(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.
Fistulous
Definition:
(a.) Having the form or nature of a fistula; as, a fistulous ulcer.
(a.) Hollow, like a pipe or reed; fistulose.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors describe a case of expulsive choroidal effusion which occurred in the course of a fistulating operation in a child with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
(2) Cholecystectomy provided successful treatment in three of the four patients but the fourth was too ill to undergo an operation; in general, definitive treatment is cholecystectomy, together with excision of the fistulous tract if this takes a direct path through the abdominal wall from the gallbladder, or curettage if the course is devious.
(3) Failues of PAFD occurred primarily with the presence of phlegmonous collections and cavities with fistulous connection to bowel.
(4) Two cases are presented where the origin and termination of the fistulous communication have been visualized by selective coronary angiography.
(5) Each group of cattle consisted of six permanent members, two members fistulated at the oesophagus and one worm-free tracer calf.
(6) The appendix of the laryngeal ventricle courses superiorly between the laryngeal vestibule and the thyroid cartilage which differentiates this normal structure from ulcerations and fistulous tracts of laryngeal tumors.
(7) The surgical procedures reported here can separate cholangiojejunostomy which otherwise involves some difficulty into three simple steps: 1) insertion of a Latex T tube into the common bile duct or hepatic duct, 2) Witzel type internal fistulization, and 3) Roux-en-Y jejunostomy.
(8) The fistulous lesion was excised after distal and proximal ligation of the vessel.
(9) Common predisposing factors in this older group of patients include infection at contiguous foci, tumors in close proximity to the central nervous system, or fistulous communications with the central nervous system.
(10) Although fistulous connections between a coronary artery and a cardiac chamber have been described before, this is only the third known case in which all of the coronary arteries communicated with the left ventricle.
(11) Cardiac catheterization disclosed a fistulous communication between the right sinus of Valsalva and right atrium.
(12) A review of a series of 287 operations for peri-anal fistulous abscess in patients admitted for the first time, to the 1st Surgical Division of the Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Milan, is reported.
(13) From this viewpoint a combination of controlled fistulization and percutaneous oesophageal intubation under radiological control is a valuable alternative.
(14) This may be a manifestation of shunt malfunction or of the failure to close a preexisting fistulous tract.
(15) Two unusual cases of internal mammary artery fistulization to lung parenchyma after coronary revascularization are reported.
(16) Even when repaired, this lesion may fail to heal and a fistulous tract may develop which interferes with later reproductive performance.
(17) High efficacy of trabeculoretraction and no complications, that is characteristic of fistulization operations, recommend this technique for wide use in various stages of glaucoma, including the initial one.
(18) The author achieved this by administration, either by mouth or by intra-duodenal route, with the aid of the Eihorn tube, in continuous perfusion, of a lactic acid solution concentrated at 6 g%--not exceeding 3.000 ml over a 24 hours period, partially eliminated through the fistulous traject which is cured in the process.
(19) Two series of experiments with rumen fistulated castrated male sheep and goats were carried out.
(20) The results indicate that ascorbic acid absorption is normal in patients with both fistulizing and nonfistulizing Crohn's disease.