What's the difference between obstructed and unobstructed?

Obstructed


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Obstruct

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We have previously shown that intratracheally instilled silica (quartz) produces both morphologic evidence of emphysema and small-airway changes, and functional evidence of airflow obstruction.
  • (2) Evaluation revealed tricuspid insufficiency, a massively dilated right internal jugular vein, and obstruction of the left internal jugular vein.
  • (3) A segment of vas deferens was transplanted to the contralateral deferens with the intention of improving treatment for certain cases of infertility caused by obstruction.
  • (4) In the case presented, overdistension of a jejunostomy catheter balloon led to intestinal obstruction and pressure necrosis (of the small bowel), with subsequent abscess formation leading to death from septicemia.
  • (5) During the procedure, acute respiratory failure developed as a result of tracheal obstruction.
  • (6) Intranasal challenge of allergic subjects with the allergen to which they are sensitive rapidly produces sneezing, rhinorrhea, and airway obstruction.
  • (7) Delineation of the presence and anatomy of an obstructed, nonfunctioning upper-pole duplex system often requires multiple imaging techniques.
  • (8) Therefore, the measurement of the alpha-antitrypsin content plays the crucial part in differential diagnosis of primary (hereditary determined) and secondary (obstructive) emphysema.
  • (9) In 2 patients who had received cadaveric renal allograft, ureteral obstruction was detected six and one-half and five and one-half years after transplantation.
  • (10) Two cases are presented of bilateral ureteral obstruction and uremia due to pressure from nodes involved in disseminated lymphoma.
  • (11) The occurrence of episodes of desaturation during sleep in patients suffering from chronic airflow obstruction is well known.
  • (12) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
  • (13) Tubal obstruction could be demonstrated in only one of these patients.
  • (14) Schistosomal obstructive uropathy was studied by clinical, laboratory epidemiologic and pathologic analysis in 155 Egyptian patients treated surgically.
  • (15) For obstruction of greater than or equal to 50% of the pulmonary vascular cross-sectional area and pulmonary hypertension thrombolytic therapy should be given and insertion of an inferior caval filter can be considered.
  • (16) Regression of the tumor occurred during an episode of mechanical small bowel obstruction.
  • (17) Comparison with 99Tc-pyrophosphate uptake in infarcted dog heart, induced by selective obstruction of a coronary artery, suggest that the 111In-labelled F(ab')2 localizes specifically in infarcted myocardium only.
  • (18) In case of biliary and pancreatic duct obstruction with pure pancreatic reflux, both oedema and inflammatory infiltrations were evident, whereas, in the presence of biliary reflux too, more serious histological features were detected.
  • (19) We recently treated a patient in whom HPVG was caused by intestinal pseudo-obstruction.
  • (20) In patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, although either sympathomimetic or anticholinergic therapy provides bronchodilatation, no further benefit could be demonstrated from combination therapy.

Unobstructed


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When the unmagnified peripheral visual field was unobstructed during adaptation, VOR gain increases were significantly less than when the unmagnified peripheral visual field was occluded, and were similar to those observed during adaptation without the wearing of telescopic spectacles at all.
  • (2) If there is justice for Mark some of this sadness will end.” The family’s solicitor, Cyrilia Davies Knight, from Birnberg Peirce solicitors, said: “There are serious questions about whether this highly trained police officer, who shot Mark in broad daylight from an unobstructed view a few metres away from him, made a mistake that was reasonable and lawful.” She added: “A death of this kind is the cause of uniquely intense public concern as demonstrated by the disturbances after Mark’s death.
  • (3) When Pdi was increased to 128, 191, 287 and 421% of the value measured during unobstructed breathing, costal and crural fc rose significantly in all animals because of an increase in the power of high-frequency components and a decline in the power of low-frequency components.
  • (4) Unobstructed re-intergration with further reproduction of animals which had received PGF2 alpha treatment is established with hard evidence on the basis of clinical examination of oestrus, ovulation, conception, and farrowing rates as well as by histological examination of the endometrium.
  • (5) Before BCG perfusion unobstructed flow from the renal pelvis to the bladder was confirmed and pyelovenous or pyelolymphatic back flow was excluded under fluoroscopy.
  • (6) VIPs, VVIPs or even VVVIPs – almost all government officials – can receive perks ranging from free housing in listed villas with staff paid by the government, bodyguards who act as personal assistants, free flights, unobstructed passage through airports or train stations as well as a significant degree of de facto legal impunity.
  • (7) Three infants who underwent operation for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection had unobstructed drainage of all the pulmonary veins to both the coronary sinus and left vertical vein.
  • (8) Similar changes were seen with the airway unobstructed during NITP.
  • (9) This report details technical modifications of the procedure to ensure unobstructed blood flow from the pulmonary artery to the aorta and to maintain the integrity of the pulmonary and aortic valves.
  • (10) To determine whether in a mouse model of ascending, unobstructed urinary tract infection an inoculum volume could be found that induces vesicoureteral reflux without causing renal injury, the occurrence of vesicoureteral reflux (identified by inspection, kidney culture, and histopathologic examination) was compared with the occurrence of renal trauma (identified by histopathologic examination and cultures of blood and spleen) in female Swiss Webster mice after transurethral inoculation with 50, 75, 100 or 150 microliters of a bacterial suspension containing India ink.
  • (11) The former showed airway obstruction associated with a deformed hypoplastic mandible; the latter had an unobstructed airway despite a small mandible because of associated hypoplasia of the maxilla and tongue.
  • (12) We have induced chronic infection of the unobstructed urinary tract in the rat by implanting a small polyurethane sponge into the dome of the bladder, 14 days before bacterial challenge.
  • (13) Studies were conducted in both awake and anesthetized rabbits whose drainage ducts were either unobstructed or plugged, and the loss of drug was monitored directly from the precorneal area or as appearance in the aqueous humor.
  • (14) The advantages of this method are discussed and it is recommended as a superior alternative to loop colostomy or caecostomy for defunctioning the unobstructed distal bowel.
  • (15) In terms of the occlusion (articulation) concept, the biomechanical demands shold be determined on the basis of unobstructed sliding movements; a completely balanced occlusion seems to be the most advantageous in spite of certain disadvantages.
  • (16) No patient was rendered unobstructed but 2 patients (who declined prostatectomy) noted an improvement in their obstructive symptoms at both 3 and 6 months.
  • (17) Hearing adults produced signed and spoken monologues under conditions of quiet or 80 dB SPL of noise and with their vision unobstructed or obstructed.
  • (18) The major surgical challenges are to establish unobstructed urinary drainage and restore vascular continuity.
  • (19) A headlamp videocamera allows unobstructive recording of the resident's technical performance and provides subsequent visual feedback for self-improvement when compared to reference instructional videotapes.
  • (20) By challenging the urinary tract collecting structures with an augmented urine flow, dilated, unobstructed systems can be differentiated from systems with significant mechanical obstruction.

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