What's the difference between epiploon and omentum?
Epiploon
Definition:
(n.) See Omentum.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the 50s and 60s dermo-fibro-adipose grafts and later auto-grafts and grafts of the large epiploon were used.
(2) Histologic examination of biopsies taken at exploratory laparotomy disclosed amyloidosis of the epiploon and mesentery.
(3) The authors present a new technique by which the epiploon may be transplanted into almost any part of the body, using the hand as a vector.
(4) Herein we describe what is, to our knowledge, the first reported case of a composite tumor of the main bile duct with epiploon metastases.
(5) Apart from resection of the necrotized epiploon, appendicectomy was also performed as the appendix presented acute inflammatory lesions.
(6) The epiploon has proved to be excellent material for reconstructive surgery.
(7) Bilateral orchidectomy performed on 10- to 15-day-old Wistar rats, immediately followed by the homograft of one testis into the splenopancreatic epiploon, resulted 6 months later in leydigiomas at the site of the graft in 100% of the animals.
(8) Histologic studies have been carried out, of fragments from the epiploon obtained from 50 pregnant women.
(9) Metastasis in the greater curvature and epiploon++ lymph nodes were identified.
(10) The epiploon is implanted beneath the skin covering the hand and acquires a new vascularisation.
(11) The between-goat variations allow us to emphasize a linear relation between the lipoprotein lipase activity decrease and the reduction of the epiploon volume, expressed on a DNA basis.
(12) HISTOPATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS: Non-Hodgkin B-cell malignant lymphoma, low-grade, lymphoplasmacytoid (immunocytoma) according to the Kiel classification, or small lymphocytic, plasmacytoid according to the International Working Formulation (abdominal lymph nodes, liver, epiploon, peritoneum, rectus abdominis muscle).
(13) In the goat the passage from late pregnancy to early lactation is accompanied by a decrease of the epiploon lipoprotein lipase activity and an increase in the epiploon DNA content.
(14) Type B II gastric resection remains indicated where there is associated bleeding or in the presence of large non-suturable ulcers which cannot be dealth with by a Rives-type patch of epiploon.
(15) There are sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves in the minor epiploon arising from the splanchnic and vagus respectively.
(16) The authors present 5 cases of diaphragmatic hernia occuring after thoracoabdominal trauma (in one case the hernia was in the right hemidiaphragm, associated with partial hepato-thorax, the other four were in the left hemidiaphragm and were associated with intra-thoracic herniation of the stomach, transverse large bowel, large epiploon, loops of the small bowel and of the spleen).
(17) The free epiploon, vascularised by the hand, may then be transplanted into a wide range of areas: head, leg, foot, etc.
(18) In a second phase, the epiploon is divided at the point at which it leaves the abdomen.
Omentum
Definition:
(n.) A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiploon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although there was a considerable overlap in the values of acoustic nonlinearity of different body fats, in general their values followed the order: mesenteric fat greater than subcutaneous fat greater than omentum fat greater than breast fat.
(2) Also numerous small knots on the small intestine, peritoneum, and omentum, as well as a considerable amount of ascites were observed.
(3) certainly in site at the beginning of pregnancy and with asymptomatic perforation of the uterus during the pregnancy with incorporation of the device by the omentum.
(4) The omentum acts as sheath that reinforces the anastomosis.
(5) Endolymphatic administration of kanamycin provided an increase in its activity in the inflamed tissues of the peritoneum and omentum and markedly prolonged its halflife as compared to those after the routine intramuscular administration of the drug.
(6) Omentum transposition promoted rapid healing with a low mortality rate.
(7) Splenic conservation by suture with or without packing with omentum or oxidized cellulose was successful in 27 out of 37 attempts.
(8) When 15 small sections were transplanted to the omentum in a "necklace" fashion, good uptake and preservation were seen after six months.
(9) This complication may be prevented by interposing the omentum between the liver and the duodenum at the time of any operation on the biliary system and the duodenum.
(10) The results of treatment of 12 children with primary acute diseases of the greater omentum, in whom preoperative diagnosis is difficult, have been analysed.
(11) The IUD had migrated to the cul-desac of Douglas and the omentum, respectively, and surgery was uneventful.
(12) Therefore the omentum leads the traffic of peritoneal macrophages.
(13) The autografts were divided into 4 groups as follows; no preservation (control) group (n = 4), graft preserved in Collins solution (n = 11), graft preserved in phosphate buffered extracellular solution (Ep4) (n = 11), and graft preserved in physiological saline solution (n = 11) for 24 or 48 hours at 4 degrees C. After preservation, laparotomy was performed on the animals and the tracheal autograft was wrapped in the distal portion of the omentum.
(14) The effectiveness of extracts was measured by the growth activity of bovine aortic endothelial cell incubated for 6 days with various omentum extracts.
(15) Since 1984, eight pelvic ependymomas have been reported that have originated in the ovary, broad ligament, mesovarium, and omentum.
(16) This problem is inherent to the design of catheters using sideports for outflow and is enhanced by the tenacity of the omentum in this population in walling off foreign bodies.
(17) Computed tomography demonstrated prominent linear soft tissue densities, an increase in CT number of the involved greater omentum, and posterior displacement of the small bowel.
(18) In former investigations the author described the use of omentum majus in building microsurgical compound island flaps employing supporting tissue.
(19) Fischer 344 rats and a transplantable carcinogen-induced rat colon cancer were used to test: (1) whether the omentum is a unique site of intra-abdominal colon tumor implantation which contributes to S.B.O.
(20) In five dogs (group C) the omentum with its own vascular supply was completely wrapped around the graft.