What's the difference between pollicate and thumb?
Pollicate
Definition:
(a.) Having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint; -- said of insects.
Example Sentences:
(1) Finally, secondary reconstruction techniques are presented, always compared with classical techniques (free 2nd toe transfer versus pollicization).
(2) Based on 25 years of experience (1960-1984) with 188 cases, six approaches to thumb reconstruction are categorized as follows: pollicization using the index finger; pollicization using a finger stump; free transplant of a toe to reconstruct the thumb; reconstruction of the thumb by bone grafting and free flap transfer from the great toe with the nail; reconstruction of the thumb by turning up the skin over the dorsum of the stump and lengthening with bone grafting, and reconstruction of the thumb with bone grafting and tubular skin grafting.
(3) In our experience, pollicization provides the most rapid and effective means of restoration of thumb function in the severe pediatric hand burn with multiple digit loss.
(4) The authors analysed the results of two series of patients treated either by lengthening (16 cases) or digital pollicization (45 cases).
(5) Eighteen free second toe were used for pollicization other than the conventional method.
(6) Four patients with pollicization of the index finger were presented.
(7) 149-172) has attributed the morphologically similar SK 84 and SKX 5020 hominid first metacarpals to Homo erectus and Australopithecus robustus, respectively, and has inferred that both species exhibited derived pollical morphologies, indicating refined precision grips.
(8) The pollicized digit was used in the manner of a normal thumb or in modified fashion in 84% of 14 defined activities, with increased use for handling large objects (92%) and less use for small objects (77%).
(9) Grades III, IV, and V require pollicization, a procedure that has become more sophisticated by attention to skin flap design, intrinsic transfer, and positioning of the head of the second metacarpal.
(10) Extensor pollices brevis and flexor pollices longus contribute minimally in abduction-adduction.
(11) In total amputations, one may choose osteoplastic reconstruction, pollicization, or toe-to-hand transfer.
(12) In addition, differences in distal pollical ulnar deviation at the IP joint appeared to make little difference in the mechanical advantage comparisons.
(13) The index finger is preferred because it can be pollicized without palmar scar or tendons, vessels, or nerves crossing over.
(14) In amputations of the thumb associated with lesions of other digits, pollicization is not feasible; in these cases, the authors recommend a toe transplant using micro-surgical technique.
(15) Thumb length, so important for prehension and opposition, can be restored by phalangealization, pollicization, or toe-to-thumb transfer.
(16) Osteoplastic reconstruction for the middle zone and index finger pollicization for proximal thumb loss are considered to be most useful methods of thumb reconstruction if microsurgical facilities are not available.
(17) Forty pollicizations of index fingers were done to correct congenitally absent or nonfunctioning thumbs in patients who were younger than 16 years old.
(18) The surgeon and parents must realize that additional operative procedures may be required to enhance the function of the pollicized digit.
(19) The method, technique and anatomy of index pollicization is discussed, and representative cases presented for congenital absence of the thumb and for traumatic amputation of the thumb.
(20) The conclusions about the indications for the two techniques are as follows: When the amputation is proximal and the sole lesion, pollicization of the ring finger is preferred.
Thumb
Definition:
(n.) The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.
(v. t.) To handle awkwardly.
(v. t.) To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
(v. t.) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.
(v. i.) To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
Example Sentences:
(1) Seventy-five hands showed normal distal latency, in which cases, however, the SNCV of the ring finger was always outside the normal range, while the SNCVs of the thumb, index and middle fingers were abnormal in 64%, 80% and 92% of cases respectively.
(2) The anesthesiologist assessed the degree of neuromuscular blockade intraoperatively prior to pharmacologic reversal either by the standard method of visually counting the number of evoked thumb twitches elicited by supramaximal train-of-four stimulation of the ulnar nerve (i.e., thumb train-of-four count), or by an alternative method such as 1) visually counting the number of evoked orbicularis oculi muscle twitches elicited by supramaximal train-of-four stimulation of the facial nerve, or 2) observing the patient for clinical evidence of partial recovery (e.g., swallowing or attempts to breathe).
(3) At the end of each session, he is forced to don a pair of blackened goggles, ear muffs are placed over his head, and he is ordered to place the palms of his hands together so that a guard can grasp his thumbs to lead him away.
(4) Considering the large number of procedures designed for the thumb trapeziometacarpal (TMC) joint, it is evident that none are completely satisfactory.
(5) Osteocutaneous flaps from the foot are being utilized more for thumb and digit reconstruction.
(6) The patient had associated congenital abnormalities of urethral stricture, hypoplastic thumb, and absent radial pulse.
(7) The power users and early adopters of these apps, the ones you're most likely to see tapping their thumbs over a tiny screen, are under 25.
(8) Tiny, tiny... rodents – some soft and grey, some brown with black stripes, in paintings, posters, wallcharts, thumb-tacked magazine clippings and poorly executed crayon drawings, hurling themselves fatally in their thousands over the cliff of their island home; or crudely taxidermied and mounted, eyes glazed and little paws frozen stiff – on every available surface.
(9) My rule of thumb is that if you see a commentator or politician praising a dictatorship, plutocrat or corporation, the best course is to assume that they have been got at unless they can prove otherwise.
(10) These variations could have an influence on proprioception in the thumb ray.
(11) The patient regained good movement at the interphalangeal joint of the thumb.
(12) Sixteen patients obtained full, independent thumb-index finger extension, three had fair function, and two obtained thumb-index extension by tenodesis of the transfer.
(13) Reversals of field direction showed a shift from lateral inferior to medial superior for thumb to little finger.
(14) Informed understanding of the likely progressive development of index-middle finger scissoring, pronation of the index ray with spontaneous broadening of the pulp, and the deteriorating use of an existing hypoplastic thumb may make the decision for ablation easier for parents.
(15) Two cases of thumb replantation and one of finger revascularization complicated by Aeromonas hydrophila infection are reported.
(16) The palmar digital nerves to the thumb were constant in position and course, with a short lateral cutaneous branch from the radial palmar digital nerve in 30 per cent of cases.
(17) Tactile stimuli were applied to the right index fingertip at intervals ranging from 63 to 1,000 msec after the completion of rapid thumb movement.
(18) In six patients with defective sensibility of the thumb the transfer of a neurovascular island flap was performed according to Littler's technique.
(19) In this discussion we have evaluated in detail the surgical treatment indicated for wrist, metacarpophalangeal joint, and thumb deformities.
(20) To the best of our knowledge it is the first reported case of false aneurysm involving the thumb.