(n.) A change in the letters or syllables of a word.
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Prothesis
Definition:
(n.) A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church.
(n.) See Prosthesis.
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(1) Mitral valve replacement with the Smeloff-Cutter (S-C) prothesis was performed in 154 patients between September, 1965, and January, 1970.
(2) It is presented the experience in the first 60 patients with duramater's prothesis.
(3) Then anteromedial, posteromedial and intermedial fibers were replaced by an artificial ligament made from Aramid (one to three bundle prothesis) and length changes of the remaining ligaments investigated.
(4) The prothesis is in two parts, each forming a segment of a right circular cylinder with a single axis of rotation.
(5) The prothesis, implanted for 20 months, was patent and was completely healed over 32% of the flow surface--that is, full wall fibrous tissue encapsulation of the graft had occurred, and 32% of the flow surface was endothelialized.
(6) The TI was left untreated in 84, corrected by semi-circular annuloplasty in 39, and corrected by a prothesis in 28, by a Carpentier ring in 6, and by Kay's plasty in 2.
(7) In the triturating area the verticality of the interalveolar axis is necessary for the stability of the cusp-fossa relationship in centric occlusion and for the stability of the prothesis during mastication.
(8) The magnets present several advantages tied to the conservation of the roots as the maintenance of the proprioception, the conservation of the socket bone, the strengthening of the remaining teeth and the psychological comfort for the patient, others tied to the technique itself as the simplicity of realization, the easiness of insertion and removal of the prothesis and the absence of wear.
(9) In extremely dysplastic hips the implantation of Judet's prothesis is rather simple, following the described technique.
(10) A further patient who sat on a hard object developed a lesion of the prothesis with resulting incontinence.
(11) Our results, as corroborated by the oesophagograms and the post-operative weight gain, showed that this prothesis functioned satisfactorily for up to 6 weeks observation period.
(12) 2 Total replacement of the femur with hip and knee arthroplasty using Dr Delepine massive growth prothesis.
(13) Mitral valve repair by means of the Carpentier ring was done once, valve replacement once (Starr-Edwards prothesis).
(14) Additional 5 patients were reoperated because of an infected valve prothesis.
(15) The subcutaneous mastectomy with implantation of prothesis is performed today in cases of fibrocystic diseases with atypical epithelial proliferations, in cases with recurrend fibrocystic disease, with non-invasive ductal carcinoma and lobular carcinoma in situ.
(16) The Authors report their experience on 50 patients suffering from inguinal hernia and treated with a plastic surgery operation preceded by subfascial introduction of a Silastic-Dacron prothesis.
(17) In the present study we report on the surgical replacement of the thoracic portion of oesophageal muscularis by a synthetic carbon fibre (CF) prothesis in a rabbit model.
(18) The patients use prothesis with the support on the end of the stump, and walk without the walking-stick.
(19) Prosthetic loosening and stem fractures have been the most frequently encountered complications of knee arthroplasties using the Guepar Hinged prothesis.
(20) The prothesis has been applied both as femoro-popliteal bypass graft and as arteriovenous shunt for hemodialysis in patients suffering from chronic renal failure.