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The surgeon makes a horizontal incision 2 cm from the patient's midline on the contralateral side and extends on the ipsilateral side of the neck to the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
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Results: In this study, the ophthalmic, clinoid segment of contralateral ICA and the contralateral superior hypophyseal artery were successfully exposed in all specimens (15 specimens, 30 sides).
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Just as in the assessment of kinesthetic praxis, the evaluation of graphesthesia and stereognosis tests ( 1 ) the parietal lobe contralateral to the hand being tested and (2) the connections between the two hemispheres.
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To provide anatomical basis for treatment of the deep venous thrombosis of lower limb with deep femoral vein shunting to contralateral great saphenous vein.
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Results: In this study, the ophthalmic, clinoid segment of contralateral ICA and the contralateral superior hypophyseal artery were successfully exposed in all specimens (15 specimens, 30 sides).
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The negative sustained component was reduced to 1/3 of that from sibling controls or the contralateral eye in gynandromorphs.
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Researchers reported a 150 percent increase between 1998 and 2003 for the procedure, called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, in a study published last year in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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This was especially the case when the stimulus was applied to contralateral or midline parts of the body.
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In our patient, the contralateral pedicular stress fracture first occurred in combination with unilateral spondylolysis.
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The surgeon exposes the femoral artery on the contralateral (ie, opposite) side in the same fashion.
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In one case, the contralateral side was missing.
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Hypertrophy is defined as either an increase in the size of the medial epicondylar apophysis of the pitching elbow or an increase in the thickness of the medial humeral cortex as compared to the contralateral elbow.
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Significant defects in graphesthesia and stereognosis occur with contralateral hemispheric disease, particularly in the parietal lobe (since this is the somatosensory association area that interprets sensation).
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Indeed, motor imagery tasks were found to be associated with de-synchronizations of the mu and beta rhythms over the sensory-mothor cortex contralaterally to the movement and in some cases with synchronizations of the same rhythms ipsilaterally to the movement.
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Hajopoulos, 44, had what doctors call a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, or, in laymen's terms, a preventive mastectomy in a breast not yet determined to have cancer.
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EMG signals show high amplitude spikes both rostrally and caudally, with no contralateral muscle activity and no detectable rostrocaudal lag at the onset of muscle activity.
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The motor tracts whose axons descend from each primary motor cortex in the contralateral dorsolateral spinal cord; they control the muscles of the distal limbs .
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A positive family history is a risk factor for recurrence and for contralateral patellofemoral instability.
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The hyperkinesia is usually confined to one side of the body contralateral to a lesion in the subthalamic nucleus.
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Their appearance could also be the result of tissue compression and developing injury in the contralateral hemisphere due to the expanding edema formation.
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The last of the undescribed muscles runs from the lateral extents of the cervical apodemes, crosses the midline of the body, and inserts anterolaterally on the contralateral coxae.
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A study published Monday in the journal Cancer found that among women in New York state who had cancer in one breast, the number who opted to have the other breast removed, called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, more than doubled between 1995 and 2005, with nearly 5,000 women opting for the procedure during that period.
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The lung-to-head circumference ratio (LHR) is an ultrasound-based measurement of the contralateral lung area taken at the level of the 4-chamber view of the heart.
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During walking, external layers and internal layers on contralateral sides of the body were active in synchrony.
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The frequency of asymmetric (ipsilaterally directed) behaviors were too rare to be seriously considered as representing spontaneous pain, and in any case did not statistically exceed what was blindly observed on the contralateral hind paw and in control (sham operated and unoperated) mice.
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A lesion in the latter prevents adequate information from the nonpreferred hand being transmitted from the contralateral to the ipsilateral dominant parietal lobe for integration with the language system and thus the name of the letter shape.
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Prediction of contralateral slips in children with SCFE
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On plain films, the contralateral pedicle is often sclerotic, and the scoliosis is convex away from the side of the tumor.
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In their study, Morgan and coworkers occluded the contralateral nostril, and the patients therefore performed a ‘gasp’ rather than a sniff.
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An alternative staging workup strategy might be to evaluate potentially operable patients with suspected or proven lung cancer by a single highly specific test to identify those with contralateral mediastinal tumor spread.
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In one of the affected dogs the contralateral eye was not treated due to pupillary constriction at the time of surgery.
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The IntuiTrak incorporates a 19Fr Introducer and 9Fr percutaneous, pre-cannulated contralateral access with new design features to simplify delivery and deployment of Powerlink devices.
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Stimulation of the premotor region triggered overt mouth and contralateral limb movements.
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The attentional hypothesis was supported: BOLD response in occipital cortex, particularly in the right hemisphere lingual gyrus, varied significantly as a function of tool position, increasing contralaterally, and decreasing ipsilaterally to the tool.
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Just like the right hand has a "contralateral" opposing hand, the left hand -- the word PROGRESSIVE has it's oppositional counterpart and that word is REGRESSIVE.
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If you have decided to surgically remove the "small-ish" residual tumor in the left breast, then the same thinking would lead one to consider removing any tumor in the contralateral breast should one be found.
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Figure 2.1 illustrates the behaviour of a typical 'graspingwith-the-hand-and-the-mouth' neuron, which was seen to fire when the animal picked up a morsel of food with its mouth (A), with the contralateral hand (B), and the ipsilateral hand (C).
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For patients with PHN, we examined the contralateral dermatome.
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The choice to remove a healthy breast in order to avoid breast cancer is a deeply personal decision -- one that appears to be on the upswing in a specific segment of cancer patients, although there's little evidence to suggest it improves survival. study published Monday in the journal Cancer found that among women who had cancer in one breast, the number who opted to have the other breast removed, called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, increased from 1995 through 2005 in New York state.
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This seems to be of biological relevance because contralateral (opposite side of tumor) use did not significantly increase the risk.
