What's the difference between ecraseur and haemorrhage?
Ecraseur
Definition:
(n.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.
Example Sentences:
(1) An ecraseur was used to severe the ovarian branch of the ovarian artery and vein and the ovarian suspensory ligament en masse.
Haemorrhage
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) No cross reactions were found between bluetongue and epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer viruses.
(2) Such complications as intracerebral haematoma or meningeal haemorrhage may occur during the usually benign course of the disease.
(3) Gastro-intestinal surgery is only indicated if haemorrhage persists after a period of observation.
(4) The brains of 22 ex-boxers were examined histologically to determine the frequency of recent or old haemorrhage.
(5) Acute and chronic experiments were performed and, in both, the hepatic concentration of GSH fell during the first 6 h after haemorrhage; this fall was followed by a significant rebound elevation at 24 h. In the chronic haemorrhage experiment the hepatic GSH level was normal at 1 week after haemorrhage.
(6) After haemorrhage in conscious rabbits total renal blood flow fell by 25%, this fall being confined to the superficial renal cortex.
(7) Advances in blood banking and the availability of platelet transfusions have markedly decreased the incidence of fatal haemorrhage.
(8) haemorrhage and pyothorax) responsible for a high mortality rate in this and other published series.
(9) The incidence of recurrent haemorrhage during the period awaiting surgery was 13.7%.
(10) Twenty-six had signs of local or systemic haemorrhage.
(11) The strains fell into three antigenic groups by both RIPA and IFT: nephropathia epidemica (NE)-type, Korean haemorrhagic fever (KHF)-type and urban rat-type.
(12) The microscopic examination confirmed the diagnosis of neurinoma (schwannoma) Antoni A and B with haemorrhagic areas.
(13) The main signs are, from the clinical standpoint, a diffuse haemorrhagic syndrome and, from the biological standpoint, a haemolytic anemia, renal failure and thrombopenia.
(14) The changes in plasma concentrations of immunoreactive vasopressin (iVP) and atrial natriuretic factor (iANF) in response to haemorrhage (10-30% blood volume) were measured in 10 anaesthetized rabbits before and after cardiac receptor denervation (vagal nerve section).
(15) Malformation was the principal cause of death in 28 cases, antepartum haemorrhage in 19, hypertension in 25, and asphyxia in 35.
(16) Five patients with primary brain stem haemorrhage are reported, of whom four survived.
(17) One significant complication was recorded, post biopsy haemorrhage into a large, extensively necrotic renal adenocarcinoma causing severe pain.
(18) The urgent endoscopy of the superior gastrointestinal haemorrhage carefully and quickly helps in clarifying the following questions: Is the patient going on bleeding?
(19) There were no significant differences between patients in the two haemorrhage groups and controls.
(20) It seems likely (although conclusive evidence is not yet available) that NSAID-associated asymptomatic duodenal ulcers are predisposed to haemorrhage or perforation and should therefore be healed and kept in remission.