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plication

[plī′kā·shən]
(geology)
Intense, small-scale folding.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Plication

 

small-scale folding usually observed in dense sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and occurring in thin layers as a result of tectonic deformations in highly plastic rocks.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Primary vaginal hydrocele was managed by either Lord's plication or Jabouley's procedure based on the merits of the case and the discretion of the attending surgeon.
As good results were obtained after the plication stitches of ventricular septum were removed in Patients 1 and 2, we speculated that the LVOTO was caused by the transverse plication stitches of the ventricular septum in the two patients.
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Table 1 Surgical techniques for oophoropexy Fixation of the ovary to posterior abdominal wall [13] Fixation of the ovary to pelvic side wall [8] Plication of the uteroovarian ligaments [14] Uteroovarian ligament shortening by "endoloop application" [4] Combined approach of fixation of the ovary and shortening of the ligament [5]
Plication of the diaphragm [3, 4, 17] improves respiratory mechanics by increasing tidal volume and maximal respiratory capacity.
Sling plication refers to tightening an existing MUS mesh.
The effect of rectus muscle recession, resection and plication on anterior segment circulation in humans.
The main blood vessel derives from the incudal branch of the anterior tympanic artery, which runs through the anterior malleolar plication (Figure 2(a)).
Stepp and Paraiso reported ureteral injury after utero sacral plication.15 In one of our patients, who was young and obese with BMI above 25 kg/m2, we performed uterosacral plication concomitant with SHP.
In the POSE procedure, the stomach is folded in on itself, similar to gastric plication. However, POSE is performed using long, slim instruments inserted through the mouth.
The only surgeon in the local community who had ever performed the diaphragm plication procedure (once) also recommended waiting and watching.
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