(n.) The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors describe the surgical technique used to obtain (by anterior and posterior access) autoplastic bone from the ilium in 186 oncological cases.
(2) For the sternum, humerus and ilium-ischium, however, ossification in A2 fetuses increased to the levels observed in the PF and C groups.
(3) A unique feature of the AF-associated musculoskeletal syndrome is osteolytic lesions that occur most frequently in the clavicle, sternum, long bones, and ilium.
(4) Ten fresh human cadaveric spine specimens including from L1 to sacrum (six specimens) and ilium (four specimens) were studied.
(5) The necrotic area of the femoral head is filled up with a pedicle bone graft, which is apart from the spina iliaca and supplied from the art, circumflexa ilium profunda.
(6) Estimates of the percentage of trabecular bone volume (%TBV) deviated systematically, with variation of the biopsy site around the usual location, increasing in magnitude from the anterior to the posterior ilium.
(7) In patients with injury to the sacro-iliac joints or of the sacrum, the extent of the injury and the degree of pelvic instability was better shown by CT. All other bony lesions, such as fractures of the ilium, pubis, ischium or the symphysis could be diagnosed adequately by simple radiographs.
(8) The press-fit component without screws demonstrated the greatest motion equaling 162 microns at the ilium, 97 microns at the publis, and 54 microns at the ischium.
(9) Results are reported for the distribution of 239Pu in the third lumbar vertebra, a central caudal vertebra, the right ilium and the right femur.
(10) Sites of involvement included the pubis in three patients, the ilium in two patients, and the ischium in one patient.
(11) The so far unexplained picture of a vascular canal in the roof of the acetabulum corresponds to the canal leading into the body of the ilium.
(12) Increasing the protein content of the alcohol diet from 18% (Diet A1) to 25% (Diet A2) significantly increased ossification of the ulna, sternum, humerus and ilium-ischium.
(13) A case of Fusobacterium nucleatum osteomyelitis of the right ilium [correction of ileum] in a child without apparent risk factors is described.
(14) It is based on the concept that bone grafting of the pseudoarthrosis and an intertransverse fusion using small fesh autogenous concellous grafts from the ilium will prevent further slip.
(15) PAO seems not to have been previously reported in the ilium.
(16) During aircraft accident investigations we compared premortem anteroposterior abdominal radiographs with postmortem specimen radiographs of the ilium, with particular attention directed to the nutrient groove of the ilium.
(17) The CT scan allowed rapid localization of an occult abscess and destructive changes in the left ilium secondary to osteomyelitis and guided surgical treatment.
(18) 145 women showing clinical and radiological signs of involutional osteoporosis of the spine were biopsed at the ilium for histomorphometric analysis of bone mass including trabecular bone volume and parameters reflecting the spatial distribution of bony elements (mean trabecular plate thickness, density and separation).
(19) It is not appropriate to reconstruct the pelvic ring after resection limited to the anterior part of the pelvis but it is indicated after resections of the whole of the ilium, particularly in children to avoid shortening of the limb with pelvic shift.
(20) In older children in whom rigidity of the pubic symphysis did not permit a sufficient amount of acetabular tilt the acetabulum had to be isolated from the rest of the pelvis by a triple osteotomy which consisted of, in addition to the osteotomy of the ilium, osteotomies of the superior pubic ramus and the ischium or the inferior pubic ramus.
Pelvis
Definition:
(n.) The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.
(n.) The calyx of a crinoid.
Example Sentences:
(1) Prompt diagnosis, in which timely diagnostic laparoscopy and ultrasound evaluation of the pelvis may be helpful, provides the opportunity for prompt laparotomy with untwisting of the torsion and stabilization of the adnexa by suture and cystectomy, if possible, extirpation if not.
(2) In the case of unilateral blockade at the groin or pelvis, the grafts connect the lymphatics of the thigh of the affected leg with lymphatics in the contralateral healthy groin.
(3) A total of 400 patients with radiation injuries of the organs of the small pelvis were examined.
(4) The authors' experience suggests the following as the optimal follow-up: a) CT examination over a 6-month postoperative period; b) yearly CT examinations and urography over 4 postoperative years; c) yearly US examination over the first 2 years after surgery, to depict renal pelvis dilatation.
(5) Extraperitoneal hemorrhage, associated with a fracture of the pelvis, is a major cause of death in pedestrian accidents.
(6) Some patients received postoperative external beam irradiation (2000 cGy whole pelvis and an additional 3000 cGy to the parametria, with a midline stepwedge) when deep myometrial invasion was present.
(7) This is a correlative study of normal anatomy of the lumbosacral spine and pelvis demonstrated by SPECT and radiography in order to assure that morphologic detail resulting from SPECT is recognized and matched with radiographic landmarks in the same area.
(8) However, only three patients (3%) failed in the pelvis alone.
(9) Metastatic involvement of the pelvis, and in particular the acetabulum, is a common finding among patients with metastatic osseous disease.
(10) A patient with malignant hypertension and acute renal failure underwent percutaneous renal biopsy which resulted in the creation of an arteriovenous fistula that communicated with the renal pelvis.
(11) A woman in labor and not wearing a seat belt sustained multiple fractures of the pelvis and femur while in an automobile accident.
(12) The durect judgment of the function of the floor of the pelvis is only possible by the electromyogram.
(13) Contrast media in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen and pelvis are applied for various purposes; different substances and forms of application must be distinguished.
(14) Two groups of subjects were studied: a first group of 20 healthy volunteers to define NMR semeiology of male pelvis and a second group of 40 patients with mainly tumoral lesions of vesicles or prostate.
(15) In all series of experiments multidimensional statistical analysis allowed one to reveal the effect conducive to a relative decrease in the blood content in the brain, myocardium, lungs, liver and to its increase in some abdominal organs, skin, muscle and bone tissues of the extremities, abdomen and pelvis.
(16) In 25 patients, small cell lung cancer was staged prospectively with both conventional staging and a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging protocol that included 1.5-T MR imaging of the pelvis, abdomen, spine, and brain.
(17) Studies carried out on the phantom have shown how reliable transverse diameter measurements of the pelvis are when carried out by X-Ray scanning pelvimetry compared with conventional X-Ray pelvimetry.
(18) Approximately 10-20 ml fluid were withdrawn from the renal pelvis for cytology and culture.
(19) Using chi 2 analysis, we found that failure of external version was significantly associated with obesity, descent of the breech into the pelvis, decreased fluid, and fetal back positioned posteriorly.
(20) For the renal pelvis the results show 6 X 10(-5) M thiphenamil, 10(-3) M oxybutynin, and 5 X 10(-6) M verapamil resulted in a 50% inhibition of the phasic contractions.