(n.) The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called also prothesis.
(n.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eighty interposition mesocaval shunts, using a knitted Dacron large diameter prosthesis, have been performed during the past five and one-half years.
(2) The results obtained further knowledge of the anatomy of the nuclei, specifically the areas used for the prosthesis implantation and the underlying tissue.
(3) The consequences of proved hypersensitivity in patients with metal-to-plastic prostheses, either present prior to insertion of the prosthesis or evoked by the implant material, are not known.
(4) Based on our experience with the mark I prosthesis we have designed and developed a mark II model which has freedom of axial rotation of the saddle.
(5) The authors propose three regular procedures with which they are experienced: repair with a large retromuscular nonabsorbable synthetic tulle prosthesis for extensive epigastric eventrations, fillup aponeuroplasty using the sheath of the rectus abdominis associated with a premuscular patch in case of diastasis or of multiple superimposed orifices and suture associated with a small retromuscular auxiliary patch to treat small incisional hernias.
(6) Postoperative examination revealed division of accessory pathway and no regurgitation of mitral prosthesis.
(7) 39.5 per cent of children have had suitable foot for weight-bearing, with normal shoes, and 23, 25 per cent have had prosthesis for discrepancy.
(8) A case of a failed total hip replacement consisting of a Vitallium hip socket and a stainless steel femoral head prosthesis is presented.
(9) A metal-plastic prosthesis was tested in positions and with forces considered applicable to arthritics.
(10) The first case of Thermomyces lanuginosus endocarditis occurring on a porcine heterograft prosthesis, secondary to a Staphylococcus aureus infection of the aortic valve, is reported.
(11) The most frequent presentation is the inability to retain the external prosthesis.
(12) Problems associated with cloth wear and the unexpectedly slow rate, in man, of tissue ingrowth into the fabric of the Braunwald-Cutter aortic valve prosthesis have been discouraging, although this prosthesis has been associated with a very low thromboembolic rate in patients receiving anticoagulant therapy.
(13) An actor dressed like one of the polar bears that figure in Coke ads limped up, wearing a prosthesis on one paw, a dialysis bag and tubing.
(14) The Hall-Kaster prosthesis thus presented improved flow characteristics in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement, which is considered of particular importance to the patients with a narrow aortic root.
(15) Seventeen of these were due to infection or loosening of the prosthesis.
(16) The measurement is used to control a sensory feedback device applied to the surface of the skin within the socket of the prosthesis informing the wearer of the strength of grip exerted.
(17) When a custom-made prosthesis is used to close a large (greater than 3 cm) or irregular-shaped septal perforation, the size and shape are important factors that determine how well the prosthesis fits.
(18) The above results are in favor of the implantation of this type of prosthesis.
(19) These lesions might necessitate further surgical treatment as possibly total joint prosthesis.
(20) Prosthetists, paired for experience, fitted each subject with one prosthesis using each method.
Prothesis
Definition:
(n.) A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church.
(n.) See Prosthesis.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mitral valve replacement with the Smeloff-Cutter (S-C) prothesis was performed in 154 patients between September, 1965, and January, 1970.
(2) It is presented the experience in the first 60 patients with duramater's prothesis.
(3) Then anteromedial, posteromedial and intermedial fibers were replaced by an artificial ligament made from Aramid (one to three bundle prothesis) and length changes of the remaining ligaments investigated.
(4) The prothesis is in two parts, each forming a segment of a right circular cylinder with a single axis of rotation.
(5) The prothesis, implanted for 20 months, was patent and was completely healed over 32% of the flow surface--that is, full wall fibrous tissue encapsulation of the graft had occurred, and 32% of the flow surface was endothelialized.
(6) The TI was left untreated in 84, corrected by semi-circular annuloplasty in 39, and corrected by a prothesis in 28, by a Carpentier ring in 6, and by Kay's plasty in 2.
(7) In the triturating area the verticality of the interalveolar axis is necessary for the stability of the cusp-fossa relationship in centric occlusion and for the stability of the prothesis during mastication.
(8) The magnets present several advantages tied to the conservation of the roots as the maintenance of the proprioception, the conservation of the socket bone, the strengthening of the remaining teeth and the psychological comfort for the patient, others tied to the technique itself as the simplicity of realization, the easiness of insertion and removal of the prothesis and the absence of wear.
(9) In extremely dysplastic hips the implantation of Judet's prothesis is rather simple, following the described technique.
(10) A further patient who sat on a hard object developed a lesion of the prothesis with resulting incontinence.
(11) Our results, as corroborated by the oesophagograms and the post-operative weight gain, showed that this prothesis functioned satisfactorily for up to 6 weeks observation period.
(12) 2 Total replacement of the femur with hip and knee arthroplasty using Dr Delepine massive growth prothesis.
(13) Mitral valve repair by means of the Carpentier ring was done once, valve replacement once (Starr-Edwards prothesis).
(14) Additional 5 patients were reoperated because of an infected valve prothesis.
(15) The subcutaneous mastectomy with implantation of prothesis is performed today in cases of fibrocystic diseases with atypical epithelial proliferations, in cases with recurrend fibrocystic disease, with non-invasive ductal carcinoma and lobular carcinoma in situ.
(16) The Authors report their experience on 50 patients suffering from inguinal hernia and treated with a plastic surgery operation preceded by subfascial introduction of a Silastic-Dacron prothesis.
(17) In the present study we report on the surgical replacement of the thoracic portion of oesophageal muscularis by a synthetic carbon fibre (CF) prothesis in a rabbit model.
(18) The patients use prothesis with the support on the end of the stump, and walk without the walking-stick.
(19) Prosthetic loosening and stem fractures have been the most frequently encountered complications of knee arthroplasties using the Guepar Hinged prothesis.
(20) The prothesis has been applied both as femoro-popliteal bypass graft and as arteriovenous shunt for hemodialysis in patients suffering from chronic renal failure.