understand the direction of existing deformity that will be corrected with nailing or speculate the deformity that could occur later during lengthening; (2) manually correct the deformity: envision trying to manually correct the deformity by holding the bone with both hands.

In stiff non-unions, the ability of the hexapod circular external fixator is to provide controlled correction of existing deformities, but, through gradual distraction, the stimulation of new bone formation.

The decision to treat with the Ilizarov method must therefore be made after a careful analysis of existing deformities (Paley et al. 1994, Dahl 2000) and sound patient selection with realistic treatment goals; sometimes it is necessary to accept residual shortening, a stiff joint, or other deformity.

Surgical intervention usually involves correcting the existing deformities by reshaping the ball and socket ("osteoplasty" or "rim trimming") so that they fit together more easily while repairing any other existing soft tissue damage in the hip joint (e.g. labral repair).

Shoes that narrow towards the toes can place pressure on an already existing bunion deformity.

From the point of view of biomechanics of human movement, in case of existing spinal deformity, any attempt at strengthening the concave side muscles is disadvantageous, as it impacts the curve of the spinal curvature just as the bow-string does the bow: the stronger it is strung, the more profound the curve becomes [ 5].

The foot as a whole is then viewed as to the complete correction of any pre-existing deformity, and whatever remodelling may be necessary is then done.

We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the association between existing vertebral deformities and the anthropometric indicators obtained in the 2005 survey.

A logistic regression analysis for vertebral fractures was conducted using body weight and the anthropometric indicators to estimate the expected probability (P) for existing vertebral deformities.

In order to derive the most appropriate AHD cut-off value for use in detecting existing vertebral deformities, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed.