(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%.
Serous
Definition:
(a.) Thin; watery; like serum; as the serous fluids.
(a.) Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layers. See Serum.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma has distinctly different clinical behavior compared to serous carcinoma and should be regarded as an aggressive epithelial histologic type.
(2) The percentage of positive cases was highest in the serous MEE group (81.2%) and decreased in the purulent MEE group (57%), the mucoid MEE group (30%), and the hyperviscous MEE group (13.6%), in that order.
(3) The serous fluid of mice was used as a source of endogenous DNAse I.
(4) Incorporation of [2-14C] sodium acetate into 7-dehydrocholesterol ketoderivative, cholesta-4,7-dien-3-on, was studied in the tissues of the rat stomach secretory and esophageal parts and in the mucous and serous membranes of the small intestine.
(5) Ovarian tumors were noted in all 27 patients, including 2 primary carcinomas and 14 serous cystadenomas.
(6) In the case of a massive serous pleural effusion examination of the ingredients leads to diagnosis.
(7) We examined the immunocytochemical localization of amylase in cryofixed serous acinar cells of gerbil major salivary glands by indirect immunostaining, using anti-gerbil parotid amylase antibody and protein A-gold complex.
(8) However, in human lungs, lysozyme was identified in serous submucosal glands but not in alveolar type II pneumocytes.
(9) The amount of the fluid flowing off the vessels, perfusate penetration into the intestinal lumen and its transudation through the serous membrane were determined.
(10) The terminology of the pericardial sinuses and recesses has been inconsistent, and the authors propose a nomenclature for standardizing the names of the recesses of the serous pericardium.
(11) Flow cytometric analysis of DNA content and ras p21 expression were studied in paraffin-embedded normal ovary (NO, n = 10), serous cystadenoma (SA, n = 11), serous tumors of low malignant potential (LMP, n = 13), and papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma (SCa, n = 7).
(12) Two previously unnamed recesses within the serous pericardium are defined and named, one the inferior aortic recess of the transverse sinus and the other, the right pulmonic recess of the transverse sinus.
(13) In hypertension, all the components are affected in the microcirculatory bed of serous membranes: arterioles, precapillaries, capillaries, postcapillaries, venules, lymph capillaries and postcapillaries.
(14) Serous granules were stained by toluidine blue, or by hematoxylin and eosin (H and E), but showed little or no reaction with periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) or Alcian blue.
(15) Chronic serous otitis media was a frequent finding but deafness was rarely profound.
(16) We created serous retinal detachment in the cat eye by means of photodynamic injury produced by activation of intravascular rose bengal using filtered, focused light (550 nm).
(17) Uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC), FIGO grade 3, nuclear grade 3, and age were the major independent prognostic factors.
(18) A patient with a strongly positive family history underwent a prophylactic oophorectomy and, 5 years later, developed a primary peritoneal papillary serous adenocarcinoma.
(19) Ophthalmoscopic examination disclosed a single, white, elevated mass lesion surrounded by serous retinal detachment located in the upper part of the macula of the right eye.
(20) These cells express serous cell phenotype as reflected by ultrastructure, histochemistry, and lysozyme activity.