- Many women who screened positive for major depression postpartum had already experienced at least one episode of depression previously and, in addition, had an anxiety disorder. The study found 30 percent of women had depression onset prior to pregnancy, 40 percent postpartum and 30 percent during pregnancy.n the study, 14 percent of the women screened positive for depression. Of that group, 826 received full psychiatric assessments during at-home visits. Some of the key findings from those assessments: - In women who screened positive for depression, 19.3 percent thought of harming themselves.
A rib resection is the surgical removal of a segment of rib or ribs. Resection may be necessary to treat fractures that are at risk for damaging lung tissue, to remove sections of rib damaged by diseases such as cancer, or to obtain bone for a bone graft.
a rib whose distal extremity is unattached to an adjacent rib or the sternum. rib retractor. heavy duty surgical instrument for separating ribs to allow surgeon better access to thoracic contents. See finochietto rib spreader.ib. any of the paired bones, 12 on either side, extending from the thoracic vertebrae toward the median line on the ventral aspect of the trunk, forming the major part of the thoracic skeleton. Called also costa. See anatomic Table of Bones in the Appendices.