(a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery.
(a.) See Ileac, 1.
Example Sentences:
(1) Transluminal iliac angioplasty is a valuable adjunct to distal bypass surgery by improving arterial inflow without the requirement for major aorto iliac surgery.
(2) Operations were performed on 5 patients with isolated atherosclerotic aneurysms of the iliac arteries, who accounted for 10.9% of patients with aneurysms of vessels treated at the Vascular Department of the Novgorod Regional Hospital from 1983 to 1990.
(3) Most patients had pulmonary metastases, two had bony metastases, and one had metastases in the iliac nodes.
(4) The overall immediate angiographic and clinical success was 85% (89% in iliac lesions and 81% in femoropopliteal lesions; 100% in stenoses and 70% in occlusions).
(5) 99mTc-MAA accumulation was seen in the left lobe of the liver in a patient with occlusion of the IVC and common iliac veins.
(6) Conventional lymphography still yields the best results in differentiating between primary lymphedema with aplasia of the aorto-iliac collectors and a secondary form due to neoplastic disease.
(7) Temporary hypertensive increases in blood pressure, or variations in blood pressure when there was an already existing hypertension, in which the blood pressure either moved within the limits of hypertensive blood pressure values or temporarily returned to normal, occurred in 129 men ages 23-85, in whom repeated measurements of the blood pressure and pulse wave rate (PWG) were carried out in the aorta and iliac artery in the course of a longitudinal study over years.
(8) The talus was revascularized with a vascularized corticocancellous iliac crest bone graft.
(9) Based on combined quantitative and qualitative analysis of Doppler signals sampled at the common femoral and popliteal artery, the aorto-iliac segments and the femoro-popliteal segments were evaluated separately.
(10) Eight of 47 LSNs overlying the posterior superior iliac spines (PSIS) were tender.
(11) Individuals undergoing delayed bladder closure without iliac osteotomy had no notable difference in the incidence of bladder dehiscence (p greater than 0.5) but they had a statistically significant difference in the ability to gain urinary continence (p less than 0.01).
(12) The use of the pectoralis major muscle only flap in conjunction with a free iliac crest bone graft for reconstruction of the mandible is described.
(13) Additional reconstruction of the "donor" limb arteries and dilatation of the iliac artery improve circulation in the "donor limb", which makes it possible to undertake cross femoral-femoral shunting in patients with a high risk of aorto-femoral reconstruction in atherosclerotic affection of the "donor" limb.
(14) After a phlebitic occlusion of the right superficial femoral and external iliac veins he had been operated on twice for varicose veins.
(15) In severe post-partum hemorrhage coming from the peri-uterine regions supplied by the internal iliac arteries, only BLILA may be useful when local surgical hemostasis is ineffective or impossible.
(16) The cathetertips are selectively introduced from both sides either into a lateral sacral vein, an internal iliac vein or into a lumbar ascending vein.
(17) Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) was found in all patients, more frequently in the right calf and in the left iliac veins in 20 patients (55%).
(18) The percentage of metastasis to the external iliac, internal iliac and obturator lymph nodes was 55%, 83% and 82%, respectively.
(19) After two years of growth hormone therapy, height, sitting height, bi-acromial and bi-iliac diameter increased from -3.7, -2.9, -1.7 and -1.2 to -1.3, -2.5, -0.6 and +0.5 z scores, respectively.
(20) This report draws attention to a group of lymph nodes that lie in proximity to the posterior iliac crest.
Iliopsoas
Definition:
(n.) The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles.
Example Sentences:
(1) These are related to the insertions and fascial investments of the iliopsoas, pyriformis, and obturator internus muscles and the ensheathed penetrations of the superior gluteal arteries.
(2) Iliopsoas abscess is a rare but serious complication of Crohn's disease.
(3) The effect of 2 Hz TENS of the right hand during forty-five minutes on skin temperature and plethysmography of the third digit of both hands and feet and on transcutaneous oxygen tension (TcpO2) of the right hand was compared with that of a control study using indifferent stimulation of the iliopsoas region in 8 patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon.
(4) Posterior iliopsoas transfer will decrease hip deformities but complications such as weakness of hip flexion or abduction contracture are to be expected in some cases.
(5) The results of our iliopsoas lengthening procedure are presented here.
(6) In the pelvic region three major compartments (gluteus medius-minimus compartment, gluteus maximus compartment, and iliopsoas compartment) can be distinguished from the smaller compartment of the tensor fasciae latae muscle.
(7) A Sharrard posterior iliopsoas muscle-transfer procedure was done in forty-two hips of twenty-four children with myelodysplasia.
(8) We analyzed the results of transfers of the iliopsoas or external oblique muscles performed to augment the abductor power of the hips in 149 patients with flaccid paralysis of the hips.
(9) A one-stage, combined operative procedure for reduction of congenitally dislocated hips in older children consists of shortening of the femur; open reduction by an inferior approach to the joint; reconstruction of the acetabular roof; correction of anteversion of both the femoral neck and the neck-shaft angle; anterior transposition of the iliopsoas muscle.
(10) All 10 patients are known to have undergone iliopsoas release as part of adductor tenotomy.
(11) For patients who also had iliopsoas recession the success rate was 72 per cent.
(12) There was massive infiltration of the left iliopsoas and quadratus femoris muscles with amyloid, manifesting itself clinically as a progressive, painless limp.
(13) CBI treatment did not significantly decrease iliopsoas muscle Na+ concentration or water content.
(14) Ultrasound and computed tomography allowed the uncommon diagnosis of an enlarged bursa of the iliopsoas muscle with secondary compression of the iliac vein.
(15) Inflammation of the iliopsoas bursa is a common manifestation of a wide array of inflammatory, degenerative, and traumatic musculoskeletal conditions.
(16) The second stage is the "ampoxen" explant, which is sutured cranially to f. transversalis, medially to the fascia behind m. rectus abdominis, downward to the public or obturator fascia and laterally to the fascia over m. iliopsoas.
(17) Edrophonium testing was negative and electromyography revealed myopathic motor units in the iliopsoas muscle.
(18) The muscles of levator scapulae, trapezius, psoas major, iliopsoas, gluteus, and tibialis posterior tend to be preserved.
(19) Other conditions such as herniated intervertebral disc, acute hemorrhage, trauma, iliopsoas rupture, and acute stretching must be ruled out.
(20) Iliopsoas bursitis is the classical manifestation of synovial cysts of the hip.