What's the difference between implant and reimplant?

Implant


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A spindle cell sarcoma appeared 20 months after implantation of a pellet of 3-methylcholanthrene in the denervated foreleg of an adult frog, Rana pipiens.
  • (2) During the performance of propulsive waves of the oesophagus the implanted vagus nerve caused clonic to tetanic contractions of the sternohyoid muscle, thus proving the oesophagomotor genesis of the reinnervating nerve fibres.
  • (3) Membranes of this material were filled with islets of Langerhans and implanted in the peritoneal cavity of rats.
  • (4) Implantation of the mouse embryo involves the invasion of the secondary trophoblast giant cells of the ectoplacental cone (EPC) into the uterine decidua.
  • (5) Thus, brain NE levels after training were not predictive of retention performance in amygdala-implanted or -stimulated animals.
  • (6) Furthermore the limit between hearing aid fitting an cochlear implantation is discussed.
  • (7) Five days later, the animals were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups: Group 1 received intracranial implantation of controlled-release polymers containing dexamethasone; Group 2 received intraperitoneal implantation of controlled-release polymers containing dexamethasone; Group 3 received serial intraperitoneal injections of dexamethasone; and Group 4 received sham treatment.
  • (8) The use of an absorbable material may alleviate potential late complications associated with implantation of nonabsorbable materials.
  • (9) 11 patients with a postoperative classification of stage D had additional external beam radiation to the pelvic and paraaortic lymph nodes with shielding of the implanted prostatic region.
  • (10) DES implantation increased the body weight of the ram by 10.4% and caused no significant change in total body water, body ash, or total muscle mass.
  • (11) The results obtained further knowledge of the anatomy of the nuclei, specifically the areas used for the prosthesis implantation and the underlying tissue.
  • (12) This technology will provide better information to the surgeon for preoperative diagnosis and planning and for the design of customized implants.
  • (13) The new trabecular bone closely resembled that typically seen at electrically active implants.
  • (14) A second group was chronically implanted without electrical stimulation in one leg and implanted with cyclical electrical stimulation applied through the electrode in the other leg.
  • (15) Resorption of calcium and depositon of inorganic phosphates in the implanted ceramics suggested that ions were being exchanged with the body fluids.
  • (16) Steroid-treated steers showed a slight decline in synthesis which was significant (P less than 0.05) at week +5 post-implant while amino acid oxidation was significantly lower at weeks +2 (P less than 0.01) and +5 (P less than 0.05) compared with control animals.
  • (17) During the last 10 years 94% of patients have been normocalcaemic postoperatively, thanks mainly to the re-implantation of autologous parathyroid tissue, preserved by low-temperature storage.
  • (18) The consequences of proved hypersensitivity in patients with metal-to-plastic prostheses, either present prior to insertion of the prosthesis or evoked by the implant material, are not known.
  • (19) Electromagnetic interference presented as inhibition and resetting of the demand circuitry of a ventricular-inhibited temporary external pacemaker in a 70-year-old man undergoing surgical implantation of a permanent bipolar pacemaker generator and lead.
  • (20) Endometriotic implants with good response to Duphaston therapy demonstrated an enhanced autophagic activity within many epithelial cells.

Reimplant


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To implant again.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The method used in connection with the well known autoplastic reimplantation not only presents an alternative to the traditional apicoectomy but also provides additional stabilization of the tooth by lengthing the root with cocotostabile and biocompatible A1203 ceramic.
  • (2) Many of observed functional changes in freshly reimplanted lungs are temporally related to changes in extravascular water.
  • (3) Based on a limited experience we have found that triangular flap ureteroplasty is a worthwhile means of repeat reimplantation of the obstructed ureter and perhaps provides a better alternative than transureteroureterostomy.
  • (4) Another group of reimplantation cases with the same characteristics have been examined without proceeding first to the radicular conditioning.
  • (5) Certain pediatric patients and neonates, especially those with spastic neurogenic bladders or those who have had bilateral ureteral reimplantation, are more susceptible to this form of urinary obstruction.
  • (6) Three further cases were iatrogenic, as a result of the methods employed for antireflux ureteral reimplantation.
  • (7) The left coronary ostium was reimplanted with Carrel patch method and the right coronary artery was bypassed with the saphenous vein graft.
  • (8) The control group (without FAS) showed considerable breakdown of the bony trabeculae due to regression of the osteocytes in the centre of the reimplanted bone after 3 weeks, whereas in the FAS group bone was being built on to the vital trabeculae.
  • (9) Examination revealed heavy lymphocytic infiltration, interpreted as autoimmune thyroiditis, in reimplanted autografts.
  • (10) We review our experience in 19 patients with multiple failed reimplants.
  • (11) That 52 per cent of our patients had no symptoms indicates clearly the absolute necessity of careful followup after ureteral reimplantation.
  • (12) This study was designed to determine the rate of pneumococcal clearance from the blood stream 16 weeks following splenic reimplantation by four different methods.
  • (13) Supracoronary graft insertion was used in the first nine patients, while the remaining patients were treated by radical repair using a composite graft and reimplantation of the coronary ostia.
  • (14) A reconstruction of the abdominal aorta was performed in 2 patients, the descending thoracic aorta in 2, the ascending aorta in 2 and the ascending aorta including the aortic valve and reimplantation of coronary arteries in 4.
  • (15) Only one of these seven fish showed also a compression in the re-established projections from the entire visual field on to the operated half-tectum with the 90 degrees rotated reimplant.
  • (16) From October 1985 until March 1991, 29 infants and children were treated for this syndrome by innominate artery reimplantation.
  • (17) This method, which necessitate the reimplantation of the coronary arteries, is, however, sometimes difficult and carries a greater operative risk of bleeding problems.
  • (18) Because of its ease of handling and high reimplantation efficiency, this tumor line should prove useful in equine cancer research.
  • (19) 1642 catheters (implant and reimplant) have been used; principally endocardic (95%) and monopolar (85%).
  • (20) The authors present a technique of endovesical transposition of the urethra with orthotopic reimplantation of latter.

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