(v. t.) To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade.
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Detort
Definition:
(v. t.) To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest.
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(1) Surgery, detortional casts, and corrective footwear are discussed.
(2) The developed procedure of surgical intervention integrates the methods of intervention which were earlier applied by many authors and includes: correcting intertrochanteric detortion-variative osteotomies of femur, tunneling and biostimulation of neck and epiphysis of femoral head by allogenic osseous matrix and cortical transplants, by administration of chemotrypsin into epiphysis, decompression of hip joint with subsequent restorative-conservative treatment.
(3) If testicular torsion is present, the testicle must be detorted and orchiopexy performed as soon as possible for fertility to be maintained.