Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Traction through an axis; specifically, in obstetrics, traction made with the forceps along a curved line corresponding to the axis of the pelvis.
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Examples
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If the tack has not been _in situ_ more than a few weeks the stenosis at the level of the darts is simply edematous mucosa and the tack can be pulled through with no more than slight mucosal trauma, _provided_ axis-traction only be used.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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The stenotic tissue in cases of a few months 'sojourn maybe composed of granulations, in which case axis-traction will safely withdraw it.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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But if the bronchoscopist swings the patient's head far to the opposite side and makes axis-traction, as shown at C, the head of the tack can be drawn through the swollen mucosa without anchoring itself in a cartilage.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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