(n.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents.
Example Sentences:
(1) report the complications registered, in particular: lead's displacing 6.2%, run away 0.7%, marked hyperthermya 0.0%, haemorrage 0.4%, wound dehiscence 0.3%, asectic necrosis by decubitus 5%, septic necrosis 0.3%, perforation of the heart 0.2%, pulmonary embolism 0.1%.
(2) Factors associated with higher incidence of rejection included loose sutures, traumatic wound dehiscence, and grafts larger than 8.5 mm.
(3) Individuals undergoing delayed bladder closure without iliac osteotomy had no notable difference in the incidence of bladder dehiscence (p greater than 0.5) but they had a statistically significant difference in the ability to gain urinary continence (p less than 0.01).
(4) Alveolar bone dehiscence around 43 of these teeth was measured during flap surgery in 13 subjects.
(5) The extraperitoneal site of the anastomosis after rectal anterior resection with stapled anastomosis and surgery for cancer showed a statistically significant predisposition to anastomotic dehiscence.
(6) Of 70 patients selected to undergo trial of labour, scar dehiscence occurred in 2 of 35 mothers delivered vaginally and in 4 delivered by caesarean section.
(7) At reoperation because of dehiscence and hematoma interval between two operation is very short so we have got present not only hypovolemia but also summation effect of used anesthetic and plasma expander.
(8) We report our use of percutaneous antegrade ureteral stenting (PAUS) as an adjunct for the management of dehisced ureteral repairs and delayed-presentation ureteral injuries secondary to penetrating trauma.
(9) In the group that received devascularized muscle tube grafts, however, suture line dehiscences occurred in 3 of 7 animals within two weeks of operation.
(10) The right petrous bone was hypoplastic and showed total superior dehiscence of the internal acoustic meatus.
(11) A total of 40 radiological leaks were recorded but only 12 of these patients had clinical signs of anastomotic dehiscence.
(12) An electron microscopical study of the fertilized sevryuga eggs has shown that 3 sec after insemination the most cortical granules in the region of the animal pole are already dehiscing and 10 to 30 sec the cortical granules release their contents under the membrane, but between the groups of cortical granules the contact of the cytoplasm with the membrane is still preserved.
(13) One flap dehisced at the distal suture line due to mobility of an underlying fracture.
(14) It was also considered if any deciduous lateral incisor or canine was extracted during surgery and if any flap dehiscence took place postoperatively.
(15) In the postoperative period, tearing out of sutures and wound dehiscence may occur.
(16) At follow-up or suture removal, patients were evaluated for signs of wound complications (cellulitis, ascending lymphangitis, purulent discharge, or dehiscence).
(17) Total gastrectomy is rarely indicated in childhood and when necessary it involves multiple ulterior therapeutic problems, mainly nutritional, which need a meticulous physiological approach to avoid further complications, as illustrated by the following patient who, at age 15 months, was submitted to total gastric resection, Y en Roux esophagojejunal anastomosis and splenectomy, because of peritonitis secondary to dehiscence of a recent esophagogastric anastomosis for partial gastric resection due to gastric volvulus and necrosis, which in turn were associated to diaphragmatic relaxation.
(18) One dog died from peritonitis due to anastomotic dehiscence.
(19) Problems with surgical planning and technique that lead to failure were low flap placement, flap dehiscence, and flaps not approximated in midline.
(20) The incidence of fascial disruption after major abdominal operations is 1% to 3%, and dehiscence is associated with a mortality rate of 15% to 20%.
Rupture
Definition:
(n.) The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.
(n.) Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
(n.) Hernia. See Hernia.
(n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
(v. t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
(v. t.) To produce a hernia in.
(v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.
Example Sentences:
(1) The distribution and configuration of the experimental ruptures were similar to those usually noted as complications of human myocardial infarction.
(2) In all, 207 cases of liver cancer were seen during this period, giving an incidence of rupture of 14.5%.
(3) Achilles tendon overuse injuries exist as a spectrum of diseases ranging from inflammation of the paratendinous tissue (paratenonitis), to structural degeneration of the tendon (tendinosis), and finally tendon rupture.
(4) Electromechanic dissociation, sinus bradycardia, nodal rhythm followed by idioventricular rhythm and asystole, were observed following myocardial rupture.
(5) After examining the cases reported in literature (Sacks, Barabas, Beighton Sykes), they point out that, contrary to what is generally believed, the syndrome is not rare and cases, sporadic or familial, of recurrent episodes of spontaneous rupture of the intestine and large vessels or peripheral arteries are frequent.
(6) There is no evidence that tumors complicated by rupture and hemoperitoneum require chemotherapy.
(7) Eight adolescents were followed 3-8 years after primary suture of a substance rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament.
(8) Left ventricular rupture is a serious complication of mitral valve replacement.
(9) 1) The incidence of premature rupture of the membranes (PROM), threatened premature delivery, toxemia and abruption placentae were 40.6, 36.4, 7.8 and 3.0%, respectively.
(10) The maximal score was noted 24 hours before follicular rupture in 47.5%.
(11) Patients with SAH of a ruptured ACoA aneurysm did not differ significantly from the control group in any of the tests used.
(12) As a consequence of deformation from spherical-to-cylindrical shape in the microvasculature, demands for increased surface membrane area leads to increases in surface membrane tension above critical levels for rupture, and the cancer cells are rapidly and lethally damaged.
(13) Five operative deaths (24%) occurred, including two of three patients with rupture (67%) and two of seven patients (28%) in the suprarenal group.
(14) We speculate that the preferential rupture of the H2B-H4 contact is of physiological significance.
(15) If deaths from ruptured uterus are to be avoided, early diagnosis is essential.
(16) Heart rupture was found in 25 (4.4%) of 560 patients with myocardial infarction admitted to the Coronary Care Unit of the Department of Cardiology, Padua Medical School.
(17) A case is reported of a 42-year-old woman who experienced uterine rupture in the course of a prostaglandin-induced abortion.
(18) These findings are in agreement with the concept that irregular lesions represent ruptured atherosclerotic plaques and demonstrate that they usually originate from mildly occlusive smooth plaques.
(19) With 25--50 atm higher gas pressures, the decompression usually produced killing and cell rupture, although differences in tolerances existed among the various organisms.
(20) The results indicate that reduced platelet function does relate to SAH and may either contribute to aneurysmal rupture in cases of SAH or be a consequence of it.