(1) Thyroglossal cysts are common congenital anomalies (Moussatos and Baffes, 1963; Allard, 1982), which do not usually present any diagnostic difficulty.
(2) Twenty-four patients with transposition of the great vessels who underwent a Baffes procedure in infancy were totally corrected by a modified Mustard procedure.
(3) Patients in whom Baffes' procedure has been done for palliative treatment of transposition of the great arteries may develop symptom recurrence later in life that deserves further treatment.
Baft
Definition:
(n.) Same as Bafta.
Example Sentences:
(1) A residual small intestinal length of less than 200 cm measured from a BaFT radiograph is sufficiently accurate to formulate management decisions.
(2) In 18 patients, the remaining small bowel length from the duodenojejunal flexure had been measured at operation and found to be less than 200 cm; this was compared with a measurement obtained by one observer using an opisometer on a subsequent barium follow-through (BaFT) examination.