What's the difference between hypospadias and meatus?
Hypospadias
Definition:
(n.) A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon its under surface.
Example Sentences:
(1) As for possible causes of reduced Leydig cell activity it was investigated whether the testis was (1) hypoplastic; (2) abnormally fused with the epididymis; (3) located in the abdomen; (4) or UT was associated with hypospadias.
(2) Thirty-four children, ten of them coming from another Surgical Center, underwent repair for urethral fistula after hypospadias reconstructive surgery, over a period of three years (1985-1987).
(3) The patient had complete situs inversus and hypospadias.
(4) A report is given on a small-for-date male infant showing the following symptoms: bilateral aplasia of humerus, radius, and ulna, shortened femora, bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate, stigmata of dysmorphism, and notably; simple helix formation of the ear, simian crease, clinodactylia, bilateral clubfoot deformity, hypospadia, thrombocytopenia, micrognathia, and contractures in the knee joints.
(5) Basal levels of luteinizing hormone in boys with simple hypospadias and levels of follicle-stimulating hormone in patients with hypospadias were significantly low.
(6) Herein we report on 7 children with hypospadias and dorsal chordee.
(7) We conclude that caudal epidural anesthesia can reduce blood loss and improve surgical conditions during hypospadias repair.
(8) Cleft palate may occur as well as hypospadias, cryptorchidism in affected males, and mild limb defects.
(9) Since hypospadias represents the most common congenital abnormality in the male newborn and the mechanism of action in this disorder is still unclear, androgen binding was assessed in cultured fibroblasts from biopsies from genital skin of 10 patients with idiopathic hypospadias.
(10) The hormonal effects of an etomidate infusion were assessed postoperatively in children undergoing hypospadias or clubfoot repair.
(11) Above all, the question should be examined what quality of life a hypospadias patient can expect in the future after correction of this congenital malformation in infancy.
(12) There are numerous reports on the morphological results after hypospadia operation whereas only few reports do exist on sexual behaviour after this operative treatment.
(13) Three had scrotal hypospadias and mixed gonadal dysgenesis.
(14) Urethroplasty was carried out with pedicle skin of prepuce in 6 patients with the hypospadias since Feb 1987.
(15) Based on the practice of the Browne technique for hypospadias, epithelial skin strips were splinted with polyvinyl tubes.
(16) Of the patients 1 had ambiguous genitalia and some features of Turner's syndrome, 2 had classical features of Turner's syndrome with normal female external genitalia and 1 had no features of Turner's syndrome but he presented with penoscrotal hypospadias, inguinal hernia and cryptorchidism.
(17) A two-stage hypospadias repair is described and the results of 50 consecutive cases are reported in which polyglycolic acid sutures were used.
(18) This article discusses the many facets of nursing care of the pediatric hypospadias patient.
(19) A de novo del (13) (q33) was found in a 14-month-old boy with hypospadias.
(20) Among these, there were four significant genital anomalies: three hypospadias and one female with clitoromegaly.
Meatus
Definition:
(n. sing. & pl.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.
Example Sentences:
(1) The observed staining indicated that the epithelium of the external auditory meatus has a pattern of keratin expression typical of epidermis in general and the epithelium of the middle ear resembles simple columnar epithelia.
(2) For the management and prevention of the recurrent ascending infections long-term urinary disinfection and meticulous toilet of the external meatus are recommended.
(3) In addition, histopathologic examination revealed squamous epithelial hyperplasia in the vestibule; inflammation, epithelial necrosis, mucosal erosions, and squamous metaplasia of the respiratory epithelium in the anterior nose; and olfactory sensory cell loss in the dorsal medial meatus.
(4) So far we believe that loss of hearing caused during these operations is mainly due to the unfavorable location of the cochlear blood supply through the meatus.
(5) Blood at the urethral meatus was noted in only five patients, gross hematuria without metal blood in another three, and a displaced prostate on rectal exam was found in 10 cases.
(6) The purpose of this study was to analyze the results obtained with a surgical technique developed to prevent postoperative stenosis or total closure of the newly formed auditory meatus and to achieve at least serviceable hearing in the majority of cases.
(7) The cochlear summating potential (SP) preceding the auditory nerve compound action potential (AP) was elicited by broadband alternating condensation and rarefaction clicks and recorded by noninvasive electrodes from the external auditory meatus (EAM) of 60 volunteers of both sexes, 12 to 67 years old, who had normal hearing for age.
(8) The right petrous bone was hypoplastic and showed total superior dehiscence of the internal acoustic meatus.
(9) The observations allow the conclusion that during acute otitis media the duration of mastoiditis development reduced and many classical symptoms of mastoiditis, e. g. protrusion of the posterior-superior wall of the external acoustic meatus, profuse purulent discharge from the ear, hyperemia, swelling of the behind-the-ear area, occurred less frequently.
(10) A case is reported of angiomatous malformation involving the facial and vestibilocochlear nerves within the internal auditory meatus.
(11) There is no need for fenestration via the inferior meatus.
(12) Antibacterial ointment applied to the urethral meatus in females with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) has been reported to decrease the incidence of UTIs.
(13) So the internal auditory meatus was packed with Gelfoam and muscle piece.
(14) Furthermore, the method is useful to evaluate the optimal therapy to restore ventilation in the case of an obstructed ostium demonstrated before and after surgical opening in the inferior meatus.
(15) In most of these ears the angle from the medial edge of a suboccipital craniectomy allowed the surgeon a direct view of the lateral part of the internal auditory meatus with good exposure of the transverse crest without his having to open the labyrinth.
(16) An excellent surgical result requires careful case selection, avoiding cases with thin or rigid ventral parameatal skin or a meatus too proximal or too wide.
(17) A serie of 20 dissections carried out in the anatomy Laboratory enabled us to make a close observation of the middle meatus of the nasal cavity.
(18) In the open meatus acoustic energy radiated by the bony walls becomes dissipated.
(19) The axis of the internal acoustic meatus to the horizontal plane in adults and postnatal changes.
(20) A terminal meatus was achieved in all cases; there were two fistulae and one meatal stenosis.