What's the difference between calculi and lithotomy?
Calculi
Definition:
(n. pl.) See Calculus.
(pl. ) of Calculus
Example Sentences:
(1) Findings on plain X-ray of the abdomen, using the usual parameters of psoas and kidney shadows in the Nigerian, indicate that the two communities studied are similar but urinary calculi and urinary tract distortion are significantly more prominent in the community with the higher endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis.
(2) Average fluoroscopy time per procedure was 27.8 minutes of which 15.1 minutes were for nephrostomy tube insertion and 12.7 minutes were for calculi extraction.
(3) The most serious complications following operative treatment are retained bile duct calculi (2.8%), wound infection and biliary fistulae.
(4) A total of 38 patients underwent attempted percutaneous extraction of upper tract calculi with the Wolf nephroscope.
(5) The calculi were removed surgically in 40 cases and conservatively in 8 cases.
(6) By determining the solubility of CaTPA, the concentration of TPA that would be required to achieve urinary saturation was calculated, and a conservative estimate of the amount of TPA or DMT that would have to be absorbed in order to induce calculi was derived.
(7) The effects of Urocalun and jumping exercise upon the passage of calculi were studied.
(8) Management of obstructive upper ureteral calculi by first flushing the lithiasis to renal cavity and secondary extracorporeal lithotripsy is proposed as a routine guide-line, especially when treatment by ESWL is not immediately available.
(9) Two second generation lithotripters suitable for treatments without invasive forms of the anesthesia, the modified Dornier HM 3- and the Wolf Piezolith 2,200 were compared in terms of efficacy for ureteric calculi.
(10) The patients were active metabolically with 87% having a history of multiple calculi.
(11) Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy has significantly altered the management of symptomatic renal and ureteral calculi.
(12) The only peculiarities of this study were a low incidence of calculi and a particularly high incidence of chance discovery by routine blood calcium measurement.
(13) Radiation dose to the radiologist and other personnel was measured during 102 procedures for percutaneous removal of renal calculi from the upper collecting system.
(14) The management of upper urinary tract calculi in 49 patients in the Mersey Regional Spinal Injuries Centre was reviewed retrospectively.
(15) Furthermore, prostatic calculi were visible in the tomograms of both normal and abnormal prostates at a higher frequency than generally considered.
(16) The problem of urinary calculi in association with urinary tract infection (UTI) was investigated.
(17) Of the patients 7 required 1 and 3 required 2 treatment attempts to fragment the calculi completely.
(18) Ultrasonography is thus regarded as essential for the diagnosis of bicameral gallbladders and for detecting any calculi within them.
(19) Between June, 1985 and November, 1986, 25 patients at our institute underwent retrograde nephrostomy placement to provide percutaneous access to the kidney for percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) of renal or upper ureteral calculi.
(20) Calculi thus formed have a striking similarity to naturally occurring staghorn calculi and can be utilized by urology teaching programs to initiate residents in the technique of anatrophic nephrolithotomy.
Lithotomy
Definition:
(n.) The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.
Example Sentences:
(1) Common problems were identified, including lack of a family support person throughout labour, lithotomy position for delivery, episiotomies and their sequelae, breast-feeding difficulties and lack of professional support in the early puerperium at home.
(2) To test the effect of different patient positions on urethral mobility, we conducted a prospective controlled study measuring the relative cephalad displacement of the prostatic apex in 3 positions, that is the supine, frog-leg and dorsal lithotomy positions.
(3) A combined synchronous abdominoperineal approach was used with the patient in the lithotomy-Trendelenburg position.
(4) Hospital stay, costs and narcotic analgesic use were significantly less for ureteroscopic stone removal than for open surgical lithotomy.
(5) Lithotomy was successfully finished without serious complications in all cases.
(6) Sclerosing injection was carried out in all cases with 6 ml Phenylamygdalic oil by 3, 7 and 11 o'clock lithotomy position.
(7) Percutaneous lithotomy was performed upon 300 of 302 consecutive patients bearing stones which required removal.
(8) Values in the supine position were similar to those seen in non-pregnant subjects, but there was a significant reduction in LOSP and BrP in the lithotomy position unrelated to any change in intragastric pressure.
(9) While percutaneous lithotripsy and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy have emerged as the mainstay of extirpative therapy, surgical lithotomy is the standard to which other therapies must be compared.
(10) The tests were conducted using a variety of fetal biclavicular diameters (10-13 cm) and maternal pelvic angle positions (McRoberts, 10 degrees; lithotomy, 25 degrees).
(11) The few known biographical data and the methods of lithotomy commonly used in the 18th century are presented.
(12) The lithotomy position is known to decrease venous blood flow and predispose to lower extremity venous thrombosis.
(13) Compartment syndrome occurred after a tubal anastomosis in a prolonged lithotomy position.
(14) The modified lithotomy position is used to provide simultaneous operative exposure to the abdomen and perineum.
(15) Half the patients received, in addition, a caudal anaesthetic given by the surgeon at the beginning of the operation with the patient in the lithotomy position.
(16) When comparing lithotomy versus McRoberts positioning, there was a consistent reduction in force needed to extract the fetal shoulders with the latter maneuver.
(17) Patients treated by open surgical lithotomy remained in the hospital for 11.0 days and required 21 doses of narcotics.
(18) With the patient placed in the lithotomy position, an endoscope was introduced after mucosal anesthesia with xylocaine jelly.
(19) When used as 15,000 U per 24 hrs in those patients who were exposed to lithotomy or nephrectomy the drug led to a 5-fold decrease in the incidence of phlebothrombosis.
(20) One hundred patients underwent measurements of their ankle-arm index, the ratio of their ankle systolic pressure compared to their brachial blood pressure, preoperatively (AAI); immediately after being placed in the lithotomy position (AAII); and immediately prior to returning to the supine position (AAIII).