What's the difference between stricture and urethrotome?
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.
Urethrotome
Definition:
(n.) An instrument for cutting a urethral stricture.
Example Sentences:
(1) This percutaneous procedure consists of creation of an internal fistula between the 2 pelves by incision of the intervening tissue with an optical urethrotome.
(2) To resolve this problem we developed a new technique using a 22F urethrotome and a transpelvic extraureteral approach.
(3) Successful therapy was accomplished by use of the direct-vision urethrotome.
(4) Then, the stenotic segment was treated with the urethrotome after it was advanced into the retroperitoneal space through the incision in the renal pelvis.
(5) Cold knife optical urethrotomy with the Sachse urethrotome was used in 44 patients with urethral strictures.
(6) Carnosities, which differential diagnosis, as well as that of lithiasis, was outlined by Andrés Laguna, are treated using a dilating bougie or, surgically, with a sharp instrument analogous to the urethrotome devised by Francisco Díaz.
(7) A prospective trial of internal urethrotomy, using the Otis urethrotome, in 210 consecutive transurethral prostatectomies is presented.
(8) A rigid 12F ureteral resectoscope is useful for internal urethrotomy of severe strictures over a conventional urethrotome.
(9) The value of this line is to anchor the urethral splint, to produce some countertractive effect, and to replace it if it failed; also, it could be used as a guide if it is decided to replace the urethral Foley catheter (splint) under vision with the help of the sheath of the optical urethrotome.
(10) from the ureteropelvic junction in the direction of the parenchyma using the cold knife of the urethrotome under direct vision.
(11) The author describes modifications of a Foley catheter both to facilitate distention of the vagina for vaginoscopy and for urethrography and use of the visual urethrotome for urethroscopy.
(12) The treatment of urethral strictures has been greatly improved by the use of the optical urethrotome.
(13) A direct vision urethrotome was used to incise the totally obliterated urethra with transvesical endoscopic guidance and digital rectal or perineal control.
(14) The simplicity of design has dispensed with the need for more costly and conventional instrumentation (e.g., optical urethrotome, Albarron lever) at a fraction of the cost.
(15) Internal urethrotomy using the Otis urethrotome is described in detail.
(16) We incised ureteropelvic junction obstruction in 31 patients with a cold knife direct-vision urethrotome inserted through a percutaneous nephrostomy tract.
(17) A case of prosthesis cylinder rupture by urethrotome is reviewed.
(18) Optic internal urethrotomy was performed using a Sachse urethrotome with a 10 or 13 Fr.
(19) Thirty-nine male patients with urethral stricture have undergone urethrotomy using the Sachse optical urethrotome.
(20) Endourethral dissection of valvular cusps was carried out by means of an urethrotome in 34 boys with Type I and III valves of the posterior urethra.