(a.) Of or pertaining to a tube; specifically, of or pertaining to one of the Fallopian tubes; as, tubal pregnancy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since the advance and return of sperm inside the tubes could facilitate the interaction of sperm with secretions participating in its maturation, the persistent infertility after vasectomy could be related to the contractile alteration that follows the excessive tubal distention.
(2) Four of the five ectopic pregnancies occurred in patients with previously documented tubal pathology.
(3) Tubal obstruction could be demonstrated in only one of these patients.
(4) The main cause of sterility was complete tubal occlusion in 65.6% of the cases due to a high incidence of pelvic inflammatory diseases in the investigated patients.
(5) After tubal coagulation reversal, these figures were 57% and 6% respectively.
(6) The new operative technique was used for anastomosis of previously ligated fallopian tubes in 14 cases and for unilateral midsegmental inflammatory tubal obstruction (previously left salpingectomy due to an ectopic pregnancy) in 1 case.
(7) One case of tubal endometrioid carcinoma has been reported previously, but the entity has not hitherto been recognized among primary fallopian tube tumors.
(8) It is better to abandon the idea of a plasty when the tubal mucosa is in a bad condition.
(9) The success of reversal of tubal ligation depends on the site of the sterilization, the tubal length after the repair of the Fallopian tube, the experience of the surgeon and the duration of surgery.
(10) To evaluate the association of genital herpes, genital warts, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis with the occurrence of subsequent tubal infertility, 321 women who had tubal infertility were interviewed concerning their history of these sexually transmitted diseases (STD).
(11) Differentiation between radical and conservative surgery for the management of tubal pregnancies depended, in the past, upon whether an effort was made to preserve all or part of the affected fallopian tube.
(12) Thirty non-neoplastic ovarian cysts, discovered at laparotomy in association with 27 cases of tubal ectopic pregnancy, were examined to document changes seen in early pregnancy and possibly to identify precursor lesions to the luteinized cysts of later pregnancy.
(13) Yoon ring tubal segment excision was performed with CO2 laser and coelioscopic scissors, after mesosalpinx haemostasis by ornithine--vasopressin infiltration.
(14) Immediate opening of hydrosalpinges allows for precise evaluation of the tubal mucosa, thereby establishing prognosis.
(15) The results of 10 cases of tubal pregnancy treated by conservative surgery from Jan. 1983 to May 1987 were presented.
(16) In tubal pathology, there are besides micro-surgery now so-called additive methods available for treating infertility.
(17) This technique seems to have a large number of indications apart from transport problems: recanalisation, sterilisation, and tubal antibiotic sensitivity studies.
(18) As a general rule conservative management of tubal gestation can be performed more extensively in the future.
(19) We conclude that retrograde tubal cannulation may provide an alternative method for the diagnosis and treatment of selected EPs.
(20) Results showed that tubal function was severely compromised on the right side but was relatively unaffected on the left side following surgical clefting; active muscular-assisted function was more affected than the passive function; and the abnormal function was reversible with healing of the cleft.
Tube
Definition:
(n.) A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.
(n.) A telescope.
(n.) A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.
(n.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
(n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.
(n.) A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through.
(n.) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm.
(n.) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
(v. t.) To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.
Example Sentences:
(1) Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, volumes, and temperatures of expired gas were measured from the tracheal and esophageal tubes.
(2) These organic compounds were found to be stable on the sorbent tubes for at least seven days.
(3) Since the advance and return of sperm inside the tubes could facilitate the interaction of sperm with secretions participating in its maturation, the persistent infertility after vasectomy could be related to the contractile alteration that follows the excessive tubal distention.
(4) Average fluoroscopy time per procedure was 27.8 minutes of which 15.1 minutes were for nephrostomy tube insertion and 12.7 minutes were for calculi extraction.
(5) Cells (1 x 10(5)) were seeded in 12- x -75-mm tissue culture tubes and incubated with various doses of IL-1 beta, IL-1 alpha, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma, alone or in specific combinations, for 15 min, two, 12, 24, and 72 h. PGE concentrations in the media were measured by radio-immunoassay.
(6) This attack can take place during organogenesis, during early differentiation of neural anlagen after neural tube closure or during biochemical differentiation of the brain.
(7) 16 tube (usually a Baker tube) was inserted by gastrostomy and advanced distally into the colon.
(8) At first, immunofluorescence demonstrated the presence of laminin-binding sites at the surface of germ tubes.
(9) By 3 d in the chick embryo, the first neurons detected by antibodies to Ng-CAM are located in the ventral neural tube; these precursors of motor neurons emit well-stained fibers to the periphery.
(10) The flow of a specified concentration of test gas exits from the mixing board, enters a distributing tube, and is then distributed equally to 12 chamber tubes housing one mouse each.
(11) The X-ray tube rotates outside the detector array at the rate of one revolution per second.
(12) Predominantly observed defects included neural crest cells in ectopic locations, both within and external to the neural tube, and mildly deformed neural tubes containing some dissociating cells.
(13) To provide a seal with low pressure-high volume cuffed tubes, cuff sizes of 20.5 mm and 27.5 mm are recommended for female and male patients, respectively.
(14) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
(15) Since the early 1960's nasotracheal tubes have been used for neonates with primary respiratory diseases which necessitated positive pressure ventilation.
(16) Multiple blood samples were obtained over one dosing interval following oral CyA administration in eight liver transplant patients before and after T-tube clamping.
(17) Capnometry was performed through the lumen (CO2d) and the proximal end of the endotracheal tube (CO2p).
(18) The normal tissues included the ovary, fallopian tube, uterine endometrium, uterine cervix, and vagina.
(19) A survey into the current usage of tracheal tubes and associated procedures, such as various sedation regimes and antacid therapy, in intensive care units was carried out in Sweden by sending a questionnaire to physicians in charge of intensive care units in 70 acute hospitals which included seven main teaching hospitals.
(20) The NJ tubes remained in place an average of 13 days, and the GJ tubes remained in place an average of 37 days.