Sentence examples for operative means from inspiring English sources

Therefore, the trend has shifted towards restoring articular congruency and bony anatomy of the distal radius using operative means [5, 6, 7, 8].

The fact that an unknown number of legal memos and interpretations of that secret law (themselves still classified) are operative means that we really don't know what is legal anymore.

Primary treatment was performed by cast immobilization in 25 patients and by operative means in 14.

According to the recommendation of Buckley (1997), children under the age of 6 should be treated with spica casting, those from the age of 10 like adult patients, and children from 6 to 10 with either casting or by operative means.

The intubation time was lower in patients who underwent spinal instrumentation (mean: 12.3 days, range: 1 to 27 days), when compared to conservative management (mean: 16 days, range: 11 to 27 days), and similarly the ITU length of stay was reduced in the operative group (operative: mean 20.6 days, nonoperative: 32.25 days).

We applied the same indications for this study but extended the indications to include isolated subtrochanteric femoral fractures as we felt it difficult to maintain such fractures in an accepted position by non-operative means.

The co-operative's actually the local supermarket in our area and for some people 'co-operative' meant a supermarket that gives out dividends rather than the different types of employee ownership and all the different co-operatives that you get".

Their pre-operative mean mHHS score was 57.5 ± 1.8 in total and the pain component was 25.6 ± 1.1.

The post-operative mean H-FABP concentration increased to 10.7μg/l in the PL group vs 15.8 μg/l in the MIS group.

0.6 ± 1.0 0.2 ± 0.6 <0.001 Table 3 Mean value and standard deviation for the subcategory complaints due to the surgical procedure Item Mean ± SD pre-operative Mean ± SD post-operative Mean ± SD in the last time Have you felt pain in your mouth?

Pappas had a mean LLD at maturity of 4.1 cm (range 3.3 6.9 cm) [4] which is comparable with our pre-operative mean; however, our mean was not at skeletal maturity, perhaps reflecting that this is a tertiary referral centre, and the cases were possibly from the more severe end of the spectrum.