(n.) The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum.
(v. i.) To fall down or out; to protrude.
Example Sentences:
(1) In conclusion, abdominal Marlex-mesh rectopexy can be recommended as safe and effective treatment for rectal prolapse, despite some patients developing constipation and some remaining incontinent.
(2) There were two postoperative stomal prolapses, one of which necessitated reoperation.
(3) Faecal incontinence may be due to a trauma, a rectal prolapse, or a neurological disorder.
(4) Iris prolapse did not interfere with the procedure.
(5) Echocardiograms showed good left ventricular function and a large coil of apparent thrombus in the right atrium prolapsing into the right ventricle.
(6) It was not related to a greater degree of dilatation of the tricuspid ring but to more severe septal and right ventricular infarction causing prolapse of the septal and posterior septal leaflets into the right atrium.
(7) Two treatment policies for rectal prolapse were prospectively assessed between April 1986 and January 1989.
(8) The diagnostic accuracy of CT in cases of lumbar disk prolapse was investigated on the basis of a group of 158 of our own patients who were divided into three separate groups.
(9) Findings consistent with aortic regurgitation were identified in 8, and 18 had mitral valve prolapse.
(10) Posterior mitral valve leaflet prolapse is not a frequent anomaly in routinely performed left ventriculography.
(11) For patient management, use of an auscultatory classification may be preferable to the technically generated term "mitral valve prolapse."
(12) Of these 65 donors, 46 had normal studies, nine had pericardial effusions, five had mild septal hypokinesia with otherwise normal function, four had equivocal mitral valve prolapse, and only one heart could not be visualized.
(13) Echocardiography revealed no difference in left ventricular mass index nor prevalence of mitral valve prolapse.
(14) IVP in both the cases of irreducible prolapse and retention of urine revealed hydroureter and hydronephrosis bilaterally.
(15) Recurrence of full-thickness rectal prolapse was found in only 2 patients-(1.5 percent).
(16) This conclusion has been drawn by the authors of this paper from their own therapeutic results obtained from 37 cases of anorectal prolapse in childhood, with therapeutic sclerosing being used in 23 instances.
(17) Forty-seven of the 55 patients (85%) had symptomatic genital prolapse as an indication for trachelectomy.
(18) Echocardiography allowed preoperative classification of MI in 4 groups: Group 1 (n = 46) with prolapse of the posterior leaflet; Group 2 (n = 4) with prolapse of the anterior leaflet; Group 3 (n = 8) with prolapse of both mitral leaflets; Group 4 (n = 2) with abnormalities of the mitral annulus alone.
(19) In the remainder a wide spectrum of abnormalities was found such as prolapse of the mitral valve (in 13.6%), bicuspid aortal valve with a medium regurgitation (4.5%), hypoplasia of the coronary cusp of the aortal valve (4.5%), dilatation of the ascending aorta with a residual significant stenosis at the site after operation of coarctation of the thoracic aorta (4.5%), subaortal defect of the interventricular septum (4.5%) and slight left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with arterial hypertension (9.1%).
(20) Previous studies have shown that systolic annular nonplanarity can cause apparent prolapse in the four chamber view without actual leaflet displacement above the most superior points of the anulus, and there is evidence for such nonplanarity in vivo.
Protrusion
Definition:
(n.) The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.
(n.) The state of being protruded, or thrust forward.
Example Sentences:
(1) Excessive lip protrusion was eliminated, and arch leveled.
(2) Two cases of posterior lumbar vertebral rim fracture and associated disc protrusion in adolescents are presented.
(3) Clinical findings and operative results of 212 operated cases of disc protrusion are analyzed in this paper.
(4) However, we have observed cracks on the Dacron fibers, fiber fracture, fiber protrusion, and poor attachment to the diaphragm, which can cause potentially disastrous complications.
(5) Anterior lenticonus is a rare condition, in which there is a conical or spherical protrusion of the anterior surface into the anterior chamber.
(6) The phenomenology of various protrusions, including fimbria, is described, and the effect of cultivation conditions (continuous culture, periodic culture) and growth phases on their emergence was elucidated.
(7) The uveal protrusion was replaced and a deep corneoscleral block was removed in front of the scleral spur in three cases, and electrocoagulation of the anterior edges of the trabeculectomy fistula was done in other three cases.
(8) These mitochondria had a highly electron dense matrix and protrusions or blebs of mitochondrial outer membrane were frequently observed.
(9) When the myoepithelial cells contract they force the axial protrusion forward and transform the papilla into a hyperboloidal configuration.
(10) With regard to the pathogenesis of syringomyelia, we concluded that in cases associated with Chiari II malformation, vermian protrusion and direct continuity between the fourth ventricle and the syrinx were essential.
(11) Some CTLs contacted infected cells via numerous interdigitating processes; others were observed thrusting finger-like protrusions deep into the target cell; some were seen with their plasma membranes lying closely opposed to that of the infected cell.
(12) (d) It is shown that a high value of the cell-to-substrate gap may be accounted for by the presence of cell surface protrusions of a few micrometer length, in accordance with electron microscope observations performed on the same cell population.
(13) For protrusive records there was no significant difference between examiners, but for lateral records a significant difference in examiner registration was found.
(14) It is suggested that the protrusion of membrane proteins into the aqueous phase, the consequent expression of cell surface charge, and the temperature-dependent modulation of the latter may be related to the lateral mosaicism of membrane lipids and reflect the state of membrane fluidity.
(15) The primary cyst wall of the sarcocysts in these granulomas consisted of hair-like protrusions that featured many unusual electron-dense bodies.
(16) In some cases, the entire cell surface was covered by these protrusions.
(17) A 'small' CG-free area of the cortex, with prominent cytoplasmic protrusions, appeared twice during the progression of meiosis.
(18) However, only one out of the patients with calcification is restricted in his movements, and only 3 out of the patients with protrusion do complain of symptoms.
(19) The morphology of human leukocytes, the biochemistry of actin polymerization, and the theory of continuum mechanics are used to model the pseudopod protrusion process of leukocytes.
(20) On biopsy immediately after worm removal, samples of the main pulmonary arteries showed severe intimal proliferations with villous or papillary protrusion into the lumen.