Sentence examples for repeated lengthening from inspiring English sources

Cho et al. [ 9] introduced their experience of 27 tibial lengthening in 22 patients, some of whom had repeated lengthening.

The majority of the affected bone segments in this series required repeated lengthening or deformity correction in childhood.

The MAGEC system comprises a magnetically distractible spinal rod implant and an external remote controller, which lengthens the rod; this system avoids repeated surgical lengthening.

CONCLUSIONS: Repeat lengthening is technically feasible after either of the available surgical lengthening procedures (Bianchi and STEP).

RESULTS: Repeat lengthening with STEP was performed 16 times in 14 patients including 2 adults and 7 male patients after prior Bianchi (n=7) and prior STEP (n=7).

BACKGROUND: Feasibility of repeat lengthening has been demonstrated in animals, but in humans, none of the three clinical case reports have achieved enteral autonomy after secondary lengthening with serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP).

In the stable patient, who is unable to wean from PN, repeat lengthening led to discontinuation of TPN in almost half of these carefully selected patients and does not preclude intestinal transplantation.

Thus, during lengthening repeated radiographic examinations of the fibula are necessary to avoid complications.

Using a model of repeated muscle-lengthening contractions, which we have previously shown to induce significant muscle damage [32] [34], we sought to induce a SC response and examine the association of IL-6 with the SC response.

For this task, subjects were asked to repeat a progressively lengthening string of digits in the reverse order.

A marked transition in mutability is observed as the tandem repeat array lengthens, such that at large repeat numbers (at ≥5 6 units), polymerase error frequencies and the prevalence of polymorphism are significantly higher than those at monitor loci.