(n.) A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the numerus; the internal condyle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cubitus valgus or instability due to a pseudarthrosis of the lateral epicondyle or to ligamentous injury may stretch the nerve.
(2) On 29 limbs, a prolongation of the muscle was identified attaching proximal to the lateral epicondyle.
(3) To determine the etiologic role of strenuous manual tasks in relation to epicondylitis, three clinical cross-sectional examinations were performed on meatcutters (N = 102), sausage makers (N = 125), packers (N = 150), and workers in nonstrenuous tasks (N = 332).
(4) The muscle had a normal appearance and origin from the common tendon arising from the medial epicondyle of the humerus and from the surrounding intermuscular septa.
(5) Distal motor latencies, conduction velocities at forearm and leg and above the epicondyle and the neck of the fibula were improved at a highly significant level.
(6) The six other techniques of evaluation were: a) palpation, or the number of finger breadths inserted between the acromial process and the head of the humerus; b) anthropometry, or the distance between the acromial process and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus; c) templates, or the use of four schemas representing different degrees of separation of the humeral head from the glenoid fossa; d) a measure of the relation of the center of the humeral head to the center of the glenoid fossa; e) the vertical distance between the center of the humeral head and the center of the glenoid fossa; and f) the vertical distance between the apex of the humeral head and the inferior border of the glenoid fossa.
(7) Portals of entry allowing antegrade or retrograde insertion or insertion at the epicondyles were used.
(8) A 73-year-old housewife with enlargement of her distal right humerus and especially the medial epicondyle due to Paget's disease developed an ulnar nerve palsy.
(9) In 6 specimens, dense fibrous bands bridged directly between the medial epicondyle and the olecranon proximal to the cubital tunnel proper; accessory epitrochleoanconeus muscles were present in 14 specimens: both may cause ulnar neuropathy at the elbow.
(10) The Wilhelm technique involves denervation of the epicondyle.
(11) In the ulnar nerve the important conduction abnormalities were located most frequently in the segments 1 cm proximal and distal to the medial epicondyle.
(12) Not enough importance has been attached to the strong triceps, with large muscle mass reaching far down to the olecranon, which might cause irritation of the nerve by pressing it against the wall of the sulcus or dislocating it over the epicondyle.
(13) These complaints were clearly different from the typical symptoms associated with ulnar or radial epicondylitis.
(14) In 9 of the 15 ulnar nerves, abnormal conduction was localized to the level of the cubital tunnel (1.5 to 3.5 cm distal to the medial epicondyle).
(15) The method of operative treatment with the fixation of the epicondyle with the help of a screw-stylus which, while fixing the fragments, allows early development of movements in the elbow articulation.
(16) A case of distal rupture of the biceps tendon preceded by injection of steroid on account of lateral epicondylitis three and five months previously is presented.
(17) The annual incidence of epicondylitis was about 1% for employees in nonstrenuous jobs, 11.3% for female sausage markers, 7.0% for female packers, and 6.4% for male meatcutters.
(18) During the operation the ulnar nerve is examined, the cavity of the elbow joint is cleaned, and stable osteosynthesis of the medial epicondyle is performed.
(19) The authors have analysed retrospectively the results of 53 fractures of medial epicondyle in children.
(20) After almost complete pain relief after injection, a sole Wilhelm procedure was performed at the lateral epicondyle in 34 patients and at the medial epicondyle in 17 patients.
Tuberosity
Definition:
(n.) The state of being tuberous.
(n.) An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
Example Sentences:
(1) A popping phenomenon was observed between the coracoacromial ligament and the greater tuberosity of the humerus, which was covered by the rotator cuff, and the coracoacromial ligament was resected with a rongeur under endoscopic visualization in all shoulders.
(2) A graft of epithelial and connective tissue was taken from the maxillary tuberosity and placed into the defect.
(3) There was a significant difference between the groups in the position of the perineum with respect to the ischial tuberosities at rest (p less than 0.025) and on defaecation straining (p less than 0.005).
(4) There was an associated fracture of the greater tuberosity of the humerus, which required open reduction and internal fixation.
(5) An example of a rare peripheral ameloblastic carcinoma of the maxillary tuberosity is presented.
(6) With respect to the fracture type and extent of displacement of the humeral head and the tuberosities the concepts for treatment remain controversial.
(7) The physis of the tibial tuberosity is composed primarily of fibrocartilage and fibrous tissue, with bone being added to the anterior portion of the tibial metaphysis by membranous bone formation.
(8) Mandibular conduction anaesthesia via the tuberosity approach did not show any particular advantage over the other 2 techniques in this investigation.
(9) Increases in skin temperature averaging 2.3 C to 2.5 C under the ischial tuberosities and 3.2 C to 3.5 C under the thighs were noted when the subjects sat on either of the latex rubber cushions.
(10) In addition to traditional medial transfer of the tibial tuberosity, lateral release, and medial joint capsule duplication, vastus medialis transposition and deepening of the intercondylar sulcus on the proximal joint surface of the femur were done.
(11) Excellent or satisfactory results were obtained in all six patients with two-part fractures involving the surgical neck; in four of the five patients with three-part fractures involving the surgical neck and tuberosities; in nine of the 11 patients with fracture-dislocation; and in two of the three patients with split fractures of the humeral head.
(12) A case of peripheral ameloblastoma is presented which was located in the right maxillary tuberosity area in a 52-year-old caucasian male.
(13) After excluding cases in which there was concomitant disease (neurofibromatosis, tuberose sclerosis, or multiple sclerosis), 18 cases of multicentric tumor (7.5%) remained.
(14) A review of 12 cases of transverse proximal diaphysial fractures 3.0 cm distal from the fifth metatarsal tuberosity with a 2-year follow-up is presented.
(15) The comparison related to chronological age documented a morphologic change of the greater tuberosity and progressive degeneration of all elements of the tendinous structures with progressive (1) osteitis of the greater tuberosity, cystic degeneration, and irregularity of the cortical margin; (2) degenerative sulcus between the greater tuberosity and the articular surface; (3) disruption of the integrity of the attachment of the tendon to the bone by Sharpey's fibers; (4) loss of cellularity, loss of staining quality, and fragmentation of the tendon; (5) diminution of the vascularity of the tendon; and (6) diminution of fibrocartilage.
(16) When surgical reduction is not possible for edentulous patients with little space between the retromolar pad and the maxillary tuberosity, dentures are most often made quite thin and as such are prone to fracture.
(17) Of 14 patients with navicular tuberosity avulsion, seven had damage to the anterior process of the calcaneum at the calcaneocuboid joint--possibly the result of an occult subluxation of the midtarsal joint.
(18) The condition in which pain is felt over the area at the ischial tuberosity and radiating down the back of the thigh is labelled the hamstring syndrome.
(19) A bone block including the attachment of the patellar tendon is transposed medially to correct the quadriceps angle (Q-angle), elevate the tibial tuberosity, and thereby decrease patellofemoral pressure.
(20) Whether isolated or associated with phacomatoses, they are histologically identical and the hypothesis which suggests that isolated angiomyolipomas represent a forme fruste or tuberose sclerosis is attractive.