(n.) A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula.
Example Sentences:
(1) One patient with a large fistula angiographically had no oximetric evidence of shunt at cardiac catheterization.
(2) Anesthetized sheep (n = 6) previously prepared with a lung lymph fistula underwent 2 hr of tourniquet ischemia of both lower limbs.
(3) The most serious complications following operative treatment are retained bile duct calculi (2.8%), wound infection and biliary fistulae.
(4) Eight vagotomy-gastrectomy dogs were studied; 4 had a jejunal fistula, and 4 other dogs without a fistula served as controls.
(5) Both types of oral cleft, cleft palate (CP) and cleft lip with or without CP (CLP), segregate in these families together with lower lip pits or fistulae in an autosomal dominant mode with high penetrance estimated to be K = .89 and .99 by different methods.
(6) Treatment of these fistulas is usually complicated, and the recovery period is prolonged.
(7) This proved that all four fistulas were acquired and that they were probably caused by the catgut ligatures used for ampullary ligation.
(8) In three patients, a vesico-enteric fistula was documented.
(9) The incidence of bronchopleural fistula was 4.2% in group 1 and 15.2% in group 2 (p less than 0.05).
(10) Nineteen Dacron velour fistula bypasses between the brachial artery and median basilic vein were performed in fifteen selected patients for a total dialysis period of ninety-six months.
(11) The results presented in this paper show that chronic lymphatic fistulae can be established successfully in fetal calves to give access to recirculating lymphocytes.
(12) Direct visualization of the intercavernous sinuses on contrast-enhanced MR images may serve as an ancillary sign for the diagnosis of carotid-cavernous or carotid-dural fistulas near the sella.
(13) than cimetidine and ranitidine, respectively, at inhibiting acid output in betazole-stimulated total gastric fistula dogs.
(14) It is concluded that the massive destruction of the normal anatomy in the lateral semicircular canal may be the morphological basis of a functional endolymphatic fistula for drainage of the endolymphatic hydrops.
(15) The fistula was ligated by an access through the right atrium with good nearest and long-term results.
(16) Anastomotic devascularization has been incriminated in the development of post-operative complications (fistula, stenosis) of circular stapling.
(17) In addition, quantification of fluid output from a fistula may be grossly inaccurate.
(18) As with abdominal abscess drainage, a preexisting fistula may be opacified only after several days of catheter drainage and cannot be predicted at the time of initial aspiration.
(19) Spontaneous aortoduodenal fistula is a rare disease.
(20) Good to excellent results were found in more than 85 percent of them in the control saliva, and there have been no recurrences or fistulae.