(a.) Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.
Example Sentences:
(1) The adjacent gauge was separated from the ischemic segment by one large nonoccluded diagonal branch of the left anterior descending artery.
(2) In 1 of the 3, anterior capsular detachment was also demonstrated radiographically and confirmed surgically.
(3) Content of cyclic nucleoside monophosphates was decreased in all the eye tissues in experimental toxico-allergic uveitis as well as penetration of cAMP into the fluid of anterior chamber of the eye.
(4) The article describes an unusual case with development of a right anterior mediastinal mass after bypass surgery with internal mammary artery grafts.
(5) A topographic relationship was recognized between the MM and the anterior thalamic nuclei.
(6) When the eye was dissected into anterior uveal, scleral, and retinal complexes, prostaglandin D2 was formed in the highest degree in all the complexes, whereas prostaglandin E2 and F2 alpha formation was specific to given ocular regions.
(7) Small pieces of anterior and posterior quail wing-bud mesoderm (HH stages 21-23) were placed in in vitro culture for up to 3 days.
(8) A neonate without external malformation had undergone removal of a nasopharyngeal mass containing anterior and posterior pituitary tissue.
(9) In the course of the syndrome development blood vessel permeability was increased in the anterior chamber of the eye.
(10) For the case described by the author primary tearing of the chiasma due to sudden applanation of the skull in the frontal region with burstfractures in the anterior cranial fossa is assumed.
(11) An opening wedge osteotomy is then directed posterior-dorsal to anterior-plantar, to effectively plantarflex the posterior aspect of the calcaneus.
(12) Anterior borderzone brachial paralysis (ABBP) is a hemodynamic ischemic syndrome of the watershed zone between the anterior and middle cerebral arteries.
(13) Studies were conducted to evaluate the effects of acute (24 h) thermal stress on anterior pituitary function in hens.
(14) Histologic examination of the anterior and posterior chambers and the vitreous led to a diagnosis of endophthalmitis caused by Coccidioides immitis infection.
(15) The temperature increased from the anterior to the posterior region on both buccal and lingual sides of both arches.
(16) For this purpose the blood flow velocity in the internal carotid artery, basilar cerebral artery and the anterior cerebral artery was measured by pulsed Dopplersonography before and 5-10 min after i.v.
(17) The 2A8 clone, a normal diploid rat anterior pituitary cell strain, was investigated by immunocytochemistry to determine the cell types into which the clonal cells differentiated in vivo and in vitro.
(18) Accordingly, the present studies were conducted to determine whether acute OVX-induced FSH hypersecretion can be elicited in an animal model in which the anterior pituitary gland is isolated from diencephalic chemical signals, and if so, whether the hypersecretion could be abated by the FSH-suppressing protein, follistatin.
(19) Eight cases of calcification following anterior dislocation of the head of the radius are described.
(20) A case of dissecting hematoma involving the left main, left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary arteries is described in a patient who had received vigorous closed-chest cardiac resuscitation.
Suprapubic
Definition:
(a.) Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone.
Example Sentences:
(1) Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a sterile, inflammatory bladder condition characterized by urinary frequency and urgency, as well as burning and suprapubic pain, which occurs more frequently in women who may suffer for years before diagnosis.
(2) When urine, which has been collected by suprapubic bladder aspiration, is appropriately cultured, asymptomatic bacteriuria due to fastidious organisms can be detected quite commonly in apparently healthy pregnant women; Ureaplasma urealyticum and Gardnerella vaginalis can each be isolated from the bladder urine of 10 to 15% of subjects, other bacteria less frequently.
(3) Initial suprapubic catheterisation is followed by endoscopic assessment after approximately 2 weeks.
(4) By the reversal of the existing nephroureteral stent system a vesicoureteral stent exiting through the suprapubic site is created.
(5) The transcutaneous suprapubic cystocath with intermittent aspiration of urine also has been used in 7 cases.
(6) Diagnostic procedures (lumbar puncture, fetal monitoring electrodes, suprapubic aspiration, and heel sticks) may result inadvertently in the inoculation of a neighboring osseous structure.
(7) Temporary suprapubic drainage restored renal function to normal and decreased the upper tract dilatation.
(8) Since 1979, 12 patients with obliterated urethras (ten membranous, two bulbous) have been treated by direct vision urethrotomy using a second cystoscope or sound passed through the previously placed suprapubic tract as a guide.
(9) In the classic Palma operation the contralateral long saphenous vein is suprapubicly led to the opposite side and is anastomosed end-to-end or end-to-side with the common femoral vein of the occluded side.
(10) In this study a new trocar-cannula-unit(10 French) is introduced, which was used in a prospective randomised comparative study in 74 patients for suprapubic bladder punction.
(11) We developed a modified urethral sound designed for simple insertion of a percutaneous suprapubic cystostomy tube during an operation.
(12) He had undergone transurethral resection twice before he was seen at our institution, where suprapubic prostatectomy was performed.
(13) Suprapubic catheterization may offer an alternative but has been inadequately studied in this patient population.
(14) The observation was a chance event when echography was performed because the patient complained of vague pains in the suprapubic region.
(15) The trocar catheter was found to be a simple, practical, and safe instrument for suprapubic bladder drainage.
(16) In 71 patients we performed second interventions after unsuccessful Cryosurgery of the prostate (56 X TUR-P, 9 X Cryosurgery, 6 X suprapubic adenomectomy).
(17) The results of 787 consecutive suprapubic specimens in children were studied.
(18) The most reliable diagnostic finding was localization of the area of maximum tenderness to the left lower quadrant and suprapubic areas.
(19) A case of acute obstruction at the ureterovesical junction caused by a suprapubic cystostomy catheter tip is presented.
(20) A 15-year-old male patient with a ten day history of fever and GI symptoms that had been diagnosed as having a suprapubic mass was referred to the Urologic Emergency Unit.