Sentence examples for lengthening operations from inspiring English sources
Only seven tendo achillis lengthening operations were performed.
Only seven tendo achillis lengthening operations were performed in the entire series.
We assessed the longitudinal subsidence of a callotasis zone after removal of the external fixator in distraction osteogenesis in 16 patients who underwent 17 segmental lengthening operations on the tibia (n = 9) or femur (n = 8).
This might be useful in bone grafting procedure but also in other orthopedic conditions, both where necrotic bone has to be remodelled i.e. after osteonecrosis of the knee and hip and in Perthes disease, or in high load, high turnover conditions like delayed union, periprosthetic osteolysis or bone lengthening operations.
He had 33 patients, of whom 30 had or were due to have contralateral epiphysiodesis and one had a lengthening operation.
Shortening through compression might lead to abnormalities at the wrist (creating an ulna minus or ulna plus), needing a secondary shortening or lengthening operation.
No change in GSA values or in the shape of the glenoid occurred after humeral osteotomy, but one patient had an increased PHHA of 16%. 5 patients underwent a subscapular tendon lengthening operation.
Abley reports, appalled, that wealthy South Koreans take their toddlers to plastic surgeons for frenectomies, tongue-lengthening operations intended to help them pronounce English.
The teenage dwarf, Emily Sanford, really did submit to six years of controversial leg-lengthening operations ("Dwarfs: Not A Fairy Tale," April 29).
In contrast, the use of a soft tissue flap such as the RFFF or antero-lateral thigh flap can often be safely employed in elderly patients with peripheral vascular disease without unduly lengthening the operation too significantly with two-team operating.
In three of the four patients the operative frequency decreased, with the time interval between operations lengthening to twice what was required prior to EGFR inhibitor therapy in two subjects.
