(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
(a.) Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.
(n.) The navicular bone.
Example Sentences:
(1) Operative treatment was used 22 times (5 sesamoid fractures, 5 midtibial fractures, 5 metatarsal V base fractures, 3 tarsal navicular fractures, 3 olecranon fractures, and 1 proximal tibial shaft fracture).
(2) These external rotational deformities are due to two unrecognized and untreated combined deformities within the hindfoot and mid-foot: hindfoot varus and talo-navicular subluxation.
(3) Although a diagnosis of navicular disease was sometimes made when only soft tissue-phase or only bone-phase scintigraphy revealed lesions, results obtained during the 2 phases generally were similar.
(4) : Congenital deformity of the foot with tarsi-transversa dislocation or subluxation involving mainly the talo-navicular joint.
(5) The source of a previously described radiolucent crescent in the flexor cortex of the distal sesamoid (navicular) bone on the palmaro45 degrees proximal-palmarodistal oblique (Pa45 degrees Pr-PaDio) clinical radiographic projection was investigated in 48 forelimb navicular bones from 24 Thoroughbreds by use of high-detail radiography and x-ray computed tomography (CT).
(6) Ninety patients were enrolled; 54 fractures of the navicular were evident on initial four-view radiography.
(7) The origin and course of the collateral sesamoidean (suspensory navicular) ligament of the horse and ass and its attachment to the distal sesamoid bone were studied by means of dissection.
(8) Other applications, the discussion of which is beyond the scope of this article, include evaluation of the pastern for injuries to the SDF, DDF, and oblique sesamoidean ligament, and evaluation of the navicular bursae.
(9) The navicular bone, navicular bursa and their associated structures were collected from 20 horses ranging in age from 80 days gestation to 2 years post-gestation.
(10) Of 14 patients with navicular tuberosity avulsion, seven had damage to the anterior process of the calcaneum at the calcaneocuboid joint--possibly the result of an occult subluxation of the midtarsal joint.
(11) Two cases of isolated fracture and dorsal dislocation of the tarsal navicular are reported.
(12) Carpal navicular fracture is the most common wrist bone fracture.
(13) Surgical treatment consists of excision of the accessory navicular with its synchondrosis, without transposition of the posterior tibial tendon.
(14) The extent of decrease of skeletal loading was thirty per cent of body weight when the walking heel was placed slightly distal to the navicular bone.
(15) Occlusion of the R. navicularis and its branching arteries creates changes, arteriographically and histologically, which resemble those of navicular disease.
(16) No correlation was found between radiological evidence of the extent of navicular disease and severity of lameness or response to treatment.
(17) Common areas of pedal fracture including the metatarsal bones and, less frequently, the navicular, calcaneus, and other rearfoot entities are reviewed.
(18) Talo-navicular movements were constantly preserved, as well as that of the sub-talar joint, except in six cases where it was slightly diminished.
(19) A radiolucent stripe, cast by a thin collection of fat paralleling the lateral surface of the navicular bone, was seen in 96 percent of 400 normal wrists examined because of trauma.
(20) 258 fresh and old navicular fractures and pseudarthroses are analysed with regard to conservative and operative treatment.
Scaphoid
Definition:
(a.) Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped.
(n.) The scaphoid bone.
Example Sentences:
(1) The scaphoid silicone implant bore significant, although less, load than the normal scaphoid.
(2) A 31-year-old man was found to have a diffuse infection of the wrist and osteomyelitis of the scaphoid caused by Mycobacterium kansasii.
(3) Two of them, the radiocapitate and deep radioscapholunate, insert on the scaphoid, whereas the collateral ligament courses to the distal pole of the scaphoid.
(4) It is concluded that scintigraphy is of value in carpal trauma not only to exclude scaphoid fracture but also to direct the attention to the possibility of other carpal fractures, otherwise usually missed.
(5) Successful treatment of scaphoid nonunions with screw fixation and cast-free after-treatment does not depend on the implant used but rather on careful case selection and precise surgical technique.
(6) The Herbert bone screw was initially developed for management of fractures of the carpal scaphoid.
(7) Forty-three patients with scaphoid pseudarthrosis were surgically treated using the Matti-Russe technique.
(8) We describe a personal technique for the treatment of scaphoid non-union, consisting of styloidectomy of the radius associated with axial perforation of the scaphoid, emptying of the bone, filling it again by cancellous bone taken from the styloid and securing it with a peg obtained from the cortex of the same styloid.
(9) The present authors have had encouraging results in the treatment of painful pseudarthrosis of the carpal scaphoid bone using wedge osteotomy on the lower end of the radius.
(10) It has been the policy of the accident and emergency department in Leicester to treat all clinically suspected fractures of the carpal scaphoid in plaster for 2 weeks, even after negative radiology.
(11) We reviewed 24 patients treated for an acute fracture or a nonunion of the scaphoid bone using the Herbert screw.
(12) Definitive preoperative determination of the healing potential of scaphoid nonunions may then be possible, thereby aiding the surgeon's choice of the appropriate surgical procedure.
(13) The purpose of this paper is to review and comment on the relevant publications as they relate to the biomechanical properties of the screw, to its use in the management of scaphoid fractures and to other applications in surgery of the hand.
(14) Bone scan and sagittal projection CT of the scaphoid was performed in 10 patients with clinically suspected scaphoid fractures.
(15) The second technique used the orientation of the proximal articular surface relative to the distal articular surface of the scaphoid.
(16) According to the literature, a fresh fracture of the scaphoid should first be treated conservatively.
(17) The higher incidence of complications with the displaced scaphoid fracture suggests that an anatomic reduction is essential.
(18) This is a preliminary report of eight cases in which an allograft was used to replace half of the scaphoid.
(19) X-rays showed an area of osteochondritis dissecans in the proximal pole on the right scaphoid.
(20) Fractures of the scaphoid are provided with screws.