What's the difference between hysterotomy and incision?

Hysterotomy


Definition:

  • (n.) The Caesarean section. See under Caesarean.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, surgeon's estimation of blood loss as a result of the hysterotomy and blood loss estimated by the hemoglobin deficit measured on the second postoperative day did not significantly differ between the two groups.
  • (2) The authors describe their experience with 17 highly selected women who underwent hysterotomy for fetal surgery for complex anomalies and then cesarean delivery through the Fetal Treatment Program at the University of California, San Francisco.
  • (3) Three milliliters of 20% glucose was injected into the pregnant rats and then the fetuses were delivered by hysterotomy after 20 minutes of induced hypoxia.
  • (4) If a grand multipara with a history of hysterotomies, such as cesarean sections, presents lower abdominal pain involving hematuria during pregnancy, placental invasion of the bladder may be suspected.
  • (5) The occurrence of abdominal scar endometriosis following hysterotomy is uncommon, being reported in less than 0.5% of patients undergoing cesarean section.
  • (6) In one case, hysterotomy was performed because of severe bleeding.
  • (7) The pathology of these lesions does not depend only on the second stage of labour, nor entirely on the choice between hysterotomy and vaginal delivery, but equally on the prevention of the birth of large children and on the treatment of maternal obesity, as well as on a better estimation of the size ofthe foetus in utero by the development of measurements of the bi-acromial diameter with the use of ultra-sonic techniques.
  • (8) Sharp curettage (41 patients, 11.5%), Pitocin (15, 4.2%), hysterectomy (12, 3.4%), prostaglandins (10, 2.8%), and hysterotomy (1, 0.3%) were used less frequently.
  • (9) Clinical endometriosis was diagnosed in 9 (17%) and 4 (8%) baboons with or without a previous hysterotomy, respectively.
  • (10) In the third animal hysterotomy was performed on day 65; foetus weighed 5 g. Haematoma and blood clots were seen in the placental tissue.
  • (11) Examination of four recovered placentas (two after delivery and two at hysterotomies) indicated a lead dose-dependent weight reduction and revealed various pathological lesions.
  • (12) A hysterotomy requires exposure of the uterus by a surgical opening in the abdomen.
  • (13) A comparative study of prostaglandins F2 alpha induced abortion and hysterotomy is presented.
  • (14) Hysterotomies were performed with the animals under anesthesia, providing access to the intact placental vasculature.
  • (15) Similar estrogen levels were found in fetal heart blood after either hysterotomy at spontaneous abortion at 16-20 weeks of gestation, and no significant differences were found for estrogen levels in cord plasma after elective Caesarean section at 38-39 weeks when compared with estrogen levels after normal delivery at term.
  • (16) After the midtrimester hysterotomy, the pregnancy progressed to term and a healthy female infant was delivered by elective cesarean section at 37 weeks' gestation.
  • (17) Morphology, yield and function were studied in cultured islet-like cell clusters (ICC) from 140 human fetal pancreata obtained after abortions of different types performed at 11-23 weeks of gestation (12 by hysterotomy, 75 by mechanical dilation and extraction, and 53 induced with prostaglandin).
  • (18) 12 of the abortions were performed by hysterotomy, 75 by mechanical dilatation and extraction, and 53 were induced by prostaglandin.
  • (19) Fetoscopic techniques may broaden the indications for prenatal surgical intervention by obviating the risks of hysterotomy.
  • (20) Concentrations of prolactin in amniotic fluid, fetal plasma, and maternal plasma were determined in 34 rhesus monkeys delivered by hysterotomy under general anesthesia at gestational ages of 110 to 160 days (term, 165 days).

Incision


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.
  • (n.) That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed instrument; a cut; a gash.
  • (n.) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Midsagittal or parasagittal pontomedullary brainstem incisions were performed in 4 cats.
  • (2) The advantages of the incision through the pars plana ciliaris are (1) easier approach to the vitreous cavity, (2) preservation of the crystalline lens and an intact iris, and (3) circumvention of the corneal and chamber angle complications sometimes associated with the transcorneal approach.
  • (3) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
  • (4) Measurements were made of the width of the marginal gap for three sites at each of four stages: (1) after the shoulder firing, (2) after the body-incisal firing, (3) after the glaze firing, and (4) after a correction firing.
  • (5) The reduction in respiratory function in those subjects without an abdominal incision demonstrated that other factors, particularly the influence of a general anaesthesia, need to be taken into account.
  • (6) It is unnecessary to make any special more complicated incision designed to avoid lymphatics.
  • (7) The advantages of pars plana approach are the small incision and minimal ocular manipulation during surgery.
  • (8) The operative approach is through an incision above the medial canthus.
  • (9) The authors recall the advantages of low transcartilage incision in rhinoplasty and, by means of several technical details, illustrate the value of this approach in submucosal dissection.
  • (10) By making the incision inside the hairline, there is no increase in the height of the pubic hair.
  • (11) If transportation is unduly delayed, immediate linear incision and suction may be of value.
  • (12) Following orthodontic treatment the canine's incisal edge occlusion demonstrates the tip and torque present in the appliance that was used.
  • (13) Middle-ear exploration in six patients revealed abundant granulation tissue; multiple granulomas and acid-fast bacilli were demonstrated on a section of tissue from one patient with a nonhealing mastoidectomy incision.
  • (14) At surgery, upon incision of the paravertebral muscle fascia, viscous pale fluid was encountered emanating from a foramen in the thoracic lamina.
  • (15) The sample was divided into three groups based on the degree of pretreatment overbite: openbite subsample--no incisal overlap; overlap subsample--incisal overlap and no incisal contact; contact subsample--incisal overlap with incisal contact.
  • (16) The usual approach to the inferior orbit has been through a subciliary skin incision and dissection of a skin flap to the orbital rim.
  • (17) Bojan Krkic had been snuffed out in his central role for Stoke and Hughes’s tweaks would have paid off if Diouf’s finishing had been more incisive.
  • (18) Compared with a matched group without ultrasonic visualization, the eventual site for uterine incision and morbidity to the mother and fetus were not significantly different.
  • (19) The incision was then extended toward the opening of the left coronary artery.
  • (20) Not intimately associated with a nonvital tooth or found to have any communication with the incisive canal.

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