Sentence examples for internal lengthening from inspiring English sources

By using internal lengthening we need no external apparatus and avoid pin track infections, but the risk of deep infections in internal lengthening is not yet quantified.

All patients explicitly wanted an internal lengthening procedure and declined an external lengthening procedure.

Internal lengthening nail (ILN) is a recent development in limb lengthening and deformity correction specialty.

A second osteotomy was made proximally in the femur percutaneously, and the internal lengthening nail was inserted.

The Precice (NuVasive, San Diego, CA) internal lengthening nail was inserted using a piriformis fossa entry portal (Fig. 5).

However, the reduction in function in the adjacent joints was more pronounced with internal lengthening, and we had two implant-related interventions.

In LL conditions, the internal period lengthened for all animals as expected.

Early substitution to plate internal fixation after lengthening by external fixation is a method that facilitates patient recovery.

The other structure represents the dorsal plate of the genital appendage and consists of a broad triangular plate that narrows drastically posterior to the operculum internal doublure before lengthening distally into a spoon-shaped extension with a bilobed termination.

Authorities like the SGIM have therefore advocated that the current 3-year internal medicine training format be lengthened to 4 years [ 5], while subspecialists and subspecialty groups like the Cardiology Working Group 8 have proposed shortening the length of residency so that residents can quickly advance to subspecialty training [ 13- 15].

The conversion from external fixation to internal fixation has become common in limb lengthening and is highlighted by the lengthening and then nailing (LATN) technique [43].