(a.) Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries.
Example Sentences:
(1) A nephrectomy through the lumbal flank incision on the right side was performed on February 28, 1984, and histopathological diagnosis was renal leiomyosarcoma.
(2) According to the management of deliveries, they were spontaneous, assisted by oxytocin drop infusion (n = 10) or under lumbal peridural anaesthesia + oxytocin drop infusion (n = 8).
(3) Dense inclusions in Schwann's cells and satellite cells of the sensory ganglia were found by an electron microscope in the examined peripheral nerves (n. ischiadicus) and sensory ganglia (g. lumbale and g. trigeminale--Gasseri).
(4) We investigated the presence of abbreviations of the muscles of the pelvi-femoral muscular tissue, the calf flexors of leg, short back extensors as wall as the muscles strength of the abdominal wall, because the present abbreviation and decrease of muscle strength indicate bad posture of body which is presents the foundation of the lumbal syndrome.
(5) Acupuncture steel needles situated in the thoracal, lumbal, sacral region and in the region above the symphysis were stimulated by a rectangular impulse current.
(6) In the normal CNS this structural specificity was displayed in the selective activation of the cross-situated hemicenters in the cervical and lumbal regions (for example in the left part of the cervical and in the right part of the lumbal region).
(7) The previous strict separation between water soluble, ionised media for the lumbal canal and oily media for the lumbosacral junction as well as the thoracic and cervical canal is no longer necessary.
(8) By analysing 15 patients we could some to the conclusion that CNS fluid pressure, measured in lumbal did not follow the appearance of preretinal hemorragies.
(9) After the suction lesion of the motor areas in the left hemisphere the increase of the low-molecular weight FPA activity in the right half of the lumbal region of the spinal cord was observed.
(10) All present abbreviations as well as decreased muscular strength point to the necessity of early detection and treatment of these phenomenon in the prevention of lumbal syndrome.
(11) In pelvis the value did not differ between four spongy bone localizations but the mean value was significantly lower than for the other spongy bones (thoracal column, lumbal column and clavicle).
(12) The results of 178 transabdominal and 79 lumbal nephrectomies were compared, based on a consecutive series of patients with renal adenocarcinoma.
(13) Mean nerve root diameters of thoracal, lumbal and sacral roots have been determined and the corresponding cross section areas calculated.
(14) Vasoactive intestinal peptide immunoreactive (VIP-IR) nerve fibres and terminals, neurons and small granule containing cells were observed in human lumbal sympathetic ganglia.
(15) It is remarkable that both the bladder's and the Ki-6 loci belong to the lumbal 4 spinal segment.
(16) The inner surface of canine abdominal aorta was not be fully inspected because of retrograde blood flow from the renal and lumbal arteries, but by blocking the proximal and distal blood flow using Fogarty catheters that of canine iliac artery including a flap of intima of 1mm diameter could be successfully observed.
(17) mesonephridicae lumbales (V. ovarica and its branches), or from the segmental, visceral veins of the pelvis (V. uterina and Vv.
(18) The mass was supplied by the left lumbal arteries on the aortogram.
(19) By neurophysiological examination, a lesion of the lumbal plexus and the peripheral nerves of the lower extremities were excluded.
(20) Tumor cells, relevant for diagnosis, from lumbal and suboccipital liquor could be shown.
Lumbar
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Lumbal
Example Sentences:
(1) Sixteen patients were operated on for lumbar pain and pain radiating into the sciatic nerve distribution.
(2) Two cases of posterior lumbar vertebral rim fracture and associated disc protrusion in adolescents are presented.
(3) The electrical stimulation of the tail associated to a restraint condition of the rat produces a significant increase of immunoreactive DYN in cervical, thoracic and lumbar segments of spinal cord, therefore indicating a correlative, if not causal, relationship between the spinal dynorphinergic system and aversive stimuli.
(4) The results of operative lumbar sympathectomy for both intermittent claudication and rest pain in 153 patients have been reviewed.
(5) Thirty-seven patients with retinoblastoma were evaluated prospectively by clinical examination, lumbar puncture, and CT.
(6) The subjects underwent a lumbar puncture and three nights of polysomnography.
(7) The prevalence of spondylolisthesis was found to be 5.1%, lumbarization 6.0%, sacralization 5.5% and low intercrestal line 56.9%.
(8) The correlation of posterior intervertebral (facet) joint tropism (asymmetry), degenerative facet disease, and intervertebral disc disease was reviewed in a retrospective study of magnetic resonance images of the lumbar spine from 100 patients with complaints of low back pain and sciatica.
(9) Lumbosacral spine films revealed only minimal degenerative changes, while lumbar myelogram showed L4-L5 and L5-S1 ventral extradural defects.
(10) A traumatic factor in the aetiology of the AVM was also discussed, since the patient had had two preceding episodes of traffic accidents with cranial and lumbar injury.
(11) Limb abnormalities included lumbar scoliosis, short malformed tibias and fibulas, and polydactyly.
(12) Lumbar dorsal columns showed only a mild fiber loss, and no fiber loss was observed in lumbar dorsal roots.
(13) The BMD of the 2nd to 4th lumbar vertebrae was measured and the mean density presented as g cm-2.
(14) This study concluded that inverted positioning for short periods significantly increased spinal length and reduced emg activity of the superficial lumbar area musculature of normal males.
(15) This study compared 50 patients with lumbar facet fractures and continued pain after lumbar laminectomy with a postlaminectomy control group without facet fractures.
(16) CT possesses some advantages over roentgenography in the diagnosis of degenerative vertebral diseases and can be recommended as the principal method together with roentgenography for investigation of patients with lumbar pains.
(17) Low values of HVA in lumbar CSF were found in all patients with reduced CSF absorption and CSF flow inversion.
(18) We analyzed 80 consecutive cases of lumbar disc herniation who underwent an extraperitoneal anterolateral discectomy according to clinical and radiologic parameters.
(19) Both placental and blood-lumbar CSF transfer of diazepam (5 mg orally) and its two metabolites, N-desmethyldiazepam and unconjugated oxazepam, was measured (by GLC) in 15 patients undergoing Caesarean section under spinal analgesia.
(20) The rate of symptomatic relief was 81.3% (75 cases) for rheumatoid arthritis, 72.4% (29 cases) for osteoarthritis, 76.5% (34 cases) for herniations of lumbar discs and 93% (91 cases) for mild post-operative pain.