Noun : the coaptation of a broken bone. From Dictionary.com.
In other words, the operator, grasping the limb below the fracture, draws it down or away from the trunk, while he seeks not to draw away, but simply to hold the upper portion still until the broken ends of bone are brought to their natural relative positions, when the coaptation, which is thus effected, has only to be made permanent by the proper dressings to perfect the reduction. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
Either of two slender bones extending from the upper part of the sternum (breastbone) to the shoulder. coaptation. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
They are a vigorous and active stock, a scion of abundant vitality, coaptation of the freshly cut cambium layers and prevention of desiccation. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
If the snake is an emblem of jealousy, then it is the idea jealousy that organizes the “coaptation” of the snake for this symbolic purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Reduction of femoral fracture in the horse is practically impossible, and retaining the broken bones in coaptation is not possible by means of mechanical appliances. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Frequent readjustment may be necessary, and time is well spent in this manner since this contributes materially toward a favorable termination by encouraging the subject to remain quiet so that coaptation of the broken bones may be maintained. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
It is better to endeavor to obtain coaptation by means of bandages, plasters, or collodion. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
Harding approved entirely, and it was decided that the two wounds should be dressed without attempting to close them by immediate coaptation. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of the Island] Reference
When a simple fracture has been properly treated and the broken ends of the bone have been securely held in coaptation, one of two things will occur. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
When coaptation has been effected it must be retained by the external application of an adhesive mixture, with splints and bandages around the chest. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
A simple fracture occurring in a bone where the ends can be firmly secured in coaptation presents the most favorable condition for successful treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
The difficulty of reduction and coaptation in this accident, and the probability of bony deposits, as of ringbones, resulting in lameness, are circumstances which tend to discourage a favorable prognosis. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
They cause a diminution in the cavity in which they are found, thus narrowing the orifice through which the blood passes, or preventing a proper coaptation of the valves, which may produce most serious valvular disease. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
If the displacement has taken place at an angle it will be sufficient in order to effect the reduction to press upon the summit, or apex, of the angle until its disappearance indicates that the parts have been brought into coaptation. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
When the other phalanges are broken, coaptation may be ensured by extension, and the fragments retained in position by means of a splint made of paste board or felt, moulded accurately to either the dorsal or palmar aspect of the finger. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.] Reference
In the fracture of the forearm of a dog, for example, while the upper segment is firmly held by one hand the lower may be grasped by the other and the bone itself made to serve the purpose of a lever to bring about the desired coaptation. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
In these cases, as in those of simple laceration of tendons, already considered, the indications resemble those which apply in the treatment of fractures, as near as coaptation of the lacerated ends is possible, with immobility, being the necessary conditions to secure. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
It frequently happens that perfect coaptation is prevented by the interposition, between the bony surfaces, of such substances as a small fragment of detached bone or a clot of blood; sometimes the extreme obliquity of the fracture, by permitting the bones to slip out of place, is the opposing cause. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
This condition originates in muscular cramps, the action of which is seen in a certain change in the coaptation of the articular surfaces of the stifle and thigh bone, resulting in the exhibition of a sudden and alarming series of symptoms which have suggested the phrase of "stifle out" as a descriptive term. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
Reduction, sometimes necessitating the casting of the patient; coaptation, comparatively easy by reason of the subcutaneous situation of the bone; retention, by means of splints and bandages -- applied on both sides of the region, and reaching to the ground as in fractures of the forearm -- these are always indicated. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
In a longitudinal fracture, or when the fragments are pressed together by the contraction of the muscles to which they give insertion until they so overlap as to correspond by certain points of their circumference, the reduction is to be accomplished by effecting the movements of extension, counter extension, and coaptation. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
The reduction, by extension and counterextension; the maintenance of the coaptation of the segments; the adaptation of the dressing by splints, oakum, and agglutinative mixtures; in fact, all the details of treatment may be here fulfilled with a degree of facility and precision not attainable in any other part of the organism. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
To continue the category, the following are evidently curable when their position and the character of the patient contribute to aid the treatment: Those of the cranium, in the absence of cerebral lesions; those of the jaws; of the ribs, with displacement; of the hip; and those of the bones of the leg in movable regions, but where their vertical position admits of perfect coaptation. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
A variety of manipulations are to be used by the surgeon, consisting in pushing, pulling, pressing, rotating, and, indeed, whatever movement may be necessary, until the bones are forced into such relative positions that the muscular contraction, operating in just the right directions, pulls the opposite matched ends together in true coaptation -- a head into a cavity, an articular eminence into a trochlea, as the case may be. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
And, assuming this to be the principle which should always guide us in our treatment of fractures and dislocations, I shall not hesitate to say, that the pad acting as a fulcrum in the axilla, or the perineal band bearing as a counterextending force upon the groin (the suffering body of the patient being, in both instances, subjected for weeks together to the grievous pressure and irritation of these members of the apparatus), do not serve both objects, and only one incompletely; I say incompletely, for out of every six fractures of either clavicle or thigh-bone, I believe that, as the result of our treatment by the present forms of mechanical contrivances, there would not be found three cases of coaptation of the broken ends of the bone so complete as to do credit to the surgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
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