(v. t.) To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.
Example Sentences:
(1) Serially sectioned rabbit foliate taste buds were examined with high voltage electron microscopy (HVEM) and computer-assisted, three-dimensional reconstruction.
(2) Breast reconstruction should not be limited to the requiring patients, but should represent, in selected cases with favourable prognosis, an integrative and complementary procedure of the treatment.
(3) Four patients had previously been diverted and the other six were reconstructed because of intractable incontinence or deteriorating renal function.
(4) Using serial section electron microscopic reconstructions as a reference, we have chosen as our standard procedure a method that maximizes both the preservation of the cytoskeleton and the proportion of cells staining, while minimizing the degree of nonspecific staining.
(5) The present study deals with 832 ossicular chain reconstruction procedures performed in 655 patients from January 1975 to December 1985.
(6) In reconstruction of the orbital floor, homograft lyophilised dura or cialit-stord rib cartilage are suitable, but the best materials are autologous cartilage or silastic or teflon.
(7) The lengths and heights of the scalae tympani in ten pairs of serially sectioned temporal bones were measured by an adaptation of the serial section method of cochlear reconstruction.
(8) Based upon the analysis of 1015 case records of patients, aged 16-70, with different hip joint pathology types, carried out during 1985-1990, there were revealed mistakes and complications after reconstructive-restorative operations.
(9) It is felt that otologic surgery should be done before the pinna reconstruction as it is very important to try and introduce sound into these children at an early age.
(10) The authors report their experience of the reconstruction by z-plasty in cases of shortness of the lip frenum.
(11) Lectin binding and tridimensional reconstruction provided new information on the distribution of olfactory glomeruli and on regional and interspecific differences.
(12) A distally based posterior tibial artery adipofascial flap with skin graft was used for the reconstruction of soft tissue defects over the Achilles tendon in three cases and over the heel in three cases.
(13) The total resection was possible without opening of the tumor and reconstruction was possible with a tibial graft.
(14) Precise excision of the masses was thus accomplished and functional and aesthetic reconstruction aided by the conservation of normal anatomical structures.
(15) Clinical evaluation of passive range of motion, antero-posterior laxity and the appearance of the joint space showed little or no difference between the reconstruction methods.
(16) Total excision and immediate reconstruction were done with alloplastic material fixated with microplates and screws.
(17) A technique is therefore described using 3-D images and reconstruction of high-resolution films, which allows rapid examination of the menisci in optimal planes.
(18) 5 reconstructions of the posterior bony canal wall were moderately sunk in.
(19) We assume that the fragments have been assembled and address the problem of determining the degree to which the reconstructed sequence is free from errors, i.e., its accuracy.
(20) It is often difficult if not impossible to include a pediatric patient in the planning of burn reconstruction.
Remodel
Definition:
(v. t.) To model or fashion anew; to change the form of.
Example Sentences:
(1) Decreased MU stops additions of bone by modeling and increases removal of bone next to marrow by remodeling.
(2) In 5 of the 7 patients with an initially abnormal pituitary fossa, serial radiological studies revealed remodelling in 3.
(3) Statistical analysis of the findings indicates that there is no significant difference in bone-remodeling activity between similar sites on alternate ribs.
(4) The chemical composition of the grafted veins was different from that of the nongrafted, controlateral saphenous veins suggesting a molecular remodeling of the grafted veinous wall.
(5) The results are indicative for the existence of synaptic remodeling and turnover in rats subjected to one-way active avoidance training.
(6) Fractures of the neck of phalanx showed no remodelling at all and if deformity is not corrected it is probably permanent.
(7) The sites of growth and remodeling, and the associated changes in cortical bone structure, have been studied in the chimpanzee mandible and compared with those previously reported in the human and macaque mandibles.
(8) In B-cell malignancies, abnormal bone remodeling is an early event linked to specific bone involvement.
(9) Human macrophages have been implicated in connective tissue remodeling; however, little is known about their direct effects upon collagen degradation.
(10) Also, there was some new collagen deposition associated with remodeling of the ZI, while no demonstrable synthetic activity occurred in relationship to ZCI.
(11) Both resident and inflammatory mesangial phagocytes secrete factors that remodel the mesangial matrix, stimulate mesangial cell proliferation, alter glomerular basement membrane permeability, and regulate blood flow.
(12) Thus, our data indicate that enzymatically formed dansyl-PAF is completely remodeled into dansylalkyl-2-acyl-GPC by the sequential action of PAF acetylhydrolase and CoA-independent transacylase.
(13) Although studies directed at attenuating left ventricular remodeling after infarction are in the early stages, it does seem that this will be an important area in which future research might improve long-term outcome after infarction.
(14) Recent experiments indicate the initial reaction that produces lyso-PAF in the remodeling pathway of PAF biosynthesis is under the control of a CoA-independent transacylase that is capable of catalyzing both the hydrolysis of the acyl moiety of the alkylacylglycerophosphocholine precursor and its transfer to another lyso-phospholipid.
(15) The ability of MCP to hydrolyze three classes of peptides decreased in parallel indicating that the 20 S protease is not significantly remodeled during red blood cell maturation.
(16) These findings are noteworthy in that they help to explain the characteristics of life-spans of cohort labeled red cell populations in small animals, and provide a possible example of a cell's remodeling process within the spleen.
(17) The venue was originally home to Marlesford Lodge school, which was remodelled as a boarding school in 1884.
(18) Light-microscopic findings revealed that osteogenesis gradually became dominant after transient osteoporosis, leading to a disproportional state of the bone remodelling.
(19) The fact that short term use of other drugs might modify infarct remodelling should be considered in studies attempting to assess efficacy of one particular drug.
(20) In the area where the collagen was disorganized, and also near the periosteum, woven bone was first formed, which was then remodeled into lamellar bone.