What's the difference between striature and stricture?
Striature
Definition:
(n.) A stria.
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Stricture
Definition:
(n.) Strictness.
(n.) A stroke; a glance; a touch.
(n.) A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
(n.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.
Example Sentences:
(1) A total of 104 evaluable patients 20-90 years old treated by direct vision internal urethrotomy a.m. Sachse for urethral strictures reported retrospectively via a questionnaire their sexual potency before and after internal urethrotomy.
(2) Results demonstrate that the development of biliary strictures is strongly associated with the duration of cold ischemic storage of allografts in both Euro-Collins solution and University of Wisconsin solution.
(3) Partial success was seen in 6 patients (20.5%) with symptom, but not stricture, recurrence.
(4) We present our experience with the self-expanding urethral endoprosthesis Wallstent for the treatment of recurrent posterior urethral strictures.
(5) Few basic investigations have addressed the problem of common bile duct strictures.
(6) They confirm the efficiency of the ureteral catheterisation as therapy of the strictures, especially in the initial stages of the disease.
(7) The head and body of the pancreas between the stricture and the duodenum were normal.
(8) Strictured hepaticojejunal anastomoses can be surgically repaired with excellent results.
(9) The patient had associated congenital abnormalities of urethral stricture, hypoplastic thumb, and absent radial pulse.
(10) And even after the disintegration of stone with ESWL, hydronephrosis remained due to ureteral stricture with small stone fragments.
(11) The incidence of leakage, fistula formation, luminal stricture, peristalsis disturbance, lining loss, the quality of surface restoration, bursting strength, and wound healing were evaluated.
(12) Extracorporeal shockwave lithothripsy was very helpful in facilitating extraction of stones in unfavorable locations or located above the severe stricture.
(13) Persistent reflux causing cycles of mucosal damage followed by healing may eventually lead to end-stage disease, with development of peptic stricture.
(14) Mortality and morbidity were related to the following: (1) level of stricture; (2) number of previous attempts at repair; and (3) adequacy of reconstruction.
(15) There was no evidence of ischaemic necrosis or ureteric stricture formation.
(16) We consider that the rarity of stricture rules out the necessity of any change in management, whether or not erosive oesophagitis is observed at endoscopy.
(17) We prospectively collected brushings and bile for cytology in 30 consecutive patients with bile duct strictures (17 malignant, 13 benign) who were assessed by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography.
(18) The Wallstent biliary endoprosthesis is a mesh of stainless steel that is delivered percutaneously over a 7-French catheter but expands to achieve a 1-cm lumen when released across a bile-duct stricture.
(19) Results suggested that immediate proper assessment of the oesophagus and institution of appropriate therapy may reduce the incidence of complications associated with treatment of subsequent stricture formation.
(20) Clogging of endoscopic stents necessitates their replacement in many patients with malignant obstructive jaundice and limits their use in benign strictures.