This brace consists of a customized pelvic girdle and a metal structure that extends to the neck. This brace is not hidden by clothing. The CTLSO is used to treat curves high in the upper back, such as kyphosis (hunchback). The brace treatment of kyphosis in the upper back can often result in correction.
For other uses, see Sloughing (disambiguation). Sloughing (pronounced sluffing) in biology refers to the act of shedding or casting off dead tissue, such as cells of the endometrium, shed during menstruation, or the shedding of skin in amphibians. Skin sloughing is the process of shedding dead surface cells from the skin.
1. a mass of dead tissue in, or cast out from, living tissue. 2. to shed or cast off. anesthetic slough. the iatrogenic slough caused by the injection of a necrotizing anesthetic solution subcutaneously in mistake for an intravenous injection.The common sites are over the anterior aspect of the forearm in small animals and over the jugular furrow in large animals.. a mass of dead tissue in, or cast out from, living tissue. 2. to shed or cast off. anesthetic slough. the iatrogenic slough caused by the injection of a necrotizing anesthetic solution subcutaneously in mistake for an intravenous injection.