(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.
Ptosis
Definition:
(n.) Drooping of the upper eyelid, produced by paralysis of its levator muscle.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study examines both the diagnostic and anatomic etiology of acquired ptosis in 80 consecutive patients.
(2) Aponeurotic ptosis repair may be performed under local anesthesia, and past reports have suggested that operative lid position may be used to predict the final result.
(3) The positive predictive value of the clinical diagnosis could be increased to more than 80% by measuring the degree of miosis and ptosis on single photographs, or by assuming independent confirmation of the clinical diagnosis by a second observer.
(4) Partial ptosis following epibulbar epidermoid removal is a known complication.
(5) Descending ocular myopathy is a rare progressive disease characterized by bilateral ptosis, external ophthalmoplegia and progressive dystrophy of the proximal skeletal muscles.
(6) A technique is described which has reduced our incidence of vertical muscle imbalance and ptosis following intraocular surgery.
(7) Characteristics of the relative miosis and ptosis of M birds resemble signs in some CNS disorders, such as altered inhibition of the Edinger-Westphal nucleus, and especially lesions in, or lowered activity of, higher sympathetic centers (a subtype of Horner's syndrome).
(8) This case is an unusual example of fibrous dysplasia of the skull with neuro-ophthalmological symptoms but without ptosis, exophthalmos, or visual loss.
(9) No significant complication was noted except temporary ptosis for about 2 months.
(10) A 9-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy had ptosis, progressive external ophthalmoplegia, pigmentary retinopathy, and sensorineural hearing loss.
(11) Uncorrected refractive error (particularly anisometropia), strabismus, ptosis, and corneal exposure problems are an invitation to the development of amblyopia.
(12) This article deals with fundamentals in evaluation and correction of ptosis, with some references to special situations.
(13) The condition with blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus inversus and telecanthus is reported in one family over five generations.
(14) A 58-year-old white man with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia developed proptosis and an improvement in his ptosis from a mass in the superior orbit.
(15) A common symptom of myasthenia gravis is eyelid ptosis.
(16) We report a child with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, ptosis, hypoplastic teeth, sagittal craniosynostosis, and developmental delay, together with several unusual features.
(17) We have defined a group of patients with a lesser degree of moderate breast ptosis whose ptosis correction is not adequately improved by augmentation alone but requires some elevation of the nipple-areola complex.
(18) We feel that in cases where rigid lens wear is discontinued unilaterally for any reason, and a relative ptosis is noted, it should be given time to resolve before any therapeutic regimen is considered.
(19) After a blunt trauma diagnosis between levator aponeurosis desinsertion and neurogenic ptosis is important in planing the treatment: early surgery for the first and foregoing for the later.
(20) These reductions in volume prevent secondary ptosis and stretch marks and are performed via an isolated inframammary incision.