(n.) The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
(n.) The thing interposed.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eighty interposition mesocaval shunts, using a knitted Dacron large diameter prosthesis, have been performed during the past five and one-half years.
(2) Higher rates are reported by individual clinicians, and our recent in vitro wear tests of Proplast II Teflon interpositional implants suggest an in vivo service life of only 3 years.
(3) Apart from the interposition of the colon between the liver and the diaphragm, no other pathological changes were found.
(4) A study of 78 cases of gastrectomy in which two reconstruction procedures Roux-en-Y + pouch and interposition + pouch were compared and which is still in progress, yielded the following results: 1.
(5) Ten centimeter long, 4 mm internal diameter segments of an unreinforced, experimental PTFE graft were implanted into 36 mongrel dogs as carotid interpositions.
(6) We successfully applied it in the treatment of eight fractures of the shafts of the femur or tibia which would not unite because of infection, soft tissue interposition or gross incongruity of fragments.
(7) Enterovesical fistulas affect mainly male patients, due to the interposition of the uterus in women.
(8) In situations requiring interposition graft placement for reestablishment of distal flow in small arteries and veins, PTFE grafts appear to be an acceptable prosthesis.
(9) A surgical technique consisting of reconstruction of the perineal body (perineoplasty) with puborectalis interposition and overlapping external sphincteroplasty is described to correct the defect and restore continence.
(10) Recurrence was noted after 20 months, and an excision of the cyst and a segment of the common femoral artery with graft interposition was required.
(11) The therapeutical approach with only 12% recurrences is a segmental interposition.
(12) Twelve adult rhesus monkeys underwent bilateral resection of a portion of the peroneal nerve followed by placement of autogenous sural nerve interposition fascicular grafts.
(13) Provided no gross infection exists and prompt debridement and drainage are obtained, an "in situ" interposition graft is adequate.
(14) Capillaries and small arterioles or venules, ranging from 8-50 microns in diameter, showed perikarya and dendrites abutting the basement membrane without evidence of glial interposition.
(15) After three months, the D-xylose absorption in the colon interpositioned animals was nearly equal to that of normal monkeys.
(16) The vital composite hyoid bone-muscle graft interposition technique offers a promising method for the solution of difficult cases of glottic, subglottic, and tracheal stenosis.
(17) With the increased nationwide incidence of major vascular injuries, the need for interposition grafting has become quite common in major trauma centers.
(18) The intraluminal surface of interposition connectos which are introduced for the quick vascular connection of microsurgical free flaps was coated by heparin.
(19) Because of the interposition of bony structures, extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) of middle or iliac ureteral calculi is not feasible in the conventional supine position.
(20) The significance of radical removal of the ankylotic bone, as well as the advantages of the interpositioning of the lyophilized cartilage, are emphasized.
Intervention
Definition:
(n.) The act of intervening; interposition.
(n.) Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation.
(n.) The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.
Example Sentences:
(1) In dogs, cibenzoline given i.v., had no effects on the slow response systems, probably because of sympathetic nervous system intervention since the class 4 effects of cibenzoline appeared after beta-adrenoceptor blockade.
(2) On the basis of 180 interventions, they describe in detail the use of fibrin glue in myringo- and tympanoplasty for correct fixing of grafts.
(3) As important providers of health care education, nurses need to be fully informed of the research findings relevant to effective interventions designed to motivate health-related behavior change.
(4) Results in May 89 emphasizes: the relevance and urgency of the prevention of AIDS in secondary schools; the importance of the institutional aspect for the continuity of the project; the involvement of the pupils and the trainers for the processus; the feasibility of an intervention using only local resources.
(5) Benefits increase with an individual's initial cholesterol level and decrease with the age at which an intervention is initiated.
(6) Many features of CFTR activity suggest that pharmacological interventions may be possible.
(7) The methodology, in algorithm form, should assist health planners in developing objectives and actions related to the occurrence of selected health status indicators and should be amenable to health care interventions.
(8) In conclusion, autoimmune thyroiditis in an animal model can be prevented by reducing thyroidal iodine or its metabolism and optimal effects require intervention at the embryonic stage.
(9) We found no statistically significant difference in one-year, biochemically validated, sustained cessation rates between the group offered the long-term follow-up visits (12.5%) and the group given the brief intervention (10.2%).
(10) The experiences with short-time psychotherapies described here are encouraging and confirm results of other groups demonstrating the efficiency of psychotherapeutic interventions with the elderly.
(11) Survival and healing of "extremely severe" grade intoxication can only be obtained through a surgical intervention within the first hours; a laparotomy will indicate the depth of the lesions, which is not determined by endoscopy, and will consist of Celerier's stripping method and if necessary a gastrectomy, more seldom a cephalic duodeno-pancreatectomy.
(12) Occupational income per patient was higher in intervention patients than in the usual care group in the 6 months after AMI ($9,655 vs $7,553).
(13) The morbidity is well known and if properly anticipated can be reduced to a minimum by judicious use of antibacterial agents and early surgical intervention when appropriate.
(14) Ex-patients of a dental fear clinic were found to have significantly reduced, yet still high, dental anxiety scores in comparison with the pre-intervention scores.
(15) After an introductory note on primary preventive intervention of breast cancer during adulthood, the author defends and extends a hypothesis that relates most of the known risk factors for this disease to the development of preneoplastic lesions in the breast.
(16) It is concluded that based on readily available clinical criteria at the time of admission, a subgroup of patients at low risk for developing life-threatening complications requiring coronary care unit interventions can be identified and admitted directly to an intermediate-care unit.
(17) A therapeutic approach is suggested which emphasizes specific antibiotic regimens appropriate to the primary site of infection and prompt neurosurgical intervention with evacuation of the subdural spaces bilaterally.
(18) The need for follow-up studies is stressed to allow assessment of the effectiveness of the intervention and to search for protective factors, successful coping skills, strategies and adaptational resources.
(19) Families were randomly assigned to one of two forms of conjoint therapy: an Insight-oriented treatment (N = 10) or a Problem-Solving intervention (N = 10).
(20) Implications for assessment intervention and prevention were discussed and further research suggested.