(n.) A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection, that of the fibula the external.
(n.) " A layer, " a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through.
Example Sentences:
(1) Five cases of mycetoma of bone involving patella, shaft of tibia, medial malleolus, calcaneum and phalanx of great toe are presented.
(2) We assessed the function of the posterior malleolus, the anterior tibiofibular ligament, and the fibula with regard to posterior stability of the talus in ten ankles of cadavera.
(3) A prospective randomized investigation of early versus late weight bearing in 46 patients with fracture of the lateral malleolus was performed.
(4) Fifty-nine Salter-Harris III and IV lesions of the medial malleolus, Tillaux fractures, and triplane fractures were examined after 9 (3-32) years to assess the frequency of late symptoms, deformity, joint incongruity, and secondary arthrosis.
(5) We suggest that the possibility of a stress fracture be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients who present with 1) chronic or subacute pain over the medial malleolus and ankle effusion, and 2) a history of running activity at the time of injury or running activities aggravating the pain.
(6) The stimulation of the N. tibialis was affected at the Malleolus medialis using surface electrodes; the derivation was likewise conducted according to the ten-twenty system using surface electrodes.
(7) Two patients developed a complete fracture of the medial malleolus.
(8) A case report on an obviously rare combined injury of a fracture of the malleolus medialis and a traumatic dislocation of a peroneal tendon at the left ankle joint in a female patient of 20 years of age.
(9) The pain is the result of compression of the peroneal tendons or abutment between the calcaneus and the lateral malleolus.
(10) Authors describe the operative treatment of a tangential tissue defect with severe crush in the region of the external malleolus.
(11) A branch of the sciatic nerve was stimulated with voltage impulses of constant amplitude (40 V) and duration (0.1 msec) at the right external malleolus.
(12) This is achieved by inserting the outer layer underneath a dorsally displaced, bony lamella of the outer malleolus.
(13) The diagnosis of bony lesions of the medial malleolus might be easy by X-ray, but ligament lesions of the medial ankle joint can be diagnosed easily too be using the stress X-ray controlling the medial talar tilt as a sign of medial instability.
(14) This condition can be corrected by osteotomizing the lateral malleolus and restoring the integrity of the distal tibiofibular joint by pulling the lateral malleolus distally and internally rotating it.
(15) The signs and symptoms were a tender nodule behind the medial malleolus and a "trigger toe" as well as pain radiating up the lower leg.
(16) In the CIT group, vibratory perception threshold (VPT) of the great toe and the medial malleolus deteriorated, as did heart rate variation (HRV) at rest, at deep breathing (.05 less than P less than .06), and at standing.
(17) All were located in the subchondral bone adjacent to a joint and most frequently involved the hip, the ankle (medial malleolus), the knee and the carpal bones.
(18) We have also used this flap to cover defects around the medial malleolus without any delay (extended lateral calcaneal artery island flap).
(19) An anatomical study of the medial malleolus and the deltoid ligament of the ankle on fresh and formalin preserved legs of cadavera and amputation specimens has been carried out.
(20) Clinical and radiological features of 16 horses with fractures of the lateral malleolus of the tibia are reported.
Malleus
Definition:
(n.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far.
(n.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
(n.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
Example Sentences:
(1) Unfortunately, both the malleus and the stapes have to be in good position to use this type of reconstruction making it much less common than other forms of ossiculoplasty.
(2) These complications are of much higher frequency than after tympanoplasty with autograft, and indications for tympano-ossicular homografts are now limited to total tympanic destruction with absence of handle of malleus.
(3) In our series of 31 patients, it was found that severe conductive hearing loss, abundant pale granulations, and denuded malleus handle are constant findings and, in our opinion, are significant clinical features of the pathology.
(4) The observed pattern of development in nonirradiated specimens was the following: hypertrophy of the rostral process and endochondral-type ossification, fibrous atrophy in the midsection, and mineralization of the malleus and incus.
(5) The position, displacement and phase angle of the rotation axis of the ossicles was calculated based on the displacement and phase angle of the umbo, malleus head and lenticular process.
(6) The reshaped incus is repositioned between the malleus handle and oval window when the stapes is fixed and there also exists a lateral ossicular chain defect.
(7) The malleus exhibits a handle separated from its head and keeping a persistant relationship with the tubotympanic recess.
(8) The position of the normal-shaped mobile stapes was just medial, and not posteromedial, to the malleus.
(9) This paper presents the authors' experiences with one method of reconstruction of the tympanic membrane when it is totally absent or when there is a fixed, retracted, defective, or absent malleus.
(10) pseudomallei only, and with it, it is possible to resolve the immunological problem of distinguishing diagnosis between Malleus and Melioidosis.
(11) At high levels, the attachment is less intimate, most of the fibers appearing to pass lateral to the malleus handle.
(12) Temporal fascia placed medially to the tympanic remnants with the malleus handle exteriorized has been used successfully in over 1,200 tympanoplasties with adequate conization of the drumhead produced in most cases.
(13) All points on the tympanic membrane vibrate in phase with the malleus up to a frequency of 1 kHz.
(14) A review of 62 cases of blockage of head of malleus showed that apart from secondary lesions (post-traumatic, postoperative, postinfectious), primary blockades were a definite entity.
(15) Measurements of tympanic membrane surface area; depth of the tympanic membrane cone; the lengths of the malleus and incus long processes; and stapes footplate, annular space, and oval window areas were obtained using video micrographs and computer digitization techniques.
(16) These procedures, short and long "L-shaped" assemblies, used for patients without a malleus, resulted in a mean 27 dB bone-air gap postoperatively.
(17) Thus, disarticulation of ossicles can be localized precisely, and fixation of the head of the malleus can be differentiated from stapes fixation.
(18) However, conventional atticotomy was not able to achieve improvement in the mobility of the ossicles because the mobility is usually severely restricted at the malleus.
(19) We report on a 5-year experience with 44 patients (1980-1985) with incus interposition using a modelled or sculptured incus, either autograft or homograft, to correct ossicular discontinuity when a functional malleus and stapes are present.
(20) Meckel's cartilage appeared as a single, continuous fibrous structure lying between the mandibular lingula and the malleus of the middle ear in fetuses of 210 mm crown-rump length (22 weeks of age) and over.