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Synonyms for fixation

an irrational preoccupation

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an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

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the activity of fastening something firmly in position

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(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body

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The scope of this report is precise and covers the various types of devices available in the global market for orthopedic trauma fixation devices and their end users.
The Biplanar Double-supported Screw Fixation Technique used in fractures of femoral neck (BDSF-Technique), was developed by Dr.
The company added that the FasTouch enables for the first time an automated lockable surgical mesh fixation that is strong and stable yet easily and consistently delivered.
The meeting also expressed regrets over delay in opening of wheat procurement centres by Sindh Food Department and non fixation of wheat price and demanded fixation of wheat price at the rate of Rs.
When the findings upon scrotal exploration consisted of dusky testis but no apparent gangrene, the majority of PS (27/39, 69.2%) did not remove the testis but performed fixation without second look, while most PU (40%) followed the 48 hours second look policy (95% CI: 19.1-54.3).
Between 2007 and 2013, 26 (10%) of the 270 patients with pertrochanteric fractures who were admitted to our department were classified by the anesthetist as American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grade 3 or 4 and considered not suitable for conventional fracture fixation. Table 1 shows the medical conditions causing the patients to be considered as high risk.
Ankle fractures are one of the most common injuries treated operatively by orthopedic surgeons.[1],[2] Pronation-external rotation (PER) injuries or Weber C type fractures, especially PER-4 fractures, are unstable ankle fractures that are associated with the incidence of a complete rupture of the syndesmosis at the distal tibiofibular joint.[3],[4],[5] It is generally agreed that these injuries benefit from obtaining and maintaining an anatomically stable fixation, including the syndesmotic fixation.[6]
The right of reproduction is the right to authorize direct or indirect reproduction of the performance fixed in an audiovisual fixation in any manner or form.
It has been shown that eye fixation duration and fixation count, which are the main measurements in eye-tracking research, are reliable indicators of the level, or depth, of information processing (Horstmann, Ahlgrimm, & Glockner, 2009; Velichkovsky, Rothert, Kopf, Dornhofer, & Joos, 2002).
Objective: To evaluate the clinical outcome of fixation of anterior cruciate ligament avulsion injuries in Military Soldiers.
<optimal results of restoration of form and function even after some form of fixation of fractured ZMC to its pre injury state have resulted in variety of techniques with no gold standard.
Surgical treatment options include various methods, such as closed reduction and percutaneous pinning, open reduction and internal fixation, external fixator treatment and reduction, and fixation with arthroscopy (4, 7, 8, 10, 11).
Temporary external fixation of the lower leg followed by staged internal fixation of the tibia fracture, with or without fixation of an associated fibula fracture, is common.
Orthofix announced the FDA 510 clearance for its new internal fixation system, the G-Beam fusion beaming system.
The objective of this study was to compare polypropylene suture and skin staples for securing mesh in uncomplicated ventral hernioplasty in terms of acute and chronic postoperative pain and to compare the time taken for mesh fixation between polypropylene sutures and skin stapler in ventral hernioplasty.