What's the difference between nervure and subcostal?
Nervure
Definition:
(n.) One of the nerves of leaves.
(n.) One of the chitinous supports, or veins, in the wings of incests.
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Subcostal
Definition:
(a.) Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles.
(n.) A subcostal muscle.
(n.) One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect. It is situated next beneath or behind the costal. See Nervure.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
(2) Twenty-five patients undergoing cholecystectomy (subcostal incision), nephrectomy or mastectomy were included in the study.
(3) During the newborn and suckling age periods the spleen is projected in three regions: in the epigastrum, in the left subcostal and in the left lateral areas of the abdomen, and during early infancy--only in the left subcostal and in the left lateral area of the abdomen.
(4) Exposure to the retroperitoneal space may be improved by performing thoracotomy through the 8th rib bed rather than the 9th or 10th and by combining a subcostal incision with the standard longitudinal abdominal incision.
(5) This was found in the classical subcostal position in 16.6%, in the midzone in 73% and in the inferior supracostal position in 10%.
(6) The challenge lies in adequate visualization of the hepatic veins by use of the standard subcostal approach.
(7) Right subcostal pain, meteorism, and nausea due to faulty diet showed a slight difference in favour of the laparoscopic method when compared to traditional surgery.
(8) Standard and modified off-axis 2-dimensional echocardiographic views from parasternal, apical and subcostal windows correctly identified this defect in 14 of the 15 patients.
(9) The operations were cholecystectomy or choledocholithotomy through a subcostal incision, partial gastric resection, repair of a diaphragmatic hernia or vagotomy through a midline incision.
(10) During summer Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is prevalent in the subcostal part of Croatia (North Dalmatia) as well as in other areas of the Mediterranean coast.
(11) The approach was a subcostal chevron incision coupled with a midline sternotomy.
(12) Aim of our study was to assess if the 2D-Echo transverse diameter of the left hepatic vein (LHV) obtained from the subcostal approach is correlated with invasive mean right atrial pressure (RAP).
(13) The presence of bridging leaflet tissue and the number of AV valve orifices were determined with use of a subcostal imaging plane.
(14) The anatomical spread of a mixture of a local anaesthetic and a radio-opaque fluid following the single injection technique at the ninth intercostal space or at the subcostal space was evaluated by computerized x-ray tomography (CT).
(15) The communication of the coronary fistula to the receiving cardiac chamber was demonstrated in two cases (right atrium: 1 case, left atrium: 1 case, on apical and subcostal views.
(16) The authors conclude that the known difference in postoperative pulmonary complications between midline vs. subcostal incisions is not caused by the studied intraoperative events.
(17) By the subcostal approach, the right ventricle outflow tract including the pulmonary vessels was visualized in 85% of the patients.
(18) In the 2nd case the patient developed a fever and tenderness localized to the right subcostal area.
(19) In one pt with TF the detailed anatomy of RVOT, MPA and pulmonic arteries could be clearly imaged in fashion resembling standard echocardiographic subcostal short axis view.
(20) Implantation of the device can be achieved through a thoracotomy or by a subxiphoid or a subcostal approach.