(n.) The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed.
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Interposition
Definition:
(n.) The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
(n.) The thing interposed.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eighty interposition mesocaval shunts, using a knitted Dacron large diameter prosthesis, have been performed during the past five and one-half years.
(2) Higher rates are reported by individual clinicians, and our recent in vitro wear tests of Proplast II Teflon interpositional implants suggest an in vivo service life of only 3 years.
(3) Apart from the interposition of the colon between the liver and the diaphragm, no other pathological changes were found.
(4) A study of 78 cases of gastrectomy in which two reconstruction procedures Roux-en-Y + pouch and interposition + pouch were compared and which is still in progress, yielded the following results: 1.
(5) Ten centimeter long, 4 mm internal diameter segments of an unreinforced, experimental PTFE graft were implanted into 36 mongrel dogs as carotid interpositions.
(6) We successfully applied it in the treatment of eight fractures of the shafts of the femur or tibia which would not unite because of infection, soft tissue interposition or gross incongruity of fragments.
(7) Enterovesical fistulas affect mainly male patients, due to the interposition of the uterus in women.
(8) In situations requiring interposition graft placement for reestablishment of distal flow in small arteries and veins, PTFE grafts appear to be an acceptable prosthesis.
(9) A surgical technique consisting of reconstruction of the perineal body (perineoplasty) with puborectalis interposition and overlapping external sphincteroplasty is described to correct the defect and restore continence.
(10) Recurrence was noted after 20 months, and an excision of the cyst and a segment of the common femoral artery with graft interposition was required.
(11) The therapeutical approach with only 12% recurrences is a segmental interposition.
(12) Twelve adult rhesus monkeys underwent bilateral resection of a portion of the peroneal nerve followed by placement of autogenous sural nerve interposition fascicular grafts.
(13) Provided no gross infection exists and prompt debridement and drainage are obtained, an "in situ" interposition graft is adequate.
(14) Capillaries and small arterioles or venules, ranging from 8-50 microns in diameter, showed perikarya and dendrites abutting the basement membrane without evidence of glial interposition.
(15) After three months, the D-xylose absorption in the colon interpositioned animals was nearly equal to that of normal monkeys.
(16) The vital composite hyoid bone-muscle graft interposition technique offers a promising method for the solution of difficult cases of glottic, subglottic, and tracheal stenosis.
(17) With the increased nationwide incidence of major vascular injuries, the need for interposition grafting has become quite common in major trauma centers.
(18) The intraluminal surface of interposition connectos which are introduced for the quick vascular connection of microsurgical free flaps was coated by heparin.
(19) Because of the interposition of bony structures, extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) of middle or iliac ureteral calculi is not feasible in the conventional supine position.
(20) The significance of radical removal of the ankylotic bone, as well as the advantages of the interpositioning of the lyophilized cartilage, are emphasized.