Sentence examples for segment lengthening from inspiring English sources

Fischgrund et al. [12] reviewed 114 consecutive patients who underwent 140 lower extremity bone segment lengthening procedures using the Ilizarov external fixator.

As the cortical transport portion of the DI is more important for bearing occlusal force than the apical support portion, and the length of the transport portion is normally the height of the transport bone segment, lengthening the transport portion may help to obtain a rational distribution of stress and increase the blood supply to the transport bone.

These anatomic concepts are successively activated to produce a sequence of narrowing by the basal loop, shortening by the descending segment, lengthening by the ascending segment, and widening in the cardiac cycle that causes ventricular ejection to empty and suction to fill.

There were 14 episodes of correction and 17 episodes of segment lengthening in our 10 patients.

18 clinical studies were included, with 547 patients who underwent 1,581 lower limb segment lengthening procedures.

18 level-IV studies met our inclusion criteria, yielding data on 547 subjects who underwent 1,581 lower limb segment lengthening procedures.

The complication rate per segment lengthened was lower for A/H (0.68) than for TS (0.71) or CSS (1.06) (p < 0.001).

Their rear segments contract, which pushes blood into their forward segments, lengthening them.

While the underlying diagnoses, limb segments lengthened, and devices used for lengthening were available for all subjects, other variables such as patient age, sex, preoperative height, and length gained were not found on a consistent basis for all studies.

Premature consolidation occurred in 10 segments, nonunion occurred in 12, and angulation of fibula occurred in 8 segments after lengthening.

Fibula complications occurred in 30 of the 120 segments during lengthening.